Chapter 3 Regional Civilizations   1. Constantinople's control of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles meant that ______     A) it had a natural barrier from attack by Germanic invaders.     B) it could control the routes leading east to Asia and north to northern Europe.     C) water protected it on three sides.     D) all of the above   2. The heart of the Byzantine Empire was formed by ______     A) the Arabian Peninsula.     B) lands once part of the Greek world.     C) the Italian peninsula.     D) Persia.   3. The Justinian Code ______     A) was written by the Emperor Justinian himself.     B) preserved the Greek system of laws.     C) organized Rome's legal heritage.     D) was never completed.   4. In the Byzantine Empire ______     A) the emperors played a part in church affairs.     B) church and state did not mix.     C) the church saw the pope as its supreme leader.     D) the church was headed by the Empress Theodora.   5. Those opposing the use of religious images as symbols were called ______     A) schisms.     B) patriarchs.     C) iconoclasts.     D) laity.   6. Of the following forms of cultural expression, which reflected the influence of the Christian religion?     A) mosaics     B) illuminated manuscripts     C) books about the lives of saints     D) all of the above   7. A steppe is a(n) ______     A) type of climate.     B) extended village.     C) immense plain.     D) trading post.   8. The Eastern Slavs of Kievan Rus ______     A) were not warlike.     B) asked Vikings to protect them.     C) dominated the trade route on the Dnieper River.     D) all of the above.   9. Which factor led to the isolation of the Eastern Slavs from Western Europe?     A) their use of the Cyrillic alphabet     B) the Mongol invasion and occupation     C) their acceptance of Eastern Orthodoxy     D) all of the above   10. The power of what city led to its being called the Third Rome?     A) Moscow     B) Kiev     C) Novgorod     D) the Kremlin