1. The Middle Ages in Europe
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2. The Byzantine Empire had things in common with the Roman Empire.

3. Most historians call Justinian the greatest Russian emperor.
Russian Byzantine

4. Kiev was located on an important trade route.

5. The Turks captured Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul.

6. The Slavs belonged to the Roman Catholic Church.
Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church

7. The Veche represented all free, adult male citizens in Russia.

8. Ivan the Great freed Russia from foreign rule.

9. The Vikings could sail their ships in deep oceans and on shallow rivers.

10. Charlemagne ordered a code of all Roman laws.
Charlemagne Justinian

11. William’s victory at the Battle of Hastings meant that the Normans would rule England.

12. Historians call ________ the greatest Byzantine emperor.
Justinian
Constantine
Charlemagne

13. A name that shows what a person does is a _______.
icon
title
relic

14. _______ united the Franks and made Paris his capital.
Charlemagne
Alexander
Clovis

15. Leaders of the Russian church are called _______
Leaders of the Russian church are called _______. (patriarchs, boyars, icons
Icon
boyars
patriarchs

16. The _______ were a large German tribe.
Vikings
Franks
Normans

17. Match each item Kremlin Hippodrome Religious order Hagia Sophia boyars
Russian nobles who shared power with princes
Kremlin
Group of monks
Hippodrome
Rebuilt by Ivan the Great
Religious order
Constantine held chariot races here
Hagia Sophia
boyars
One of the world’s most beautiful churches

18. Match each item Pope relics principles icons Cyrillic alphabet
Invented by monks
Pope
Laws or truths
relics
Leo III
principles
Objects that have something to do with God
icons
Cyrillic alphabet
Small pictures of a saint or Jesus

19. What did Charlemagne unite?
Western Europe

20. Princes of what city took the name “Grand Prince of All Russia”?
Moscow

21. Who made the Russian kingdom three times larger during his rule?
Ivan the Terrible

22. Literature is what kind of works with lasting influence?
written

23. What Russian title means “caesar”?
czar