Using p. 350- 351 create a 2-column chart on the differences between the Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church

September 23, 2013 – KICK OFFOrthodox v. Roman Catholic

Issue:Orthodox Church Roman Catholic

Church

Objective: Analyze how the Rus

affected the early history of Kiev, the factors that helped establish Christianity in Russia, and what people groups attacked Russia.

The Kievan Rus

Beginnings and Growth: (add all in yellow to notes) Russian Primary Chronicle tells of the early Slavic

peoples, written in 1100s, telling of the people in mid-800AD

Constant fighting, invited the Rus (northern Europeans) to govern

Oleg- 2nd ruler◦ expanded territory south to Kiev◦ attacked Constantinople◦ successful trade union with Byzantines

Slavic regions become formal state- Kievan Rus Yaroslav the Wise

◦ had religious books translated from Greek into Slavic◦ Russian law was codified◦ Regained lost territory; but was crushed when attacked

Constantinople ◦ Good relations w/ Western Europe through daughters’

marriages

Early Slavic religion- polytheistic based on nature 863- Cyril and Methodius-

◦ brothers and Greek monks who used the Slavic language to convert Slavs

◦ Developed written alphabet for Slavonic language◦ Called Cyrillic alphabet◦ Based on Greek alphabet

Vladimir I- Grand Duke of Kiev converted, married sister of Byzantine emperor◦ Built libraries, schools, churches◦ 988- Vlad made Christianity state religion of Kievan Rus

After the Great Schism- ◦ became semi-independent of Orthodox in Constantinople◦ “Russian Orthodox Church”

Christianity in Russia

State weakened internally from land-owning princes◦ New Grand Prince Andrew Bogolyubsky moves central

city away from Kiev (places family in Kiev) Power no longer centralized, easy to attack Attacked by:

◦ 1. Mongols(from east under Genghis Khan)- 1223 and were defeated. Kiev falls in 1240 to Mongols. Alexander Nevsky- encouraged Rus not to rebel against Mongols Mongols didn’t destroy as much as they did elsewhere as a result

◦ 2. Swedes (from north) in 1240 for trade routes Alexander Nevsky- surprise attack on Swedes, Rus won!

◦ 3. Teutonic Knights (Germanic military order)- wanted Rus to convert to Catholicism 1242- Alex. Nevsky saves Rus again by a “massacre on ice”

◦ 4. The Tartars- ruled Rus after Mongols, until 1480 Central Asian nomads, spoke Turkish, were Muslims,

Kievan Rus Attacked!!!

Letter Description and answer

Scavenger Hunt

1. Ask Ms. Herthel to check your work

2. Continue working on your Qualifier

3. Study your vocabulary words4. Quiz yourself to prepare for

tomorrow’s test

When you’ve finished the Scavenger Hunt…

Quiz Review

Spartan society revolved around training for war because

a. warfare was their favorite activity.b. Spartans feared helot rebellions.c. Spartans wanted to dominate the

entire Mediterranean world.d. Spartans believed they could not

achieve immortality without proving their bravery in

battle.

A: 6B: 4

In Sparta, there were 7 times as many helots (slaves) as there were landowners.

b. The Spartans feared Helot rebellions!

How did tribunes check the power of the elected magistrates?

A: 8B: 14

c. By vetoing the actions of the magistrates

When the last king of Rome was thrown out, his place was taken by two magistrates called

a. consulsb. tribunesc. plebeiansd. the Senate

A: 9B: 3

a. Two consuls ruled Rome

The Third Punic War was caused bya. Rome’s desire for revenge.b. Hannibal’s invasion of the

countryside.c. Carthage’s resistance to Roman

expansion.d. the assassination of Julius Caesar.

A: 13B: 7

Rome won, enslaved the people of Carthage, destroyed the powerful trading city, and forbade anyone from living there.

Julius Caesar was assassinated by the Senate. (They thought he was going to destroy the Roman Republic!) (A: 11, B:

a/d. Rome invaded Carthage to destroy them once and for all. They wanted revenge!

What caused the Third Punic War?a. The Romans’ desire to destroy

Carthageb. the Romans’ need for more land as

the population grewc. Hannibal’s desire to conquer rural

northern Italyd. the Carthaginians’ fear that Roman

expansion would interfere with trade and commerce

A: 13B: 1

a. The Roman’s were vengeful.They wanted to destroy Carthage.

The historian ____ lived during the Persian Wars and wrote about the major battles. His work is an example of historical bias.

a. Thucydidesb. Herodotusc. Alexander the Greatd. Homer

A: 18B: 6

b/a. Herodotus

Unit 2 test tomorrow (Greece, Rome, Rise of Christianity)◦ Will also include topics from Unit 1!

Unit 2 Qualifier due tomorrow

Progress reports coming on Wednesday

Tutorials after-school today, Thursday, and Friday

Homework