Chapter 9 – The Byzantine Empire, Russia, and Eastern Europe – 300-1613 – Flashcards
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True about Constantinople
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It commanded key trade routes linking Europe and Asia
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Justinian's most important achievement was probably
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his "Body of Civil Law"
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What issue was the cause of bitter battle between eastern and western Christianity?
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A Byzantine Emperor banned religious icons
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What helped cause the decline of the Byzantine empire?
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Venetian merchants gained control of Byzantine trade
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Constantinople was in a key location on the strait that links the Mediterranean with?
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Black Sea
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Under the rule of Justinian, the Byzantine empire...
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Built the strongest military force in the world
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After the Great Schism the Byzantine Church became known as the ?
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Eastern Orthodox Church
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Byzantine Scholars produced many notable books especially in the field of?
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history
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What region of medieval Russia was a great highway for nomadic migration?
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the southern steppe
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True about Mongol Rule of medieval Russia
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Russian rulers continued the Mongols' use of absolute power
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Ivan the Great?
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sought to limit the power of landowning nobles
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Medieval Russian traders most often reached the Byzantine world in what way?
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through rivers running from north to south
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The development of Kiev and its culture was the result of blended cultures of what two peoples?
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Slavs and Vikings
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Russia's first civilization began in?
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the farming region of Ukraine
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What was the effect of Mongol rule over medieval Russia?
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They cut Russia off from contacts with Western Europe
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In 1380, the Russian princes of Moscow took control from the Mongols by?
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defeating the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo
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Tsar Ivan the Terrible of Russia?
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issued laws that tied Russian serfs to the land
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Mongol armies who ruled much of medieval Russia were known as?
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Golden Horde
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The open, treeless grassland of southern Russia?
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Steppe
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A Tsar who brought much of northern Russian under his rule?
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Ivan the Great
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A Tsar who left Russia seething with rebellion at the time of his death?
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Ivan the Terrible
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The center of the first Russian state?
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Kiev
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Why did Poland-Lithuania weaken in the late 1600's?
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The central government was weak due to the "free veto"
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In the 900's West Slavs of Poland were influenced by missionaries spreading?
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Roman Catholicism
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Magyars who raided Europe from the Asian Steppes eventually settled in?
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Hungary
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In medieval Eastern Europe, goods and cultural influences traveled along the?
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Danube and Vistula
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What effect did the "free veto" have on the government of Poland-Lithuania?
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It made it difficult for the government to take decisive action
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What lasting impact did the Magyars have on the kingdom of Hungary?
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They adopted Roman Catholicism and ruled the kingdom
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An area of southeastern Europe extending into the Mediterranean Sea?
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Balkan Peninsula
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A document that limited the power of Magyar rulers?
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Golden Bull of 1222
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In the 900s, the West Slavs of Poland were influenced by missionaries spreading
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Roman Catholicism
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The rule of the Byzantine emperor Justinian differed from the rule of monarchs in Western Europe in that
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Justinian had both political and spiritual power
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What was an effect of Mongol rule over medieval Russia?
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They cut Russia off from contacts with Western Europe
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In 1380, the Russian princes of Moscow took control from the Mongols
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defeating the Golden Horde at the Battle of Kulikovo
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The development of Kiev and its culture was the result of the blended cultures of what two peoples?
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Slavs and Vikings
