ОТВЕТИ ПРОВЕРЮ ХАЛЯВИ НЕТ 30б 1. What land did the Vikings originally call home?
a. Germany
b. Scandinavia
c. Russia
d. Great Britain
e. France
2. What years cover the Viking Age of expansion?
a. 500 to 1000
b. 1000 to 1443
c. 900 to 1233
d. 800 to 1066
e. 1455 to 1700
3. Why did the English consider the Vikings to be barbarians?
a. Because they wore helmets with horns on them
b. Because they fought with giant axes
c. Because they raided religious monasteries
d. Because they could not speak English
e. Because they did not drink tea
4. What countries did the Vikings settle during the Viking Age?
a. England and Scotland
b. France and Russia
c. Germany and Iceland
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
5. . What land did Leif Eriksson discover and settle long before
Christopher Columbus?
a. India
b. Africa
c. England
d. Iceland
e. North America
6. What type of ships did the Vikings use when exploring and
raiding?
a. Longships

b. Canoes
c. Caravels
d. Galleys
e. Carracks

Folk Musical Instruments(Нароні музичні інструменти) Folk musical instruments were usually homemade and played by folk musicians. They can be divided into three basic groups:1) string instruments (psaltimer, bandura or kobza, Violin, bass viol, lira);2) wind instruments (reed, bagpipe, trembita)3) percussion instruments (drum, tambourine, kettledrum, cymbals, bells, and rattles). The most popular instruments in Ukraine wert the bandura, sopilka, violin, and dulcimer.Folk musical instruments were used primarily at dances and for marching (eg, the wedding march), as accompaniment to popular plays (vertep), or for simple listening enjoyment. Dance music wag often played by one instrument (usually the violin) or by a small ensemble (violin and drum).The classic folk ensemble known as troisti muzyky originated probably in the 17th century and consisted of a violin, drum, and dulcimer or bass viol. About the same time orchestras appeared. They eventually played for the peasants in the form of an ensemble of two violins, bass, and flute. In Polissia and Podillia brass orchestras were popular. Imitating military and earlier Cossack bands, they consisted of two to three trumpets (cornels), clarinets, two alto horns, a tenor horn, a baritone, drum, and brass cymbals.

The Golden Ring is a special group of (0) ancient towns and cities not far from Moscow. All the towns were (1) built in the 1970s and many and many (2) buildings  are now museums.
Suzdal is part of the Golden Ring. Suzdal was (3) founded in the eleventh century. It was (4) an important religious centre in old Russia. There was a period in ancient time when the town had forty chuches for four hundred families. (5) THE Suzdal Kremlin (6) houses wonderful museums. Its beatiful cathedrals were (7) decorated by Russian masters. In Suzdal you can see the monument to Dmitry Pozhasky, the monument was (8)designed by Z.Azgur, (9)a Belorussian sculptor. Thousands of tourists come to see the city and its wonderful (10) cathedrals and churches and admire the (11) masterpieces of its museums.