14 Questions
What type of agriculture did the early Rus practice?
Slash and burn agriculture
How did the Egyptians replenish nutrients for their farming?
Relied on flooding to replenish nutrients
What was a real problem for early farmers that irrigation alone could not solve?
Nutrient loss in the soil
Which city, besides Kiev, grew to a similar size as Novgorod?
Novgorod
What did the contemporary Western Europeans do with their fields?
Left a field un
What was the main basis of the early settlements in the Slavic region?
Agriculture
What did the Rus do when the land was no longer productive?
Chop down the forests
Which region of Russia continues to be a breadbasket for much of Europe?
The region reaching from western border to Central Asia
What did the word 'vodka' originate from?
Russian word for water
What advantage did the rivers provide to the early Russians in Western Russia?
Ease of irrigating more land
What did the long growing season in a band of Russia allow for?
Crops to be grown quite easily
What was the main city of the Kievan Rus during its height in the eleventh century?
Kiev
What were the first Russians known as before being called the Kievan Rus?
Slavs
What provided a particularly portable way to sell excess produce for a substantial profit?
Vodka
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