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WorksheetsByzantine and Kievan Rus Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
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
The Saints Cyril and Methodius are most notable for their contribution of
ending the Great Schism between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
Igniting the crusades or holy wars against the Islamic world
Defeating a large contingent of Teutonic knights as the battle on the ice at Lake Peipus, preserving Orthodoxy among the Kievan Rus
Creating the Cyrillic alphabet, which is still used by Slavic speaking communities today
The split of the Christian church into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy was known as the
Crusades
Protestant Reformation
Golden Horde Khanate
Great Schism
In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of all Christendom is regarded as
Patriarch of Kiev
Patriarch of Constantinople
The Pope
No one, all Patriarchs as regarded as equals
In the Roman Catholic faith during the medieval period, the only recognized official language for scripture was
Greek
Latin
Cyrillic
Vernacular
Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox are both types of what?
Both are types of Christians.
Both were Greek citizens.
Both spoke the Latin language.
Both were banned religions in Rome.
The period of Mongol rule in Eastern Europe saw the rise of what city as the new Slavic seat of power?
Kiev
Moscow
Novgorod
Vladivostok
The use of icons in worship was endorsed by which branch of Christianity?
Eastern Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Both
Neither
