Question

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Please match the word to the correct definition.

Question 1 options:

Tsar or Czar


Boyars


Tatars


Slavs


Varangians or Rus


Kremlin


Russian Orthodox Christianity


Eastern Orthodox Christianity

1.
A group of Vikings that traveled to Byzantium by travelling along a series of rivers through Russia. The name of the lands North of the Byzantine empire became known as “the land of the Rus” and then eventually as Russia. These groups settled with the Slavs in cities along the rivers.

2.
The Christian church that was based out of the Byzantine empire and specifically out of Constantinople. It became the basis for the religion in Kiev and later, across Russia.

3.
The conversion of Eastern Orthodox Christianity that happened after the fall of the Byzantine Empire. Services and scriptures were read and done in Russian. Became the church throughout all of Russia.

4.
Russian landowning nobles.

5.
Part of the tribes/ peoples of Mongolia that had been united under Genghis Khan. What the Mongol warriors were called by the Russians.

6.
Slavic tribes from eastern Europe. These groups followed the rivers to settle in Russia.

7.
The Russian word for fortress. It is a walled fortress designed to protect a city from attack. This is the seat of power in Moscow.

8.
The word comes from the Latin word Caesar. The title proclaims the power and importance like the great Roman conquerors.

Answer 1

1. Varangians or Rus

2. Eastern Orthodox Christianity

3. Russian Orthodox Christianity

4. Boyars

5. Tatars

6. Slavs

7. Kremlin

8. Tsar or Czar