Byzantine and Kievan Rus Review

What is the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?

• Rome
• Istanbul
• Constantinople
• Columbus

The word Byzantine is used to describe the

• The Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome

• Slavic language group of Eastern Europe

• The Turkish speaking Islamic empire in Central Asia

• The linguistic group of Sub-Saharan Africa

The official language of the Byzantine Empire was

• Latin

• Russian

• Greek

• Cantonese

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the Byzantine emperor Justinian?

• Building the Hagia Sophia church

• Recapturing for a time, some lands of the old western Roman Empire

• Moving the Byzantine capital to Kiev

• Creating an updated Roman law system called the Justinian Code

The term that identifies the culture and linguistic group of Eastern Europe is called

• Slavic

• Byzantine

• Romanian

• Incan

According to the Primary Chronicle, the first documented manuscript on Russian history, the ________________ were asked by the Slavic people to rule over them.

• Byzantines

• Vikings

• Chinese

• Mongols

The Kievan Rus and Byzantine Empire both practiced what denomination of Christianity?

• Lutheranism

• Calvinism

• Roman Catholic

• Eastern Orthodox

The city of Kiev was located off of which major river in Eastern Europe?

• Volga

• Thames

• Dnieper

• Congo

The city of Kiev was beneficial to the Kievan Rus because it was located off the Dnieper allowing them a source of maritime trade with the Byzantine empire through the

• Black Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Atlantic Ocean

The first Grand Prince of Kiev to be baptized a Christian, beginning the conversion of the slavs to Christianity was

• Ivan III

• Vladimir

• Oleg

• Alexander Nevsky