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A popular trade item found in the Baltic is--

• gold

• amber

• wheat

• textiles

From Constantinople, traders crossed the ____ Sea, then took the ______ River into territory that would become early Russia.

• Black, Dnieper

• Marmara, Dnieper

• Mediterranean, Dnieper

• Caspian, Dnieper

Varangians is another name for the--

• Byzantines

• Russians

• Slavs

• Vikings

The __ lived between the Black and Baltic Seas.

• Vikings

• Slavs

• Mongols

• Greeks

The Slavs migrated from--

• around the Black Sea.

• southern Asia

• northern Africa

• western central Asia

Which factor allowed the Vikings to have a lot of influence on Russia?

• easy to understand language

• strong Christian religion

• advanced technology

• extensive trade routes

Which of the following are true of Ivan the Great? (multiple answers)

• Czar of Russia

• established trade with the Vikings

• leader of Russian independence

• challenged Mongol rule

Byzantine religious influence led Russia to create--

• icons

• libraries of religious texts

• missions to the Vikings

• training centers for priests

A distinctive architectural feature found in Russia--

• massive domes like the one in Rome's Pantheon

• rooms made of amber

• onion domes

• copies of Greek columns

St. Cyril--

• defeated the Mongols

• adopted the Greek alphabet to create an alphabet for the Slavs

• established trade with the Vikings

• translated the Bible into Greek