SSWH4 Prep

While only marginally successful, throughout his life Justinian sought to regain territory in WHICH part of the Roman Empire?

• The West

• The East

• The North

• The South

During the rule of Emperor Justinian, the Corpus juris civilis was important because it

• Held that the empire’s monarchs must follow all laws.

• Made Christianity the official religion of the empire.

• Allowed Byzantine citizens to know what law governed them

• Forbade the practice of Islam in the Eastern Roman Empire

The Emperor Constantine is significant because

• He brought the Roman Republic to an end.

• The Romans fell to the Ottomans during this reign

• He was the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity.

• The empire of Alexander the Great was conquered during his rule

The result of Justinian's attempt to reunite the old Roman Empire was

• A weak but harmonious Roman Empire.

• Expanding trade and an increase of wealth.

• A devastating war between Byzantine, Persian, and Mongol empires.

• Anarchy, poverty, plagues, and a nearly bankrupt Byzantine Empire.

To help legitimize his rule, Tsar Ivan III claimed that Russia was the "Third Rome." Historically, this claim was reasonable because

• He had been born in Florence, Italy.

• He had defeated the Byzantine Empire.

• His wife was the niece of the last emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

• He ruled over an empire the size of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

In taking the Orthodox faith into early Russia in the 800s CE, Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius also

• Spread the bubonic plague

• Introduced a new alphabet

• Spied on the Russian tsar

• Eliminated Muslim influence

Constantinople's trade with Russia resulted in Byzantine influence in the areas of religion and

• Cuisine

• Marriage

• Agriculture

• Architecture

During the 10th Century the kingdom of Kiev (also known as Kievan Rus') controlled the trade routes for furs, wax, and slaves between Scandinavia and WHICH empire?

• British

• Byzantine

• Persian

• Roman

Aside from theological and political disputes, another main contributing factor in the schism of the Eastern and Western churches was the problem of

• Invasions

• Language

• Law

• Persecution

At the time of the Great East-West Schism, both the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople claimed the title Ecumenical Patriarch. The BEST synonym for ecumenical is

• Ancient

• Global

• Original

• Supreme