Early Modern Russia (1450 to 1750)

What is the term for a Russian noble?

• boyar

• doestevsky

• Romanov

• samurai

What cruel ruler of Russia formed a secret police that dressed in all black and terrorized his victims?

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Frederick the Great

What city did Peter build on a swamp in order to give himself a port into Western Europe?

• Moscow

• Siberia

• St. Petersburg

• Paris

What duke of Moscow threw off Mongol rule of Russia & declared himself the first tsar?

• Ivan III

• Catherine the Great

• Peter the Great

• Ivan IV

A Russian monarch who studied the philosphes and attempted very limited reforms...

• Ivan IV

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Mikhail Romanov

The greatest accomplishment of Peter the Great of Russia was:

• converting Russia to communism

• building the warm water port of St. Petersburg and bringing western ideas to Russia

• ousting the Mongols from Russia and setting up Moscow as the capital

• setting up an examination system to select government officials

Russia's Peter the Great  "Westernized" Russia through all of the following EXCEPT:

• By establishing a Senate to debate progressive legislation.
• By creating a navy and a new city on the Baltic Sea.
• By requiring his people to shave their beards and eliminate traditional Russian sleeves.
• By importing Western technocrats and technology.

Following Pugachev's Rebellion, granted greater power over serfs laced heaviest tax burden on serfs

• Catherine the Great 
• Frederick the Great
• Joseph II

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

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