Quiz on Russia and the Vikings

The Slavs were a people who lived in the __________ that were north of the __________ in Eastern Europe.

• mountains, Alps

• deserts, Caspian Sea

• steppes, Danube River

• plains, Carpathians

• forests, Black Sea

The Vikings, also called “__________” or “Norsemen,” were a Germanic people who lived in __________.

• Scandinavians, Scandinavia

• Celts, Ireland

• Saxons, England

• Gauls, France

When the Vikings attacked Europe, the non-Christian warriors had no qualms about attacking __________ and monasteries inside villages and towns.

• castles

• churches

• markets

• schools

Gradually, the Vikings stopped raiding Europe and instead peacefully settled in it, eventually accepting __________.

• Islam

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Judaism

A group of Slavs invited the Viking chief __________ to be their king; Vikings and Slavs __________, and a new culture emerged from their union.

• Rurik; intermarried

• Oleg; separated

• Igor; fought

• Vladimir; isolated

Vikings were the founders of a city called __________; they called themselves the Kievan Rus (“__________”); this was Russia’s first unified territory.

• Kiev; Rus

• Moscow; Slavs

• Novgorod; Vikings

• St. Petersburg; Byzantines

Under the rule of the Byzantine emperors, Christianity grew in the __________ Church.

• Eastern Orthodox

• Roman Catholic

• Protestant

• Anglican

The Byzantine Empire was located close to the Slavs of Eastern Europe; merchants from Kiev traded with __________.

• Byzantines

• Persians

• Egyptians

• Indians

This trade increased Russia’s wealth and led to __________ between the Byzantines and the Russians.

• cultural exchanges

• conflicts

• isolation

• competition

Byzantine __________ (those who spread religion) brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity north to the Russians.

• missionaries

• soldiers

• merchants

• artists