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title: Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 41 «Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus

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The 15 questions of lesson 41 «Kyiv's beginnings and Kyivan Rus» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t1/) — Danylo says Kyiv is 1,500 years old exactly, it's in the books. The teacher says Kyiv is «medieval, like London». Who's closer? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t2/) — teacher says the Kyi brothers story is «just a fairy tale», Danylo's upset. what's the wise take? — right ✓
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t3/) — Danylo reckons Ukrainians built the biggest towns on Earth 6,000 years ago. What's true? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t4/) — The teacher says Kyivan Rus was «the first Russian state» and Danylo says «it was Ukraine, Russia stole the name». What do historians say now? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t5/) — Danylo says Vikings never ruled Kyiv, it's a German lie. What's the fix? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t6/) — A cartoon shows Olha burning a town by tying fire to pigeons. Which is fairest? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t7/) — Danylo says Sviatoslav was a Cossack 'cause of his haircut. What's wrong? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t8/) — Danylo says Kyiv in 1050 was the biggest city in the world; the teacher calls it «a village». Who's right? — wrong ✗
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t9/) — Why can't you just say «it's in the chronicle, so it's true»? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t10/) — Danylo goes «Rus always meant Ukraine and nothing else». What's closer? — right ✓
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/t11/) — Danylo says Saint Sophia is the oldest church in Europe. What's the honest pride? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the founding date of the city of Kyiv? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/e2/) — Identify the modern states which regard Kyivan Rus as constituting part of their history. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of the first ruling dynasty of Kyivan Rus. — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/41-kyivs-beginnings-and-kyivan-rus/e4/) — Ascertain the principal reason for which historians verify the Primary Chronicle against other evidence. — wrong ✗ · exam

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