WH9 Chapter 5 § 4 Quiz

The first Russian ruler to adopt the title czar, meaning "caesar," was

• Peter the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Michael Romanov

• Anastasiz Romanov

Russia's landowning wealthy were known as

• Serfs
• Nobles
• Boyars
• Czars

Ivan III of Russia accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

• establishing a policy of Russian isolationism

• centralizing the Russian government

• liberating Russia from the Mongols

• conquering much of the territory around Moscow

The site for St. Petersburg was chosen because it was near

• Moscow

• Peter's favorite palace

• water routes to Europe

• major roadways to Europe

One of Russia's greatest reformers was

• Peter the Great
• Ivan III
• Anastasia
• Ivan the Terrible

During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, which of the following groups suffered the greatest loss of power?

• the serfs

• the monarchy

• the Russian Orthodox church

• the boyars

Peter the Great's main reason for visiting the West was to

• gain allies for Russia
• gain a warm-water seaport for Russia
• learn about Western customs and technology
• impress the West with Russia's learning and technology

What was one reason Ivan IV was called Ivan the Terrible?

• He poisoned his wife Anastasia because she was from a boyar family
• He organized a police force that murdered people he considered traitors
• He made the nobility dependent on him and gave power to the middle class
• He was in debt to serverl countries and had to declare bankruptcy

Peter increased his power as an absolute ruler by all of the following methods EXCEPT

• abolishing the office of patriarch

• reducing the power of the landowners

• modernizing the army

• banning people fron leaving the country.

At the time that Peter the Great took the throne, the most essential part of the Russian economy was

• serfs
• colonies
• trade relations with Europe
• merchants and bankers