Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The factors that led to the development of the early Russian state.
- The importance of specific regions and cities on Russia's growth and economic development reasons for Russia's conversion to Orthodox Christianity.
- Changes in Russian politics, including the rise of czars.
- The economic, political, and social impacts of the movement of groups in Central Asia.
- The effects of the Mongol conquest on early Russia.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Analyze textual evidence of primary and secondary sources.
- Locate places on a map.
- Identify the effects of religious beliefs and practices on societies.
- Identify the cause and effect of political, social, and economic changes on a society.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There were important social and political developments of the early Russian state and this expanded its trading system.
Vocabulary
- Kievan Rus
- Muscovy
- conversion
- czars
- Mongols
- conquest
