Russian history

Question 1

In what millennium did a large group of tribes split through Eastern Europe?

Answer 1

First milleninum

Question 2

What is the Primary Chronicle?

Answer 2

written documents by a monk called Nestor in the 12th century

Question 3

What did the tribes share before splitting?

Answer 3

・a common slavic language
・polytheitic religion

Question 4

What does polytheistic mean?

Answer 4

believing in many gods

Question 5

When did the tribes split?

Answer 5

7th century

Question 6

What did the tribes split into?

Answer 6

Western, southern, and eastern branches

Question 7

Who were the tribes subjugated by?

Answer 7

The vikings (varangian russes)

Question 8

What did the tribes do to the vikings?

Answer 8

They revolted and drove them back

Question 9

What happened after the tribes expelled the vikings?

Answer 9

they turned on each other. The tribes reached out to the foreigners they had just expelled, inviting them to return and establish order

Question 10

Who was prince Rurik?

Answer 10

a prince sent by the vikings to rule

Question 11

Who was prince Oleg?

Answer 11

Prince Rurik’s son

Question 12

How was Kievan Rus born?

Answer 12

By prince Oleg expanding his realm into the south and moving the capitol to Kiev

Question 13

What does “Rus” mean?

Answer 13

The men who row

Question 14

What kind of relationship did the new princedom have with its neighbors?

Answer 14

Complex- alternating between alliance and warfare

Question 15

What is paganism?

Answer 15

A religion apart from the two main religions (Christianity or no Christianity)

Question 16

Why were the settlers put off by the islams?

Answer 16

Because of the prohibition on alcohol

Question 17

Why were the settlers put off by the Judaists?

Answer 17

Because of their expulsion from its holy land

Question 18

What religion did the rulers settle on?

Answer 18

orthodox Christianity

Question 19

Where does Russian script originate from?

Answer 19

Greek

Question 20

What caused the Kiev Rus kindom to lose strength?

Answer 20

・Disputes over succession

Question 21

What happened in 1237?

Answer 21

35,000 mounted archers led by Batu Khan swept through the Rus cities, sacking Kiev. The age if Kievan Rus had ended

Question 22

What happened in the east after the end of the Kievan Rus?

Answer 22

Stayed under Mongolian power, Moscow started to grow, succeeding over Khan after a while. It reclaimed the old name in its Greek form, Ruscia

Question 23

What four cultures had a strong influence on Russian culture?

Answer 23

Mongols, Vikings, Slavs, Greeks

Question 24

Who were the slavs?

Answer 24

the people whose cultures had the most lasting influence on early Russia

Question 25

Who is Batu Khan’s grandfather?

Answer 25

Genghis Khan (establisher of the Mongol Empire)

Question 26

What did Russian princes have to do to the Mongol rulers?

Answer 26

declare their royalty and pay tribute (taxes)

Question 27

How many years was Russia isolated from European influence?

Answer 27

over 200 years

Question 28

What brought new ideas through Mongol?

Answer 28

The Silk Roads

Question 29

What did prince Ivan do with the money he secretly kept from the mongols?

Answer 29

he used it to buy land and expand territory

Question 30

Who defeated the Mongols in battle?

Answer 30

prince Dmitry

Question 31

Who refused to pay tribute?

Answer 31

Ivan the third, and Mongol rule ended there

Question 32

Who was the first czar (emperor) of Russia?

Answer 32

Ivan the fifth