Early Russia & The Turkic Empires (1)

Early Russia & The Turkic Empires (1)

Choose the correct answer.


1	Kievan Russia was founded by the?:
		Vikings.
		Byzantines.
		Arabs.
		Turks.


2	Goods passing from Kiev to Europe would most likely travel?:
		across the Ural Mountains.
		south to the Black Sea and then by ship to Constantinople.
		overland through Poland and Hungary.
		across the Caucasus Mountains to the Caspian Sea.


3	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 in the 10^c.
		the influence of the European Crusaders during the Middle Ages.


4	The final collapse of the Byzantine and Arab Islamic empires was caused by?:
		the revival of the Roman Empire.
		the conquests of the Ottoman Turks.
		the success of Slavic invasions.
		their defeat by the Seljuk Turks.


5	*The ghazis* were?:**
		wealthy merchants who controlled the east-west trade through Constantinople.
		Islamic warriors who saw their sacred duty in spreading the faith through attacks on unbelievers.
		the secret police and informers who helped the Ottoman sultan control his empire.
		an elite warrior class that conquered Afghanistan from the Russians.


6	An observation about the Ottoman Empire in the 15^c and 16^c is that the Empire?:
		had a strategic location between Europe and Asia.
		originated in Hungary.
		was totally landlocked.
		had control over most of Western Europe.