Early Russia

Question 1

West of the ____________ Mountains from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea

Answer 1

Ural

Question 2

Hilly ____________ in the south, then dense forests and swamps in the north

Answer 2

Grasslands

Question 3

Slow interconnected ____________ allow for easy travel

Answer 3

Rivers

Question 4

In the 800s, a group of Vikings known as the ____________ settled among Eastern Slavic tribes

Answer 4

Varangians

Question 5

Also known as the ________________, they founded Novgorod in 862 under the leadership of Rurik

Answer 5

Rus’

Question 6

Oleg, a relative of Rurik left Novgorod to conquer lands to the south along the ________________

Answer 6

Dnieper River

Question 7

Conquered Kiev and named it the capital of the newly created state ________________

Answer 7

Kievan Rus’

Question 8

Kiev became an important trade route between the ____________ and _____________

Answer 8

Baltic and black sea

Question 9

Influenced by Vikings, Slavic people and ________________

Answer 9

Byzantine Empire

Question 10

Princess Olga of Kiev converts to ________________ after visiting ________________ in 957

Answer 10

Christianity
Constantinople