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Silk Road
Constantinople
Fall of Constantinople
Russia
Mongols
100
On what continent was the vast majority of the Silk Road?
What is Asia
100
Constantinople was once the capital of what powerful empire?
What is Byzantine
100
What was the name of the semi-nomadic group that conquered Constantinople?
What is Ottoman Turks
100
What modern day city served as the capital of the Kievan Rus
What is Kiev
100
Where are the Mongols originally from
What is Mongolia
200
List three things traded along the Silk Road?
What is I will be the judge
200
Constantinople was/is a well sought after geographical location because of its location on the _________ straight.
What is Bosporus
200
Who was the leader who conquered Constantinople?
What is Mehmed II
200
What branch of Christianity did the Kievan Rus choose to follow
What is E. Orthodox
200
Who united the Mongol tribes?
What is Genghis Khan
300
What is silk made from?
What is Worm threading
300
The people of the Byzantine empire eventually split away from the Catholics and started what branch of Christianity?
What is Eastern Orthodox
300
What was the strategic move the Turks made to escape the heavily guarded straights.
What is greased logs to move ships
300
What was the name of the people that were conquered repeatedly in this area of the world.
What is the slavs
300
What are three reasons the Mongols empire collapsed?
What is ill judge
400
Who usually were the customers of the Silk Road?
What is wealthy/elite class
400
What year did the churches split?
What is 1054
400
What sea does Constantinople control?
What is Black Sea
400
What is the name of the giant landmass that makes up the continents of Europe and Asia?
What is Eurasia
400
What terrible chapter of history are the Mongols thought to be responsible for?
What is Black Death
500
What modern day country monopolized silk?
What is China
500
What is the modern day name of Constantinople?
What is Istanbul
500
What effect on the world does the fall of Constantinople have?
What is ill be the judge
500
What is the name of the fertile area that stretches across eastern Asia to Eastern Europe.
What is Steppe
500
What were the two goals of the Mongols
What is land and money