Early Russia

The Vikings came to Russia from

• Poland

• Scandinavia

• China

• The Byzantine Emprie

Who had to pay tribute to the Vikings?

• Slavs

• Scandinavia

• China

• Mongols

Christianity in early Russia came from

• the Byzantine Empire

• China

• Western Europe

• Lithuania

Who was Russia's first woman ruler?

• Sophia

• Anastasia Romanovna

• Catherine the Great

• Princess Olga

Who insisted that Orthodox Christianity become the official religion of Russia?

• Princess Olga

• Peter 1/ Peter the Great

• Prince Vladimir

• Mikhail Romanov

What was the class of landowning nobles in Russia called?

• principalities

• boyars

• serfs

• czars

Who was the first czar of a unified Russia?

• Prince Vladimir

• Peter 1/Peter the Great

• Mikhail

• Ivan III/ Ivan the Great

Russian peasants who were forced to work the land are called

• boyars

• Slavs

• serfs

• slaves

Who ordered the construction of the Moscow Kremlin?

• Mikhail

• Prince Vladimir

• Ivan III/ Ivan the Great

• Boris Godunov

Who ordered the building of St. Basil's Cathedral?

• Ivan III/Ivan the Great

• Mikhail

• Anastasia

• Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible