Ch. 10- Russia Web Quest
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on your
own paper.
Sign-on for Abc-Clio- Username: greyhound1;
Password: media4
Due: Next Class
As an introduction to Russian history,
go to http://ancienthistory.abc-clio.com/Search/Results?q=Saint+Sophia+Cathedral
This is a cathedral in Russia. It can tell us much about Russia’s early history.
1. What other cathedral that you’ve learned about does it remind you of (Think
Justinian)?
2. Name three aspects of it that remind you of the other cathedral?
You will see how these answers and this cathedral can tell us much about Russian
history……….
Go to
http://ancienthistory.abcclio.com/Topics/Display/1185294?cid=41&sid=1185294&useConcept=False
You will use this site to answer the following questions, except where noted
otherwise. Keep it up as your home page.
3. What book chronicles the account of Russia’s beginnings? Is it true? Explain.
4. Who are the Varangians? Where did they come from?
* check out http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Varangia.html to help you
answer*
5. What city became the center of control in Russia? Who conquered it and made
it thus?
6. Which ruler first converted to Christianity in Russia?
7. What did the Byzantines think of the conversion of Russia?
8. Under what ruler did Christianity become the official state religion?
9. What factors went into his decision to convert the country to Christianity.
10. What alphabet did the Russians adapt? Where did the alphabet come from?
(To see examples of this alphabet, go to:
http://www.orbilat.com/General_References/Alphabets/The_Old_Slavic_Alphab
et_and_Pronunciation.html)
11. What were the internal and external causes of the downfall of Kievan Rus?
Go to the Section Titled: Mongol Invasion of Russia
12. Who were the Tatars (or Tartars)? Where did they come from?
13. Where else have the “Tatars” played a significant role in history? Name two
other peoples that they invaded.
14. Why didn’t the Mongols continue to attack into Poland? Do you think that
Europe might have fallen to the Mongols if not for this “good fortune”?
15. How did the Mongols maintain control over Russia?
16. Were the Mongols culturally tolerant? What evidence do you have that they
were or were not?
17. What were the effects of Mongol rule in Russia? Which of these effects were
good for Russia, which were bad?
- To answer this question, go to: http://ancienthistory.abcclio.com/Search/Display/602545?terms=Mongols+in+Russia
Who was Prince Alexander Nevsky and what did he do? Why did Alexander
Nevsky cooperate with the Mongols? Was it a practical policy or was it
cowardly? Explain your position.
19. Go to: http://ancienthistory.abcclio.com/Search/Display/598997?terms=Alexander+nevsky
18.
to get more info on the subject. Also consider what you know about the
Mongols.
20. How did Russia become free of Tatar rule?
21. Who are the boyars?
22. What did Ivan I do for Russia?
23. What is a tsar? Who was the first Grand Prince to be crowned tsar?
Go to: http://www.biography.com/people/ivan-the-terrible-9350679
24. What are the characteristics of Ivan the Terrible’s good and bad periods?
Think and write……
How did the church at the beginning of this webquest tell us much about Russian
history? Write a paragraph assessing how the history of the church and Christianity in
Russia tell the history of the nation.