Absolute Rulers of Russia

Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger.

• Mercantilism
• Westernization
• Balance of Power
• Trickle down economics

Peter the Great is from...

• Austria
• Spain
• England
• Russia

The Russian leaders called themselves Czar. Czar means

• Ceasar
• Lowlife
• King
• President

Who was this man?

• Czar Peter the Great of Russia

• King Louis XIV of France

• King Frederick William of Prussia

Peter the Great built a new capital for his Russian Empire, on the Baltic coast, which he named ________.

• St. Petersburg

• Moscow

• Leningrad

• Vladivostok

Absolute monarchs like Louis XIV, Frederick William, & Peter the Great claimed that their power came from ____, & therefore they answered to no man.

• God

• the Pope

• the people

• their ability

What kind of government did France, Prussia, & Russia all have during the 1600-1700s?

• Absolute monarchy

• Constitutional monarchy

• Republic

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

• Peter the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Michael Romanov

• Anastasia Romanov

Ivan the Terrible's cruelty was aimed mainly at:

• serfs

• priests

• nobles

• merchants

In Russia, the boyars were:

• merchants

• career soldiers

• slave-like laborers

• landowning nobles