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The Byzantine Empire, Russia, and Eastern Europe Pre-Unit Exam

Section 1: Matching
Match the terms to the description.

1. _____ Mongol armies who ruled over most of medieval Russia.

2. _____ A Byzantine emperor determined to revive ancient Rome.
3. _____ An area southeastern Europe extending into the
Mediterranean Sea.
4. _____ The open treeless grassland of Southern Russia.
5. _____ The capital of the Byzantine Empire.
6. _____ The center of the first Russian state.
7. _____ A tsar who unified much of northern Russia under his rule.
8. _____ After the death of this tsar Russia turned chaotic.
9. _____ The Byzantine church practiced this type of religion.
10. _____ A ruler who has absolute power.

Section 2: Multiple Choice

Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.

_____ 11. The city of Constantinople

a. Was able to prosper despite having no harbor
b. Commanded key trade routes linking Europe and Asia.
c. Cut all cultural ties with the heritage of Rome.
d. It had few defenses and was vulnerable to attack
_____ 12. The highest Church official in the Byzantine Empire
a. Pope
b. Patriarch
c. Bobby Shmurda
d. Emperor
_____ 13.
a.
b.
c.
d.

What issue was the cause for the bitter battle between eastern and western Christianity?
The Roman Church rejected Justinians Code
A Byzantine emperor allowed priests to marry
A Byzantine emperor banned religious icons.
The Roman Church used Latin as its official language.

_____ 14. What helped cause the decline of the Byzantine Empire?
a. Mongol raiders attacked Constantinople.
b. The Nika Revolt started by the Blues and the Greens.
c. Hagia Sophia
d. Venetian merchants gained control of Byzantine trade.
_____ 15. Which region of medieval Russia served as a great highway for nomadic migration?
a. the northern forests
b. the Balkan Peninsula
c. the Ural Mountains
d. the southern steppe
_____ 16. Which of the following statements are true about the Mongol rule of medieval Russia?
a. Mongols destroyed trade routes between China and Eastern Europe.
b. Russian rulers continued the Mongols use of absolute power.
c. The Mongols created a no flex zone.
d. Mongol rule strengthened ties between Russia and Western Europe.
_____ 17. Ivan the Great
a. Sought to limit the power of landowning nobles.
b. Reformed Russian law based on Western traditions.
c. Organized the oprichniki to enforce his will.
d. Was the first Russian ruler to be officially crowned tsar.
_____ 18. Justinians most important achievement was
a. His international diplomacy
b. The great conquest of Theodora
c. moving the capital of Rome to Constantinople
d. the Corpus Juris Civilis or Body of Civil Law
_____ 19. The West Slavs of Poland were influenced by missionaries spreading
a. Eastern Orthodox Christianity
b. Logics Under Pressure
c. Roman Catholicism
d. Islam
_____ 20. The Turks used this to beat the Byzantines
a. Greek Fire
b. Cyrillic
c. Cannons
d. Dej Loaf