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Question 1

What is the capital city of Russia?

Answer 1

Moscow

Question 2

What happens to the Caspian Sea over time?

Answer 2

Evaporates- due to salt

Question 3

What is the deepest freshwater lake in the world?

Answer 3

Lake Baikal

Question 4

How much of the worlds fresh water is here?

Answer 4

20%

Question 5

What does Russia produce more than any where else in the world?

Answer 5

Nickel and dry natural gas

Question 6

How much do the forests in Russia shrink in acres each year?

Answer 6

40 million acres

Question 7

How many members of the army did Napoleon start with and end with?

Answer 7

600,000 and ended in 40,000

Question 8

Explain the massiveness of Russia?

Answer 8

Russia covers 6.6 million miles, 11 time zones, 9 mountain ranges, borders 13 seas, 2 oceans, and 14 other countries

Question 9

How to write Russia in Russian

Answer 9

Poccnr but backwards n and r

Question 10

How many languages are spoken in Russia

Answer 10

170

Question 11

What is the problem with the size of Russia?

Answer 11

communication problems, governance problems, and problem with enemies

Question 12

What is the Bol’shak?

Answer 12

oldest person in every village who treated the village like his own family, even dished out punishment

Question 13

Why do we think slave comes from Slav?

Answer 13

Slavs were the first to be sold into slavery due to lack of stability

Question 14

What was the Slav life style like?

Answer 14

Very nomadic, moved every 3-4 years
Completely illiterate
Wore clothes for the cold, never revealed skin, men had long thick beards
Used slash and burn method for farming

Question 15

Who was Saint Cyril and Methodius?

Answer 15

two missionaries sent to spread faith and civilize the barbaric Slavs, tried to teach them to read and write

Question 16

Why did the Vikings come to Eurasia?

Answer 16

Came to reach southern economies in Eurasia

Came for honey, timber, wax, and slaves

Question 17

What is Keivan Rus?

Answer 17

The rule of the Vikings

Question 18

Who was Rurik?

Answer 18

1st ruler of Kievan Rus

Question 19

Who was Olga?

Answer 19

Igor’s wife, first female and Christian ruler of Russia, be-edified

Question 20

What did Vladimir the great do?

Answer 20

Converts Russia to Christianity

Question 21

What is Dvoverie?

Answer 21

The blend of two faiths

Question 22

Why was Iaroslav the wise known for being wise?

Answer 22

Married a Greek to unify the countries, made a first Russian law code, changed system of inheritance

Question 23

What was special about Vladimir Monomahks crown? The “crown of Monomahk”

Answer 23

Become what the Czar rulers would wear later in history

Question 24

What was it called when the Mongols ruled Russia?

Answer 24

The Mongol Yoke

Question 25

What is Patrimonialism?

Answer 25

One ruler controls everything created system of serfdom

Question 26

What is Mestichestvo?

Answer 26

system of deciding who's in power based on how close you sat to the prince

Question 27

Discussion: explain Ivan Kalita- Ivan 1st

Answer 27

Also known as Money bags" Buys the Orthodox Church: moves to Moscow Land from other principalities, unifying Russia

Question 28

Discussion: explain Ivan the 3rd- Ivan the great

Answer 28

Ends the Mongol yoke by leading Moscow to defeat other Russian cities to unify all behind his army Marries Byzantine princess, heritage of greatness- Julius ceaser

Question 29

What marks the boundaries between Europe and Asia?

Answer 29

The Ural Mountains