1. Chapter 10 Test

2. Nobles called _____________ formed councils that advised the rulers of Kieran Russia
Boyars

3. Ivan IV considered himself heir to the Roman and Byzantine empires and took the title of ______________, the Russian word for Caesar.
Czar

4. Under the Emperor ________________, Byzantine scholars organized Roman law.
Justinian

5. A Turkish people called the _________________ controlled territory south of Kiev and weakened Russia by interfering with its trade.
Polovtsy

6. Rurik was a leader of a people called the _______________, who gradually gained control of the region around Kiev
Rus

7. The actions of Ivan IV earned him the nickname ________________.
Ivan the Terrible

8. Town meetings called veche gave the people of ______________ a voice in their government.
Kievan Russia

9. The religious conversion of ruler _______________ helped to establish Christianity in Kievan Russia
Vladimir I

10. In the late 1500’s, the city of ______________ became the center of the Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow

11. Russia’s first code of laws was known as the _____________
Pravda Russkia

12. The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church emerged from the split of the
Byzantine Empire
Russian Orthodox Church
Roman Empire
Christian Church

13. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the growth of Kievan Russia?
Help from allies in western Europe
A network of rivers that crossed the region
Trade with the Byzantines
The arrival of the Vikings

14. Government in Kievan Russia was controlled by the…
emperors
princes
people
clergy

15. The Byzantine empire was saved around A.D. 1100 by…
The rule of a wise and powerful emperor
An alliance with the Ottoman Turks
A strong navy that used a chemical weapon known as “Greek fire.”
An army of western Europeans that reclaimed Western Asia Minor from the Turks.

16. The practice of moving people from church membership whose opinions conflict with its leaders or beliefs called…
Heresy
Holy wisdom
Excommunication
martyrdom