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Origins of Russia

Origins of Russia

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Where are you right now?

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Outerspace

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El Centro, CA

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Houston

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Charlotte

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Which of the following is NOT an existent source of knowledge for early Slavic history?

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Descriptions by Roman historians

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Accounts by travelers from the Middle East

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Native Slavic inscriptions from the pre-Christian era

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Writings by Byzantine missionaries and their successors

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Which branch of the Slavic tribes would eventually form the Kievan Rus?

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Western

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Eastern

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Northern

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Southern

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According to the likeliest theory, from which language does the word 'rus' originate?

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Old Norse

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Ancient Slavic

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Khazar

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Byzantine Greek

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To which religion did Vladimir I convert?

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Islam

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Judaism

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Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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Roman Catholicism

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Which of the following was NOT a major contributor to the decline of Kievan Rus?

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Mongol Invasion

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Teutonic crusaders

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Internal disputes

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Natural disasters

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Russia is unique because it is located on the following two continents.

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North America

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Oceania

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Europe

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Asia

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USSR

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What is the mountain range that splits European Russia from Asian Russia.

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Caucasus

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Himalayan

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Ural

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Alps

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The capital of Russia is

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St. Petersburg

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Moscow

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Ufa

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Leningrad

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The massive plains region that is in Asia known for its cold temperatures is called

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Kamchatka

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Siberia

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Caucasus

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Volga

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The region in Russia known for its earthquakes and volcanoes.

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Kamchatka Peninsula

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Siberia

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Caucasus

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Volga

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The most important river in Russia is the

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Ganges

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Siberia

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Caucasus

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Volga

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The largest inland body of water in Russia is a saltwater sea.

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Volga

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Baikal

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Caspian

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Mediterranean

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The largest freshwater lake in Russia is called Lake ____________.

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Volga

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Baikal

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Caspian

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Mediterranean

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One of the reasons Russia is so cold is

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its location in the extreme southern latitudes

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its location in the extreme northern latitudes

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its location in the extreme northern longitude

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A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.

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steppe

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taiga

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tundra

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muh backyard

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The south-western part of Russia around the Black Sea has a _________ climate

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subtropical

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cold

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tundra

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biome

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The diversion of water for irrigation purposes has been the main cause of the shrinking of the Aral Sea.

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True

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False

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What is the name of Russia's current President?
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Joseph Stalin

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Vladimir Putin

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Justin Trudeau

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Russia became a communist nation called the Soviet Union in what year?

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1991

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2001

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1922

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1822

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