SSWH3 & 4 Mini Quiz

The result of Justinian's attempt to reunite the old Roman Empire was

• a weak but harmonious Roman Empire.

• expanding trade and an increase of wealth.

• a devastating war between Byzantine, Persian, and Mongol empires.

• anarchy, poverty, plagues, and a nearly bankrupt Byzantine Empire.

Genghis Khan united the Mongols and built an empire by combining

• Samurai warriors ruling the clans.

• shogunates within a feudal systems.

• a superior cavalry with a confederation of tribes and clans.

Byzantine Emperor Justinian's MOST significant political accomplishment was

• codifying Roman law.

• defeating the Roman Empire.

• defeating invaders from the south.

• ) Byzantine Emperor Justinian's MOST significant political accomplishment was

  restoring the empire to its previous size

In 1453, Constantinople fell to the

• Crusaders.

• Turks.

• Spanish.

• Franks

The Byzantine empress, the wife of Justinian I, was known for her powerful influence at court and for getting laws enacted which elevated the status of women. Who was she?

• Cassandra

• Theodora

• Eloise

• Helena

The Great Schism (1054) resulted in the creation of

• the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Exploration.

• the Southern Renaissance and the Northern Renaissance.

• the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

• the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Reformation.

"The Turks had with them thousands of ladders which they placed against the walls, right at the place which they had fired [their cannon] and breached the wall, just as they did at the cemetery of St Sebold..Afterwards, the Turks ran to the Hagia Sophia, and all those whom they had imprisoned there, they killed in the first heat of rage. Those whom they found later, the bound with a cord around their neck and their hands tied behind their backs and led them out of the city."

- from "The Account of the Taking of Constantinople," by Thomas the Eparch, a count of Constantinople, and Joshua Diplovatatzes, 1453

Which empire that was conquered in 1453 is being described in the excerpt?

• Mughal

• Roman

• Byzantine

• Mongol

Which answers accurately describe ways in which Genghis Khan unified the Mongols?

• tolerated many religions

• the use of cavalry in conquests

• the creation of a courier service

• adopted the Uyghur script as the official writing system

“Since the Sung dynasty had lost the throne and Heaven had cut off their sacrifice, the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty had risen from the desert to enter and rule over China for more than a hundred years, when Heaven, wearied of their misgovernment and debauchery, thought also fit to turn their fate to ruin, and the affairs of China were in a state of disorder for eighteen years.”

-Chinese official letter documenting the Song and Yuan dynasties, translated and published in China and the Roman Orient: Researches Into Their Ancient and Mediaeval Relations as Represented in Old Chinese Records, published 1885

Which of these is NOT true of the Mongol rule in China?

• New technologies were introduced to the Chinese.

• They implemented a unifying religion throughout China.

• The Silk Roads fell into disrepair and decrease in usage during this time.

• Foreign interactions decreased as the Mongols focused on implementing their own cultural practices.

The Great Schism took place in.