History of Russia Parts 1-2 - 2022-2023

Who are modern Russians descended from? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]

• Saracen peoples (the Saracens)
• Germanic peoples (the Germans)
• Celtic peoples (the Celts)
• Slavic peoples (the Slavs)

Where did the people from the previous question settle?

• Along the rivers of what are today France and Belgium
• Along the rivers of what are today Ukraine and Russia
• Along the mountains of what are today Spain and France
• Along the mountains of what are today Switzerland and Italy

What city did the people from the previous questions build a civilization around in 800 AD? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]

• Paris
• Rome
• Kabul
• Kiev
• Karaj

What country is the city from the previous question the capital of today? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]

• Czechia
• Uruguay
• Ukraine
• Russia
• Sudan

What was their civilization called? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]

• Kievan Rus
• Kazakh Romani
• Axum
• Mesopotamian
• Huang He

What religion did the people from the previous question convert to in 988 AD? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]

• Sunni Islam
• Mahayana Buddhism
• Roman Catholic Christianity
• Protestant Christianity
• Eastern Orthodox Christianity

What did Muscovy develop into?

• Into the country known today as Ukraine
• Into the country known today as Russia
• Into the country known today as Ruritania
• Into the country known today as Uruguay

What new capital did Czar Peter the Great build in the 1700s? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]

• St. Paulsburg
• Moscow
• Morocco
• Macau
• St. Peterburg

Most Russians were very poor. Many poor Russians were serfs. What were serfs?

• People who rode on waves by using long, wooden boards
• Landowners who owned large estates with many slaves
• They were the secret police of the czars
• Farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land.

Whose side did Russia Join in 1914 during World War I and who were they fighting against? [READ EACH OPTION CAREFULLY!!]

• Joined Germany and Austria and fought France and Britain
• Joined China and Japan and fought Greece and Turkey
• Joined Greece and Turkey and fought China and Japan
• Joined France and Britain and fought Germany and Austria