Byzantine and Mongolian Empires

How did Constantinople's location affect the city's development?

• It led the city to become isolated from other cultures.

• It allowed the city to become a major center of trade.

• It allowed the city to be easily conquered during Justinian's reign.

• It led the pope to move to the city because it was safer than Rome.

During the 500s, Byzantine legal scholars collected and interpreted Roman laws and legal opinions of the preceding 400 years. What was this collection of laws and opinions called?

• the Twelve Tables

• 
  the Justinian Code

• 
  the Magna Carta

• the Edict of Milan

What was one effect of the Kievan state's relationship with the Byzantine Empire?

• the adoption of the Cyrillic alphabet

• the violent overthrow of the monarchy

• the movement of the capital to Moscow

• 
  the conversion of the population to Islam

Who is credited with bringing Eastern Orthodoxy to the Kievan state?

• Vladimir the Great

• Prince Rurik

• 
  Ivan the Terrible

• Prince Oleg

What was the result of the Great Schism of 1054?

• Islam split into the Shia Islam and Sunni Islam denominations.

• The Roman Empire split into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.

• Catholicism split into the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.

• The Mongolian Empire split into the Ilkhanate and the Chagatai Khanate.

  
  

What was one of the root causes of the Great Schism of 1054?

• disagreements over the worship of icons

• disagreements over the sale of indulgences

• disagreements over the authority to annul marriages

• disagreements over the power to appoint church officials

disagreements over the power to appoint church officials

• the pope

• a bishop

• 
  a general

• 
  the emperor

How was the Fourth Crusade in 1204 different from the previous Crusades?

• The Fourth Crusade targeted the Christian Roman Empire and led to the sacking of Rome.

• The Fourth Crusade targeted Muslim societies in Europe and led to the sacking of Córdoba.

• The Fourth Crusade targeted Muslim control of the Holy Land and led to the sacking of Jerusalem.

• The Fourth Crusade targeted the Christian Byzantine Empire and led to the sacking of Constantinople.

What Mongolian military advantage is attributed to their nomadic lifestyle?

• 
  their expertise on horseback

• their heavy military armor

• their strict military practices

• their use of gunpowder weapons

What city in the Il Khanate flourished as an intellectual center during its time under Mongol rule?

• Alexandria

• Baghdad

• Istanbul

• Jerusalem