Middle Ages/Byzantine Empire

Which situation is a result of the location of the Byzantine Empire?

• Constantinople became an important center of trade and knowledge.

• The Seljuk Turks protected and defended Byzantine leaders.

• Moscow became the religious center for all Orthodox Christians.

• The Byzantine emperor was able to conquer areas from Korea to Spain.

What was a major contribution of the Byzantine Empire?

• adoption of democratic ideas from Russia

• spread of humanism and secularism across Europe

• reunification of eastern and western Christendom

• preservation of Greek and Roman culture

The Ottoman Turks viewed Constantinople as being strategically important because it

• was the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad

• would allow them to control the Vatican

• was a crossroads between Europe and Asia

• would provide them with access to the Persian Gulf

The early eastern European Slavic civilization at Kiev adopted the Eastern Orthodox religion, the Cyrillic alphabet, and certain styles of art and architecture as a result of

• wars with Japan

• conquests by Mongol invaders

• visits to western European countries

• trade with the Byzantine Empire

One way in which the Justinian Code and the Napoleonic Code are similar is that both

• made slavery unacceptable

• gave people a set of rules to follow

• treated all equally under the law

• provided for religious freedom

The strategic location of the Byzantine Empire allowed control of the key trade routes between the

• South China Sea and the Strait of Malacca

• Caspian Sea and the Indian Ocean

• North Sea and the English Channel

• Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea

The introduction of the Cyrillic alphabet and Orthodox Christianity to Russia is most closely associated with

• Viking conquests

• Byzantine missionaries

• Alexander the Great's armies

• Ottoman expansion

Which region had the greatest influence on the historical and cultural development of the Byzantine Empire?

• Mesoamerica

• India

• Rome

• Egypt

The Byzantine Empire influenced the development of Russia by

• preventing Mongol invasions

• destroying the power of the legislature

• establishing the potato as a staple food

• introducing Eastern Orthodox beliefs

The Russian Orthodox Church developed as a result of Russia’s cultural interactions with which group?

• Byzantines

• Muslims

• Vikings

• Huns