H)+Early+Russian

How did the Byzantines influence the Early Russians?

Using the reading pdf and your blank map complete the following tasks:

 > ** bodies of water ** [blue ink]: Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, Dnieper River, Volga River >  **mountains** [brown ink]: Caucasus, Urals, Carpathians, Tatras >  **plains** [green ink]: Great Northern European Plain, Steppes >  **cities** [red ink]: Novgorod, Kiev, Moscow, Odessa, Constantinople, Rome, Athens >  **peninsulas** [purple ink]: Balkan, Anatolian, Scandinavian, Italian > > > > >  >  > 6. What were some of the accomplishments of Yaroslav the Wise? > 7. What were the reasons for the decline of the Kievan state? > 8. How did the Mongols rule Russia? > 9. Why did Alexander Nevsky cooperate with the Mongols? > 10. How did Mongol policies help to pull Russia together as a territory? > 11. Why was Moscow called "The Third Rome?" > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> > > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Terms to define** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">St. Cyril & St. Methodius <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cyrillic Alphabet  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rus  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Boyars  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Prince Vladimir  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yaroslav the Wise  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Golden Horde  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Tsar (Czar) > > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Useful ppt <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Label the map of "The Topography of Russia" as indicated below:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why might a territory with plains and rivers be difficult to defend against invaders?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why did the Vikings dominate the Slavic peoples for many centuries?
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Why did Prince Vladimir feel it was important that all of his subjects become Christians.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How was the new government established in Kiev similar to that of the Byzantine Empire?