Byzantine Empire
What city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantinople
What was the first major city of the Russian people?
What gave the Golden Horde their name?
What is a large, flat, grassy region in Russia?
Steppe
What document limited the Hungarian king's power?
In what year did Constantinople fall?
1453
Who created the famous legal code in the Byzantine Empire?
Justinian
What alphabet was created by the Byzantine missionaries?
Cyrillic
What Mongol group ruled Russia?
The Golden Horde
What region serves as a crossroads between Europe and Asia?
Balkan Peninsula
What was Poland's main religion?
Catholicism
What was the primary branch of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire?
What was the primary religion of the early Russians?
Russian Orthodoxy
Who founded the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
What singular reason does Eastern Europe have for so many ethnic groups?
Migration
What was the Poland's ruling assembly called?
Diet
Which outside invader finally conquered Constantinople?
Ottoman Turks
Which Russian ruler first centralized power?
Ivan the Great
What did Mongols impose on the Russian peoples?
Taxes
Which ethnic group migrated into modern-day Ukraine during the times of the Romans?
Slavs
Who was Serbia's greatest ruler?
Stefan Dusan
What was the name of the riots that nearly brought an end to Justinian's rule?
Nika Riots
Which Russian ruler was the first Czar/Tsar?
Ivan the Terrible
What battle led to the end of Mongol rule in Russia?
What river was crucial for trade in Eastern Europe?
Danube River
For a short period of time, which Eastern European kingdom was the largest in all of Europe?
Poland