Geography:
Territory added
-First in the East to keep out Mongolians
-Then West for Warm water ports
The partitioning of Poland…who were the participants?
Poland disappears off the map (will come back after WWI)
Social:
Who were the Cossacks?
Who are the Boyars?
Political:
Why is the Duchy of Moscow important?
Accomplishments of…
-Ivan III
-Peter the Great
-Catherine the Great
Czar=Caesar
Russian rulers claimed they were continuing the Byzantium traditions
Accomplishments/negatives done by Ivan IV
Name of the New Russian ruling family
Intellectual/Technology:
How did the Ivans try to connect with the west?
Feudalism stalls technological improvements
Catherine the Great flirts with Enlightenment ideas but does not free the serfs
Economy-
Stuck in feudalism- Driven by feudalism and almost purely agricultural
Substantial merchant class fails to develop
No merchant class= More government control of economy
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