8th Grade 9 Weeks Test

Constantinople is now __________________________.

• Turkey

• Istanbul

• Jerusalem

• Judea

A ________________ is a holy war to win back Jerusalem.

• Pilgrimage

• Crusade

• Sacrament

• Icon

In the 800s, a group of ____________________ known as Varangians settled among Eastern Slavic tribes.

• Rus

• Russians

• Turks

• Vikings

______________, a relative of Rurik left Novgorod to conquer lands to the south along the Dnieper River.

• Kiev

• Oleg

• Vladimir

• Vikings

_________________ was the capital of early Russia.

• Kiev

• Moscow

• St. Petersburg

• Leningrad

Kiev became an important trade route between the Baltic and _____________ Sea.

• Red

• Black

• Mediterranean

• Yellow

In 989, ___________________ had all Kiev citizens baptized in the Dnieper River.

• Oleg

• Nicholas

• Vladimir

• Ivan

In 1240, Kiev falls to the __________________.

• Turks

• Romans

• Mongols

• Vikings

_______________ a small trading post near Russia's main rivers became the most powerful city in the 1100s.

• Kiev

• St. Petersburg

• Moscow

• Leningrad

Grand Prince Ivan III takes the name ____________.

• King

• Emperor

• Tsar

• Czar