7th Grade - Chapter 12 Test

Which geographical feature is considered to be the division between eastern Europe and Asia?

• Volga River

• Danube River

• Ural Mountains

• Carpathian Mountains

Which region of Russia is covered by dense forests?

• coastal

• steppe

• taiga

• tundra

Who are the Rus?

• descendants of a Slavic tribe

• descendants of Viking settlers

• descendants of a Greek colony

• descendants of Mongol settlers

Why did Emperor Diocletian divide the Roman Empire into two halves during the late 200s?

• He feared barbarian invasions from the North.

• He believed the whole empire was too large to rule.

• He wanted his sons to inherit parts of the empire.

• He wanted to move the capital city from Rome to Byzantium.

Why did the western and eastern Roman Empires begin to develop separate cultures?

• The western Roman Empire continued to expand, while the eastern Roman Empire shrunk.

• The eastern Roman Empire abandoned Christianity, while the western Roman Empire began following the pope.

• People of the eastern Roman Empire spoke Greek, while the people of the western Roman Empire continued to speak Latin.

• People of the western Roman Empire continued to follow the Justinian Code, while the eastern Roman Empire abandoned these laws.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches?

• Eastern Orthodox priests can marry while Roman Catholic priests cannot.

• Eastern Orthodox worshipers use the New Testament while Roman Catholics do not.

• Eastern Orthodox leaders are called bishops while Roman Catholic leaders are called popes

• Eastern Orthodox people worshiped their emperor while Roman Catholics did not worship political figures.

Why were Byzantine emperors more powerful than western European emperors?

• They were considered to be living gods.

• They were the head of both the church and the state.

• They ruled over both the Persian and Byzantine Empires.

• They commanded an area that stretched from Spain to India.

Which church did Justinian build and decorate with beautiful mosaics?

• Notre Dame

• Hagia Sophia

• St. Peter’s Basilica

• St. Paul’s Cathedral

From which language did modern Russian develop?

• German

• Greek

• Latin

• Slavonic

How did Yaroslav the Wise contribute to the success of Kiev?

• He began a profitable trading relationship with India and China.

• He defeated the Mongols and drove them from western Russia.

• He converted his kingdom to Christianity and made Russian the official state language.

• He introduced a legal system and created military alliances with western European nations.