World History Chapter 11 Study Quiz

Justinian set up a panel of experts to

• Plan the construction of the Hagia Sophia

• compile laws to regulate a complex society

• create a Byzantine University

• negotiate with the Bulgar raiders

Political instability was caused by which of the following?

• The Turkish acceptance of Persian learning

• the rebuilding of the Hagia Sophia

• Yaroslav's division of his realm among his sons

• the creation of the Justinian Code

To prop up the shaky empire, the Byzantines did which of the following?

• surrendered half their land

• used diplomacy

• converted to Roman Catholicism

• invaded Rome

Russian culture was strongly influenced by

• the creation of the Cyrillic alphabet

• the architecture in the city of Isfahan

• the games at the Hippodrome

• the Sunni branch of Islam

Justinian I and Yaroslav the Wise both created

• armies to fight Mongols

• alliances with the pope

• effective legal codes

• conflicts with the Turks

Marriage was used as a political tool by

• Yaroslav the Wise and Ivan III

• Yaroslav the Wise and Saint Methodius

• the mamelukes and Alexander Nevsky

• Batu Khan and Alexander Nevsky

Russians achieve liberation from Mongol rule after

• the Russian and Mongol armies refused to fight and both sides went home

• The Russian army defeated the Mongols after three days of fighting

• The Mongol Empire went bankrupt from maintaining its large army

• The Russian state paid a huge tribute to the Mongol Empire

Orthodox Christianity became the state religion of which of the following?

• Byzantine Empire

• Western Roman Empire

• Seljuk Empire

• Mongol Empire

The combination of church and state influenced which of the following?

• The Mongol invasions

• the Nika Rebellion

• Vladmir's rule

• The Viking journeys

The Turks' political and cultural preference for the Persians caused

• the Arabic language to flourish in Persia and spread to Russia

• the almost complete disappearance of the Arabic language from Persia

• a civil war between the Turks and the Persians which the Turks won

• The Seljuk Empire to weaken and Persian culture to flourish