1. Ch. 9, sec. 2

2.  2 continents- Europe and Asia
 Ural Mountains mark the divide between Europe
and Asia

3.  1. Northern Forests
 Lumber
 Hunting
 Cold, snowy
 Poor soil
 2. Fertile Land
 First civilizations in Russia
 3. Steppe
 Open, treeless grassland
 Pasture
 Good for migration

4.  Lots of rivers running north to south
 Linked Russia to Byzantine Empire

5.  Cities:
 Moscow
 Draw and label the Ural Mts.
 Label Europe and Asia
 Rivers:
 Yenisey
 Lena
 Ob
 Irtysh
 Oceans:
 Arctic
 Pacific

6.  Kiev- current capital of Ukraine
 Used to be part of Russia
 Middle of trade network
 Mixing of Slavic and Viking peoples

9.  Constantinople sent
missionaries to Kiev convert
people to Christianity
 Cyrillic alphabet invented to
translate the Bible into
Slavic
 Russians adopted Byzantine
culture

10.  Russian Orthodox Church-
powerful
 Military victories- spread of
Christianity
 Russian rulers controlled
the Church
 Church and state together
 Religious texts translated
to Slavic
 Many churches built

12.  Batu (grandson of Genghis
Khan) led Mongols into
Russia
 Golden Horde-invaded Kiev
 Russian princes forced to
pay “tribute” $$$
 New trade routes to China
 Cut off Russia from Western
Europe

13.  Read p. 106-107 in your book.
 In your notes, add:
 Ivan the Great
 Tsar
 Ivan the Terrible
 How did the two Ivans establish power?