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Byzantine and Kievan Rus Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?
a)
Rome
b)
Istanbul
c)
Constantinople
d)
Columbus
2.

The word Byzantine is used to describe the

a)

The Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of Rome

b)

Slavic language group of Eastern Europe

c)

The Turkish speaking Islamic empire in Central Asia

d)

The linguistic group of Sub-Saharan Africa

3.

The official language of the Byzantine Empire was

a)

Latin

b)

Russian

c)

Greek

d)

Cantonese

4.

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

a)

Building the Hagia Sophia church

b)

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

c)

Moving the Byzantine capital to Kiev

d)

Creating an updated Roman law system called the Justinian Code

5.

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

a)

Slavic

b)

Byzantine

c)

Romanian

d)

Incan

6.

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

a)

Byzantines

b)

Vikings

c)

Chinese

d)

Mongols

7.

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

a)

Lutheranism

b)

Calvinism

c)

Roman Catholic

d)

Eastern Orthodox

8.

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

a)

Volga

b)

Thames

c)

Dnieper

d)

Congo

9.

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

a)

Black Sea

b)

Mediterranean Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

10.

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

a)

Ivan III

b)

Vladimir

c)

Oleg

d)

Alexander Nevsky

11.

The Saints Cyril and Methodius are most notable for their contribution of

a)

ending the Great Schism between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy

b)

Igniting the crusades or holy wars against the Islamic world

c)

Defeating a large contingent of Teutonic knights as the battle on the ice at Lake Peipus, preserving Orthodoxy among the Kievan Rus

d)

Creating the Cyrillic alphabet, which is still used by Slavic speaking communities today

12.

The split of the Christian church into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy was known as the

a)

Crusades

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

Golden Horde Khanate

d)

Great Schism

13.

In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of all Christendom is regarded as

a)

Patriarch of Kiev

b)

Patriarch of Constantinople

c)

The Pope

d)

No one, all Patriarchs as regarded as equals

14.

In the Roman Catholic faith during the medieval period, the only recognized official language for scripture was

a)

Greek

b)

Latin

c)

Cyrillic

d)

Vernacular

15.

Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox are both types of what?

a)

Both are types of Christians.

b)

Both were Greek citizens.

c)

Both spoke the Latin language.

d)

Both were banned religions in Rome.

16.

The period of Mongol rule in Eastern Europe saw the rise of what city as the new Slavic seat of power?

a)

Kiev

b)

Moscow

c)

Novgorod

d)

Vladivostok

17.

The use of icons in worship was endorsed by which branch of Christianity?

a)

Eastern Orthodox

b)

Roman Catholic

c)

Both

d)

Neither