Russians And Mongols Flashcards

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What does Russian culture grow out of

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The blending of Slavic Byzantine and Greek tradition

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Who were the Slavs

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The people from the forests north of the Black Sea who began to trade with Constantinople in the 9th century

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What is the geography of Russia like

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Hilly grasslands to the south and dense forests flat and swampy land in the north

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3
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What are the three rivers

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Dnieper
Don
Volga

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Who is in charge in the west

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The pope because here is no one powerful king

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Who is in charge in the east

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The emperor because the is no king

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6
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Where is the most arable land

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North of the Black Sea

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Who and why does the Byzantine emperor send to the north

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Cyril and methodius to spread orthodox Christianity so they would have an in to start trading

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8
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What three groups become the Russians

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Slavs Byzantines and Vikings

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9
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Who is in what class

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Slavs are lower class and first to adopt orthodoxy 
Vikings are boyars and resist orthodoxy
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10
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Where is Oleg

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Kiev

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Where is rurik

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Novgorod

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What did Olga do

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First boyar to adopt orthodoxy
Her grandson Vladimir adopts orthodoxy (the religion of the people just like Constantine) and makes everyone get baptized

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Who was yaroslav the wise

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He wrote the Pravda russkaia (Russian justice) which is the first law code and has evidence of the highly commercial society
But he dies and divides his land among his sons which ends up tearing the land apart and opens up the Mongols who conquer the land

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14
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What were the Mongols

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Clan oriented pastoralists

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15
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Who was temujin

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A clan leader that decided that since they needed stuff and were surrounded by people decides to attack cities but not decimate them so they can attack again. He becomes Genghis Khan.

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What does Genghis khan do

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1215 conquer China
1221 conquer Middle East
1250 divides empire into four khanates

17
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What is a khanate

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A semi autonomous subservient state

18
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How did the Mongols rule

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They relied on intimidation to get people to pay tribute and it was in people’s best interest to pay tribute because they could then stay semiautonomous

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What what the pax Mongolia

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The Mongolian peace from 1250-1350 where the Mongols protect the Silk Road, peaceful trade flourishes

20
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What is China called under Mongol rule

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Kublai khan

21
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Who was Marco Polo

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A trader that follows the Silk Road and writes a book about it which makes people excited to trade with China

22
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What do the Mongols call Russia

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The khanate of the Golden Horde

23
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Who was Alexander Nevsky

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The prince of Novgorod who puts down a rebellion and becomes all buddy buddy with the Mongols and gets more land to the west.

24
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How does the city of Novgorod get founded according to myth

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The Slavs invite the Viking chief rurik to be king and then he founds the city

25
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What is the primary chronicle

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A history of Russia written by monks in the early 1100s

26
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Who moves south to trade with Constantinople

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Oleg

27
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Where was Russia’s first important unifed territory

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Kiev

28
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What was the mediator between the Russians and the Mongols

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The church

29
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What city becomes the third rome

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Moscow

30
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Who was prince Ivan I

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he helped to crush a rebellion do the Mongols made him head tax collected and gave him the title of great prince. He became known as Ivan moneybags for his wealth. He convinced the leading bishop to move to Moscow which tied the princes with the church.

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Who was Ivan the III

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He lived when Constantinople fell to the Turks and was able to marry the emperors niece. Then he becomes czar and refuses to pay taxes which ended Mongol rule.