Byzantine Influence on Russia

Thought the Patriarch in Constantinople had authority

• Rome

• Byzantine

What form of writing was developed by Byzantine monks and adopted in Russia and Eastern Europe?

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• sanskrit

• cyillic

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.

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

The adoption of the Eastern Orthodox religion and the Cyrillic alphabet by the Russian people occurred as a result of

• territorial expansion during the reign of Catherine the Great

• the westernization policies of Peter the Great

• contact with Byzantine culture

• the influence of the Crusaders during the Middle Ages

What was the primary religion that the Byzantine Empire introduced to Russia?

• A) Islam

• B) Buddhism

• C) Christianity

• D) Judaism

Which architectural style was heavily influenced by Byzantine designs in Russia?

• A) Gothic

• B) Baroque

• C) Neoclassical

• D) Onion dome

The Byzantine Empire influenced Russian law through which of the following?

• A) The Code of Hammurabi

• B) The Justinian Code

• C) The Napoleonic Code

• D) The Magna Carta

Which Russian city became a major center of Orthodox Christianity due to Byzantine influence?

• A) Moscow

• B) Novgorod

• C) Kiev

• D) St. Petersburg