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Kyiv-Rus Quiz!!

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the grassy planes on Ukraine and Southern Russia called?

a)

The Ponto Caspian Steppe

b)

The Baltic Steppe

c)

Grassy Planes(duh)

2.

Who were Slavs originally?

a)

The Greeks who hated the Rus

b)

Tribes in Ukraine

c)

A group of people who started near the Vistula river.

d)

They were originally the Rus, also known as Vikings

3.

The Slavs were ______

a)

Nomads

b)

Monks

c)

Christians

d)

Vikings

4.

Slavs had ________ origin.

a)

Irish

b)

Iranian

c)

Australian

d)

Ethiopian

5.

Who were the Rus?

a)

Northern Europeans, and Vikings, who united the Slavs along the Dnieper River

b)

A group of hostile and violent monks who conquered more than half of Asia.

c)

Peaceful Slavs who wanted to take over the Byzantine Empire

d)

A group that formed a state called Kyiv-Rus

6.

What are nomads?

a)

The Rus(vikings)

b)

People who move from place to place in search of food

c)

People that meditate and sing Kumbaya

d)

A strict group of people who follow certain rules and don't eat meat.

7.

The Iranian(Slavs) _________(Cattle farmers) subsisted mostly on ________ milk and unfermented __________, as well as _____________ herbs(mushrooms).

a)

1. pastoralists

2. cow

3. alcohol

b)

1. agrarians

2. horse

3. beer

4. non-active

c)

1. pastoralists

2. horse

3. wines

4. psychoactive

d)

1. armers

2. pig

3. wines

4. psychoactive

8.

Kyiv-Rus first started in which modern day countries?

a)

Russia and Belarus

b)

Northern Russia and parts of Ukraine

c)

Alaska

d)

Southern Ukraine

9.

Where did the Rus come from?

a)

Denmark; they were Danish

b)

Sweden; they were Swedish

c)

Ireland; they were Irish

d)

Japan; they were Japanese

10.

What is a Steppe?(ex: Mongolia and Chile have steppes.)

a)

A dry area with many forest and trees

b)

a small, wet, grass-covered plain

c)

a large, dry, grass-covered plain

11.

What is the capital of Belarus?

a)

Christiansted

b)

Kyiv-Rus

c)

Constantinople

d)

Minsk

12.

When did the Slavs have their great migration all over(specifically east)?

a)

5th-8th AD

b)

1940

c)

800-956 AD

d)

4th-6thBC

13.

TRUE OR FALSE?!? When Slavs moved east, they had a non-agricultural lifestyle.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

The Rus(vikings) came from the ___________ River.

a)

Dnieper

b)

Volga

c)

Tanga

d)

Rio

15.

Which sea did the Dnieper and Volga leave into?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Atlantic Sea

16.

Who lived between the Dnieper and Volga Rivers

a)

Pirates

b)

The Greeks

c)

The Slavs

d)

The Rus

17.

Why did the Rus move from North to South

a)

It was cold, and they wanted to be warmer.

b)

Did not have enough farmland in the North

c)

No irrigation in the North

18.

Principality is any absolute monarchy that is controlled by a _____ or a group of _____

a)

Princess

Princesses

b)

King

Kings

c)

Prince

Princes

d)

Queen

Queens

19.

When they first met, the Rus traded wax, money, beeswax, and furs with the Slavs. What did the Slavs give them?

a)

Diamond

b)

Silver

c)

Gold

20.

What did the Vikings do with the silver?

a)

GOOD THINGS

made plates, silverware, and other materials to trade with the Greeks

b)

BAD THINGS

made weapons like arrow tips and short spears dipped in poison

21.

Which are FALSE?

a)

Slavs never had government during 4th-6th BC

b)

Slavs had many Kings and Queens during 4th-6th BC

c)

All Slavs spoke the same language

d)

Some Slavs spoke different languages

22.

The Slavs did not get along with each other.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

Vikings sailed between which two waterways?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Venus River

c)

Dnieper River

d)

Volga River

24.

How did Kyiv-Rus come about?

a)

Rus(Vikings) saw that Slavs had an unorganized government when the Rus went to Kyiv. The Vikings decided to regulate the Slavs, and the principality was established.

b)

The poet Nestor wrote about the Rus coming to Kyiv in the 4th - 6th BC and how the Vikings and Slavs signed a treaty in what is now Kyiv-Rus.

25.

The Rus went south of Volga towards the Black Sea to go where?

a)

Belarus

b)

Constantinople

c)

Greece

d)

Kyiv

26.

When did the Rus(Vikings) move south to meet in the Black Sea?

a)

4th - 6th BC

b)

860 AD

c)

999 AD

27.

The Rus(Vikings) wanted to conquer the Byzantine capital city called Constantinople. What was the nickname for the capital city(given by the Rus)?

a)

Miklagard

b)

The Great City

c)

Athens

d)

Kinross

28.

When the Rus emptied into the Black sea with their Navy, their first leaders were _____ and _____

a)

Rurik

b)

Nestor

c)

Askold

d)

Dir

29.

The Vikings moved south of the Dnieper River into the Black Sea, with between ___ and ___ ships. __ to __ men on each ship, and at least ____ men in total.

a)

200

360

30

80

8,000

b)

30

80

200

360

80,000

c)

80

200

30

60

8,000

30.

Which group had an allegiance with the Rus and was at war with the Byzantine Empire.

a)

Crucians

b)

Arab Caliphate

c)

Romans

d)

Greaks

31.

When did the Rus(Vikings) first attack Constantinople?

a)

February 860 AD

b)

4th-6th BC

c)

January 860 AD

d)

August 1914

32.

When did the Rus(Vikings) stop attacking Constantinople?

a)

10 decades later

b)

August 860 BC

c)

February 860 AD

d)

August 4, 860 AD

33.

Who wrote down much of the information we are studying today?(About Kyiv Rus)

a)

Aang, the avatar

b)

Nestor, a monk

c)

The Pope

d)

Vladmir Putin

34.

The Rus immediately went back to Volgograd as soon as they sabotaged Constantinople

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

The Rus(Vikings) traded with the Holy Roman Empire. They gave the Romans the items they stole when they sabotaged the Byzantine Empire(Specifically Constantinople). What did the Romans give them?

a)

Crops to plant

b)

Silk and wines

c)

Cows and horses

d)

Gold and silver

36.

What did the Rus do after they gained a lot of money from trading with the Romans?

a)

Went back to Constantinople with more weapons and conquered them

b)

Built an even greater empire and conquered the Romans

c)

Started to conquer the Slavic Tribes in Ukraine and Volgograd

37.

Slavs never had a centralized government

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

38.

Before the Rus attacked Constantinople, 3 groups of people drove them back to Volgograd for a little

a)

Slavs

b)

Rus

c)

Balts

d)

Finns

e)

Swedes

39.

What is the word that matches this definition?: Payment made periodically, by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence.

a)

Honoree

b)

Salute

c)

Tribute

40.

Payment made (a)   , by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence.

41.

Payment made periodically, by one (a)   or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence.

42.

(a)   made periodically, by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of dependence.

43.

Payment made periodically, by one state or ruler to another, especially as a sign of (a)   .

44.

Who paid tribute to the Rus

a)

Everybody

b)

The Greeks

c)

No one, they paid tribute to the Slavs

d)

Askold and Dir

45.

When did the slavs go to Volgograd to ask the Rus to give them a leader?

a)

862 AD

b)

Never, the Slavs didn't like the Rus

c)

4th-6th BC

d)

900 AD

46.

The Rus selected the first prince for the Slavs in 862 AD. Who was it?

a)

Askold

b)

Nestor

c)

Obama

d)

Rurik

47.

Rurik was a peaceful leader who ran the country for 17 years.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

48.

Oleg(872 - 913 AD), The next ruler after Rurik died, wanted to go to the Dnieper to find people to slaughter in South- East Ukraine. Who did the Rus want to conquer at this time?

a)

Khazars

b)

Greeks

c)

Romans

d)

Jews