Age of Exploration Review

Front

What is the Hagia Sophia?

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The most beautiful church in the Christian world

Front

Which noblewoman accomplished all of the following:

• Served as a diplomat for her Empire
• Survived slavery to rise to power
• Established laws to protect women & children
• Helped protect religious minorities

Options:

• Empress Olga of Russia
• Empress Sophia of Rome
• Empress Theodora of Byzantium
• Empress Brunhilde of Kiev

Back

Empress Theodora of Byzantium

Front

Which group of people originally settled in the forests north of the Black Sea?

Back

Slavs

Front

What did the Slavs call the Vikings who settled near them?

Back

Rus

Front

What was so exceptional about the Viking longboats?

Back

All of these choices are true

Front

Select the name of the noble who accomplished all of the following:

• Became a widow when her child was an infant
• Served her country as Princess Regent (ruler) until her son came of age
• Engaged in many diplomatic missions
• Converted to Christianity as a result of her visit to the Hagia Sophia after her son took the throne
• Options: Princess Tatiana of Novgorod, Natasha Romanov, Catherine the Great, Empress Olga of Kiev

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Empress Olga of Kiev

Front

Which noble is responsible for converting Russia to Christianity?

Back

Vladimir the Great

Front

Which religion and reason for Russian conversion? Options: Judaism, Roman Christianity, Islam, Byzantine Christianity

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Byzantine Christianity, because it gave him more power

Front

Which practice would have helped Yaroslav the Wise strengthen Kiev after his death? Options: Primogeniture, Matrilineal Succession, Avuncular Investiture, Penultimature

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Primogeniture

Front

If you were a female member of the family of either Yaroslav or Ivan III, what can you expect your ruler to do for you?

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Require you to agree to an arranged marriage