Geography
What people group settled along the Baltic Sea?
The Balts
After the split of the Roman Empire, why did the Eastern Empire begin to thrive while the Western Empire began to crumble?
The capital was moved from Rome to Constantinople
Name one of the most valuable goods that the Russians traded
Fur, Wax, Honey
What are pictures made from colored glass and stone called?
Mosaics
What group ruled Russia for 200 years?
The Mongols
What Mountain range is considered the border between Europe and Asia
Ural Mountains
Who was Justinian's most trusted advisor?
His wife, Theodora
What people group settled in Russia?
The Rus
Justinian reorganized Roman law and created a new set of legislation called
The Code of Justinian
Why were the Mongols able to utilize horses more effectively than any other groups?
They used saddles and stirrups
What is the most Northern Sea in Eastern Europe called?
Barents Sea
What was the name of the most important and largest church in Constantinople?
Hagia Sophia
Who was the most important trading partner of the Kievan Rus?
The Byzantine Empire
What was the main language spoken in the Byzantine Empire?
Greek
What is the title that Prince Ivan gave himself after freeing Russia?
Czar
In what modern country did the Magyars settle?
Hungary
What made Constantinople a powerful center of the Byzantine Empire?
Natural protection from attack, its deep harbor, located along major trade routes
Why did Russia become Eastern Orthodox and not Roman Catholic after the Great Schism?
The religious leaders of Russia had close ties to the religious leaders of the Byzantine Empire
What was one cause of the Great Schism?
Disagreement about communion
Disagreement of wording of Nicean Creed
Disagreement about Political power of church leaders
Russia was originally organized into independent territories ruled by princes called
Principalities
What people group settled in modern day Slovakia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Western Russia?
The Slavs
In 1054 the church split into two parts, what was this event called?
The Great Schism
What ended Mongol rule in Russia?
Ivan III refused to pay taxes, Mongols sent an army, Ivan sent his own army, the Mongols left with little fighting
In 1453, what group invaded and took control of Constantinople ending the Byzantine Empire?
Ottoman Turks
Who were the two missionaries that developed the Cyrillic alphabet?
Cyril and Methodius