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the solid eastern boundary between Asia and Europe used by most modern geographers
Ural Mountains
the name for Vikings from Scandinavia
Rus
pictures made with pieces of colored glass and stone called
mosaics
the last ruler of the Roman Empire
Justinian
religious images painted on wood called
icons
the low, rugged mountains that are an extension of the Alps
Carpathians
small states ruled by princes called
principalities
this type of plant are common in the tundra region of Russia
Mosses
Justinian’s wife, a wise woman who advised her husband during his reign
Theodora
In the 800s a group called the Rus built a settlement that is now known as...
Kiev
the largest peninsulas in Europe that extends south into the Mediterranean Sea
Balkan Peninsula
the title of Russian emperors
czar
What 3 products did medieval Russia sell to its trading partners in Europe?
honey, wax, fur
The Balts were people from...
The Baltic Region
The __________ Peninsula is one of the largest peninsulas in Europe.
Balkin
The name of the river that begins in Germany and flows east...
Danube
Yaroslav the Wise contribute to the success of Kiev by...
introducing a legal system and created military alliances with western European nations.
Modern Russian language developed from...
Slavonic
The church that Justinian built and decorated with beautiful mosaics is known as the...
Hagia Sophia
Byzantine emperors more powerful than western European emperors because they...
were the head of both the church and the state.
the huge forest of evergreen trees that covers about half of Russia
taiga
the prince of Muscovy who broke away from the Mongol Empire
Ivan III
Which three groups threatened the Byzantine Empire?
Huns, Muslims, and Persians
the Slavs settled in...
Ukraine, Russia, and Slovakia
the name of the civilization that developed in the eastern Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire