Mongol Invaders
This is the name that people had for the Mongols that was based on the colors of their tents
What is the Golden Horde?
This Russian leader started as a Moscow prince that got rid of Mongol rulers.
Who is Ivan the Great?
This is the name for the mountain range in Russia.
What is the Ural Mountains?
This is the Russian city the Byzantines visited to trade with.
What is Kiev?
If everyone shows up to class, this is how many people are in this class.
What is 16?
This is the name of the original Mongol invader, one of the fiercest warriors of all time.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This is the name of the secret police that Ivan the Terrible used.
Who are the Oprichniki?
Russia means land of the...
What is Russ?
This is the religion that Russia got from the Byzantines.
What is Orthodox Christianity?
This is the type of power Russian rulers had.
What is absolute/authoritarian?
This is the city the Mongols ruled at the beginning of their takeover of Russia.
What is Kiev?
This is the name of the first Russian ruler to PERSONALLY convert to Orthodox Christianity.
Who is Princess Olga?
This city is in what is currently Kazakhstan.
What is Astana?
These brothers translated the bible so that Russians could read it.
Who are Cyril and Methodius?
This is the name for a Russian noble.
What is a boyar?
This is the city that led resistance against the Mongols.
What is Moscow?
This Russian leader converted all of Russia to Christianity.
Who is Vladimir?
This is the present day country that has the city of Kiev.
What is Ukraine?
This is the geographical feature that allowed Russians and Byzantines to trade.
What are rivers?
This is our next unit.
What is Islamic Civilizations?
This is the name Russians had for the Mongols.
What is the tartars?
This was the relationship between Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible.
What is grandfather and grandson?
This is the name of the river that Russian and Mongol armies faced each other at. (It is about 150 miles southwest of Moscow)
What is the Ugra River?
This is the Russian leader who, like Justinian, rewrote the legal code.
Who is Yaroslav?
These brothers were the first Russian saints.
Who are Boris and Gleb?