5 Written Questions

1. Political center of eastern Slav. It established political and social relations with Byzantine Empire. Later it was overthrown by Mongols.
2. Russian landholding aristocrats; possessed less political power than their western European counterparts
3. Slavic kingdom established in northern portions of Balkan peninsula; constant source of pressure on Byzantine Empire; defeated by Emperor Basil II in 1014
4. Russian form of Christianity brought from the Byzantine Empire.
5. Eastern Roman emperor between 527 and 565 CE; tried to restore unity of old Roman Empire; issued most famous compilation of Roman Law; extended later Roman architecture (ex. Hagia Sopia)

4 Multiple Choice Questions

1. A challenge to or overturning of traditional beliefs, customs, and values, any movement against the religious use of images
   1. Justinian
   2. Boyars
   3. Icon
   4. Iconoclasm
2. Seljuk Turk victory over Byzantine
   1. Tartars
   2. Kiev
   3. Icon
   4. Manzikert
3. Justinian's codification of Roman law; revised Roman law as coherent basis for political and economic life
   1. Boyars
   2. Body of civil laws
   3. Bulgaria
   4. Iconoclasm
4. Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and the Balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic.
   1. Hagia sophia
   2. Russian Orthodoxy
   3. Vladimir I
   4. Cyril and Methodius

4 True/False Questions

1. Vladimir I → Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev from 980 to 1015; converted kingdom to Christianity

   True        False

2. Icon → Political center of eastern Slav. It established political and social relations with Byzantine Empire. Later it was overthrown by Mongols.

   True        False

3. Hagia sophia → Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world.

   True        False

4. Tartars → Mongols; captured Russian cities and largely destroyed Kievan state in 1236; left Russian Orthodoxy and aristocracy intact

   True        False