World History
Mr. Schuler
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Unit 4 (Byzantine Empire and the Mongols)
Study Guide
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Justinian
Justinian Code
Theodora
Hagia Sophia
Patriarch
Icon
Excommunication
Cyrillic alphabet
Slavs
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Vladimir
Yaroslav the Wise
Alexander Nevsky
Ivan III
czar (tsar)
Seljuks
Vizier
Pastoralist
Clan
19. Genghis Khan
20. Khanate of the
Golden Horde
21. Pax Mongolica
22. Kublai Khan
23. Marco Polo
24. Yuan Dynasty
25. Ming Dynasty
Ideas to Know:
1. Who founded Constantinople?
2. What was Justinian’s legacy? Who was his wife and why do we study her?
3. What caused the split of the Christian Church? What are icons? Who supported using
them and who banned them?
4. When the Christian Church split between east and west, which church formed in the
Byzantine empire?
5. As the Byzantine empire was decaying, how did emperors attempt to salvage the empire?
6. Who invented the alphabet that is used by many present-day Slavic languages?
7. Who was the ruler of Kieven Russia?
8. Be able to compare and contrast the following rulers: Justinian and Yaroslav the Wise
9. What influenced Vladimir’s rule? What religion did he choose for his empire and why?
10. Starting with Ivan III, what title did Russian rulers take?
11. Who were the mamelukes?
12. Who ended up taking over Constantinople? What do we know about them (way of life,
religion, ideas, etc.)? How did their climate affect them?
13. What are the characteristics of the Mongols (where are they from, where do they go,
what type of life do they live, etc.)?
14. How were Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan similar? How was Kublai Khan different
than other Mongol leaders? What result did the interaction of the Mongols with settled
peoples have?
15. What was the Mongol empire in Russia called? How was Russia affected by Mongol
rule? How did Russian gain independence from the Mongols?
16. Who did Kublai Khan pick to run the government? Why?
17. At it’s height, how much land did the Mongol Empire control?
18. How was Korea affected by the Mongols conquering them?