question: Kievan Rus' begins with the rule (882912) of Prince Oleg, who extended his control from Novgorod south along the Dnieper river valley in order to protect trade from Khazar incursions from the east and moved his capital to the more strategic Kiev. Sviatoslav I (died 972) achieved the first major expansion of Kievan Rus' territorial control, fighting a war of conquest against the Khazar Empire. Vladimir the Great (9801015) introduced Christianity with his own baptism and, by decree, that of all the inhabitants of Kiev and beyond. Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under Yaroslav I (10191054); his sons assembled and issued its first written legal code, the Rus' Justice, shortly after his death.

The term "Kievan Rus'" ( Kievskaya Rus') was coined in the 19th century in Russian historiography to refer to the period when the centre was in Kiev. In English, the term was introduced in the early 20th century, when it was found in the 1913 English translation of Vasily Klyuchevsky's A History of Russia, to distinguish the early polity from successor states, which were also named Rus. Later, the Russian term was rendered into Belarusian and Ukrainian as Kijeuskaja Rus' and Kyivs'ka Rus', respectively.
1. When did Kievan Rus' began?
2. by whom?
3. When did they change their religion?
4. who was the leader?
5. how did he do it?
6. What was Prince Oleg trying to protect?
7. When did the name start being used?
8. why?
9. Why was it moved there
10. how did they have their first major expansion
11. What was issued?
12. by whom?
13. what else was he known for?
14. who did they fight against?
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answer: 1. 882
2. unknown
3. Sometime between 9801015
4. Vladimir the Great
5. with his own baptism
6. trade
7. 19th century
8. to refer to the period when the centre was in Kiev
9. unknown
10. war
11. legal code
12. Yaroslav I's sons
13. Kievan Rus' reaching its greatest extent
14. unknown

question: LONDON, England (CNN) -- It was Anabella De Leon's frail 86-year-old mother who answered the door when the men came knocking. "They told her, 'say to Anabella that we are going to kill her very soon,'" De Leon told CNN. The visit left her mother crying, anxious and shocked.

Congresswoman Anabella de Leon with her husband in London for a performance of "Seven" by Vital Voices.

That was four months ago. No attempt on her life has been made, De Leon said, but she still looks over her shoulder, takes alternative routes in her car, constantly checking that she's not being followed.

Anabella De Leon is not well known outside Guatemala. Within the Central American country though, she has made headlines as an outspoken critic of corruption. She's serving her fourth term in Congress as a member of the Patriotic Party, which last weekend elected her to one of its top posts of Third National Secretary.

The death threats are not new. Since 2002, she's been protected by at least one security guard on request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Her 26-year-old son is also shadowed by a security guard; a precautionary move in response to earlier threats connected to De Leon's anti-corruption efforts.

"The fight against corruption doesn't give you friends," she said. "[It] gives you enemies, important and dangerous enemies," she told CNN during a recent trip to London for a performance of the play "Seven," which profiles De Leon and six other international female leaders. Read more about "Seven."
1. What is her name?
2. How old is her mother?
3. How long ago did it happen?
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answer: 1. Anabella De Leon
2. 86
3. four months ago

question: The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of those objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest eight are the planets, with the remainder being significantly smaller objects, such as dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies. Of the objects that orbit the Sun indirectly, the moons, two are larger than the smallest planet, Mercury.

The Solar System formed 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant interstellar molecular cloud. The vast majority of the system's mass is in the Sun, with the majority of the remaining mass contained in Jupiter. The four smaller inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, are terrestrial planets, being primarily composed of rock and metal. The four outer planets are giant planets, being substantially more massive than the terrestrials. The two largest, Jupiter and Saturn, are gas giants, being composed mainly of hydrogen and helium; the two outermost planets, Uranus and Neptune, are ice giants, being composed mostly of substances with relatively high melting points compared with hydrogen and helium, called volatiles, such as water, ammonia and methane. All eight planets have almost circular orbits that lie within a nearly flat disc called the ecliptic.
1. When was the Solar System formed?
2. From what?
3. What is the Solar System?
4. What are the largest eight things orbiting the sun?
5. What are some of the smaller things?
6. Where is most of the Solar System's mass?
7. Which planet has most of the rest of the mass?
8. How many inner planets are there?
9. What are two of them?
10. What are the other two?
11. What kind of planets are they?
12. What are they mostly made up of?
13. Which planets are the ice giants?
14. Which are gas giants?
15. What are there names?
16. How many outer planets are there?
17. What kind of orbit do all of the eight planets have?
18. Which things orbit the sun indirectly?
19. What are Uranus and Neptune made up of mostly?
20. What is the name for the nearly flat disc?
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answer:
1. 4.6 billion years ago
2. a giant interstellar molecular cloud.
3. a gravitationally bound system comprising the Sun and the objects that orbit it,
4. planets
5. dwarf planets
6. the Sun
7. in Jupiter.
8. Four
9. , Mercury, Venus
10. Earth and Mars,
11. terrestrial planets,
12. rock and metal.
13. Uranus and Neptune,
14. The two largest,
15. Jupiter and Saturn,
16. The four outer planets
17. lmost circular
18. .moons
19. substances with relatively high melting points compared with hydrogen and helium, called volatiles, such as water, ammonia and methane.
20. the ecliptic.