Week 11 World History: Byzantines, Russians, Turks 500-1500

 

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This world history resource focuses on the Americas
from 40,000 B.C. to A.D. 700 and includes quiz questions
and answers and video links to related topics.

I utilized World History: Patterns of Interaction (Holt McDougal) for our world history textbook. It has multiple options for different learning styles and covers a wide array of information.

This quiz accompanies Chapter 11: pages 298-319.

Directions for the quiz:

• Scroll down and click on the thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
• Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
• Choose an answer for each question.
• Compare your answers with those provided.

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Below are free videos to accompany chapter 11:

• Byzantine Empire
• Justinian Code Song
• Justinian and Theodora
• 5 Differences between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy
• Slavs vs Vikings
• Crash Course: Russia, the Kievan Rus, & the Mongols
• Rise & Fall of Seljuk Empire
• Sultan Malik Shah

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World History Week 11 Byzantines, Russians, & Turks 500-1500

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Which of the following was NOT part of the Justinian Code for the Byzantine Empire?
Answer choices include:
It contained ~5000 pre-534 Roman laws still considered useful.
The Digest contained quotes & summarized opinions about the laws.
The Institutes was a religious document upon which the laws were based.
The Novellae contained laws passed after 534.

The correct answer is:
The Institutes was a religious document upon which the laws were based.

_____ was a famous church re-built under Justinian’s rule.
Answer choices include:
Notra Dame, Hagia Sophia, Milan Cathedral, Sagrada Familia

The correct answer is Hagia Sophia.

Empress Theodora did all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer choices include: 
Encouraged her husband to flee the country during the Nika Rebellion,
Passed laws,
Built churches and restored icons to Eastern churches,
Confiscated the property of General Belisarius

The correct answer is:
Encouraged her husband to flee the country during the Nika Rebellion

What killed up to 10,000 people a day in the Byzantine Empire?
Answer choices include: tuberculosis, meningitis, plague, sleeping sickness

The correct answer is plague.

Christianity split into the Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox Churches
during the Byzantine Empire in 1054.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

______ oversaw the baptism of all citizens of Kiev in 989.
Answer choices include: Princess Olga, Leo III, Justinian, Vladimir

The correct answer is Vladimir.

What ruthless group invaded Russia in the mid-1200s?
Answer choices include: Swedes, Mongols, Germans, French

The correct answer is Mongols.

Moscow’s position near three rivers made the city important strategically.
Which is NOT one of the 3 rivers near Moscow?
Answer choices include: Ugra, Volga, Drieper, Don

The correct answer is Ugra.

A Seljuk ruler was called a ____.
Answer choices include: sultan, shah, pharaoh, prime minister

The correct answer is shah.

_____ led the First Crusade in 1095 as he urged Christians
to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule.
Answer choices include: Pope Miltiades, Pope Pius IX, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Jean

The correct answer is Pope Benedict XVI.

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