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How did the ruler of Ghana profit from the trade routes that met in his empire?

By collecting a tax on all merchants or traders who went through their land

Russia's rivers linked early Russians to

Byzantine Empire

Agreement where the Church would choose its officals and given them the symbols of their office?

Concordat of Worms

Capital of the Byzantine Empire

Constantinople

The Russian language is written in the ____ alphabet?

Cyrillic

Two Orthodox monks named Cyrill and Methodius developed which of the following?

Cyrillic Alphabet

Which of the following were the two main rivers of the Eastern Europe region?

Danube and Vistula

which statement BEST describes the grography of Africa?

Deserts and Savannas cover almost half of the continent

Assembly, where a single noble could block a law?

Diet

In 1054 which two chruches divided in whatr is called "The great Schism"

Easter (Greek) Orthodox and Roman Catholic

Which of the following best describes Kush and Egypt relationship?

Egypt and Kush were sometimes friends and sometime enemies

A large group of people that share a common language or culture

Ethic group

The English king establish the idea of a jury and reformed British Law?

Henry II

Which of the following was the first french king?

Hugh Capet

The Magyars were raiders from the Asian steppes who settled in?

Hungary

What led to the decline of the Kingdom of Axum?

Internal strife and civil war

The capital of the Byzantine Empire known today as which of the following?

Istanbul

How did Mongol rule affect Russia's relations with Western Europe?

It isolated Russia from European advances in science and art

Visitors traveled to Timbuktu because _____?

It was the center of Islamic learing wih schools and mosques

Which of the following leaders, brought much of northern Russia under his control limited the power of the boyars, and helped defeated the Golden Horde?

Ivan The GREAT

Following the death of _____ Russia was filled with unrest?

Ivan the Terrible

The Byzantine Empire stretched to its greatest size during the regin of whcih ruler?

Justinian

The Greatest Byzantine Empor was?

Justinian

Under his rule Constanopile reached its peak

Justinian

Which of the following cities was the center of the trade for Russia?

Kiev

Which of he following kings established the model Parliament which developed into two houses

King Edward I

The Kingdom of Axum became the first Christian kingdom of Africa because of ______'s conversion to Christianity?

King Ezana

Who was the founder of the kingdom of Mali?

King Sundiata

In 1009, this ruler ____ created the ___ dynasty which was he first Songhai state?

Kossi; Dia

Meroe is the capital of which kingdom?

Kush

What was one result of Egypt conquering Kush during the New Kingdom?

Kushites adopted Egyptian way of life

What was the name of the league that was formed by the wealthy cities of Northern Italy and the Pope to defend Barbarossa?

Lombard League

The English nobles forced king John to sign which of the followoing documents that limited the king's power and preserved power of the nobles?

Magna Carta

Which great West African state emerged as a power around 1235?

Mali

The kingdom of Mali reached its peak under _____, who supported education, the arts and public buildings?

Mansa Musa

What African leader made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, with a huge entourage and an incredible display of wealth?

Mansa Musa

King Ezana is an excellent example of the power and wealth of?

The Kingdom of Axum

At the fall of the Byzantine empire, who would conquer their empire?

The Ottoman Turks

In the 1300's which of the following groups would introduce Islam to the Balkans?

The Ottoman Turks

The South Slav country of Serbia was conquered in 1380s by

The Ottoman Turks

Split in the Church- Roman and Orthodox

The great Schism

Constantinople lies between which 2 seas?

Black and Mederiterran

What was Kush's capital, Meroe known for?

Producing Iron

Axum's power and wealth was largely based on their control of the ____?

Red Sea trade

What did Kush do after conquering Egypt?

Restored Egypt's glory

What was Justinian's Code based on?

Roman Law

Which of the following best decribes the movment that tried to reconcile faith and reason?

Scholasticism

Sunni Ali was the first ruler of ____ Kingdom and was succede by Muhammad?

Songhai

What was the largest and most powerful state in the history of west africa?

Songhai

The Kingdom of Ghana was established by the _____ people?

Soninke

Which Scholastic Scholar wrote "Summa Theolgica?"

St. Thomas Aquinas

The Serbian state reached its height of power under?

Stefan Dusam

Russia's ____, or open grassland, offered no barrier to migration

Steppe

Who became the leader of the Songhai Kingdom in 1464?

Sunni Ali

Why did the people of the Songhai Kingdom turn aginst Sunni Baru, after the death of Sunni Ali in 1492?

Sunni Baru was not muslim, and feared the kingdom would lose power

Which of the following best descibes the Bartu migration?

A long complex process in which diffrent waves of Bantu-speaking peoples eventually linked up

What percent of Africa is really rain forest?

10%

In what year did the battle of Hastings take place

1066

In what year did Henry II inherit the throne?

1154

In what year, did Pope innocent III take power and claim papal supremacy?

1198

The kingdom of Mali would defeat Ghana in what year?

1240

The final end of the Byzantine Empire came in what year?

1453

What year did the Axum Kingdom defeat the Kingdom of Kush?

350 A.D.

Ivan IV of Russia organized the Oprichniki who were?

Agents of terror

Which group did Pope Inocent and Philip II attack in 1209?

Albigensians

The most remarkable feature of the Hagia Sophia is?

All of the Above

Which statment about Timbuktu is TRUE?

All of these answer are TRUE

The migration of the Bantus started?

Around 2000 B.C

One ruler with ttoal Power

Autocrat

Russian princess regained control of Russia by defeating the Golden Horde

Battle of Kulikovo

Who would be the originally leader of the Mongols against the Russsian between 1236 and 1241?

Batu

what tradition did Ivan he Terrible introduce that shaped Russian history into the 20th century?

Extreme absolute power

The earliest Bantu migrants were?

Farmers

These creatures helped to spread the plague

Fleas and Rats

What was the capital of the Songhai Empire?

Gao

West African kingdoms grew rich becuase of the ___ mined in the South Sahel being traded for ___ mined in the Sahara Desert?

Gold, Salt

Hungarian nobles forced their king to sign this, which limited the power of the king

Golden Bull of 1222

How did the Eastern Europe's geography affect its development?

Good and cultural influences traveled along the region's rivers

How did Eastern Europe's geography affect its development?

Goods and cultural influences traveled along the region's rivers

The gretaest Byzantine Emperor had ahuge churhc built in his capital, that still stands today. It is known as the

Hagia Sophia

Which of the following battles led William, Duke of Normandy, to become king of england?

Hastings

Golden Horde

Mongrol Army

Which of the following would march on the Songhai Kingdom and led to the decline of the kingdom?

Morocco

Jewish refugees fled Western Europe because?

Of persecution and explusion

Who was the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire?

Otto I

What group gained control of the Byzantine Empire in 1453?

Ottoman Turks

Byzantine HIghest church offical

Patriarch

The marriage of Queen Jadwiga to Duke Wladysalw Jagiello created the largest state in europe called?

Poland-Lithuania

Swahili refers to?

The people of the east African coast

Which event occured during the rule of the Mongols in Russia?

The princess of Moscow gained power and influnce

What was the longest lasting effect of Egypt controlling Kush?

The spread of egyptian culture

The story of Sundiata was about?

Theheroic deeds of the prince in establishing the Mali empire

All of the following were Swahili city-states EXCEPT?

Timbuktu

Many of the ancient cultures of West Africa valued salt more than gold?T/F

True

Russian word for Caesar

Tsar

Russia's first civilazation

Ukraine

This Pope called the first crusade

Urban II

How extensive was the Kingdom of Axum's trade network?

Very, it extend between the Mediterranean and Asia

The Eastern Slav (Europe) King to accept Eastern Orthodox Christian was?

Vladimir

What technology enabled Assyria to conquer Kush?

iron weapons


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