6th Ch 12 S 2/3

It was the Rus who gave their name to the first known East Slavic state: the _______ Rus.

• Viking

• Russian

• Slavic

• Kievan

By the 800s, Scandinavian raiders and merchants, called _______, dominated Novgorod, Kiev, and other trading centers. They soon merged with the Slavic population.

• Slavs

• Vikings

• Russians

• Tzars

Kiev’s early rulers grew rich from _____ and united the Slavic tribes.

• trade

• jewels

• energy

• olives

Which Grand Prince of Kiev chose Eastern Christianity as the official religion in 988?

• Vladimir I

• Ivan III the Great

• Ivan IV the Terrible

• Yaroslav the Wise

• Oleg I

As a result of choosing Eastern Christianity as the official religion, what culture influenced the early development of the Kievan Rus?

• Byzantine

• Catholic

• Ottoman

• British

Who took control of the Kievan Rus around 1240?

• The Mongols

• The Merovingians

• The Indians

• The Germans

• The Byzantines

In 998 Kievan Rus was baptized to what religion?

• Eastern Orthodox

• Catholicism

• Protestantism

• Buddhism

When in 1240 Rus was attacked by Sweden, who helped to protect the country and had a battle on the lake?

• Ivan the Terrible

• Nicolas II

• Alexander Nevsky

• Pietr I

In the 14th century the capital of Rus became...

• Moscow

• Kiev

• St Petersburg

• Nizhni Novgorod

The city that was the center of Russian trade with the Vikings and Byzantines was...

• Moscow
• Novgorod
• St. Petersburg
• Kiev