Hines’ History Spot

APWH – Ch.9 Test tomorrow (Tues). Study guide is due. Will give out info on Crusades debate tomorrow after test. CH.10 vocab will be due Wed.

World History – Ch.9 Sec.3 & 4 assessments Q1-5 due Tues.

French II – Lesson 6 quiz tomorrow. Extra credit from classzone.com available.

APWH – Ch9 Study Guide

1. Discuss the history, geography and importance of the Byzantine Empire.
2. What was Russia’s relationship to the Byzantine Empire?
3. What were the contributions made by Emperor Justinian?
4. Discuss the military organization of the Byzantine and western Roman Empire.
5. Under Justinian, what was the official language of the Byzantine Empire?
6. Who was Belisarius?
7. Discuss the differences between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
8. What were the results of Justinian’s wars of reconquest?
9. Discuss the Islamic threat to the Byzantine Empire.
10. What was Greek fire?
11. Discuss the results of the conflict between Arab Muslims and the Byzantine Emp.
12. What was the basis of Byzantine culture?

APWH – Ch9 Study guide pt.II

1. Who was Basil II?
2. Compare Byzantine and Chinese bureaucracy.
3. Discuss military organization, urbanization, and commerce in Byzantine Emp.
4. Discuss various aspects of Byzantine culture – art, literature, diversity, etc.
5. What were the results of the iconoclast issue?
6. Why did the Church split into Roman Catholic and Orthodox?
7. What did the Seljuk Turks do to the Byzantine Emp in 11th c.?
8. What was the ultimate result of the Crusade of 1204?
9. When did the Byzantine Empire come to an end and why did it?
10. Who were Cyril and Methodius? What did they accomplish?
11. What is Cyrillic?
12. Which area(s) of eastern Europe converted to Orthodoxy?
13. How was the kingdom of Kiev established?
14. Who was Rurik? Vladimir I? Yaroslav?
15. Discuss the extent of western European influence in Kievan Russia.
16. Who conquered Kievan Russia in 1236/
17. Discuss the Tatar invasion of Russia.