Chapter 21.4 Absolute Rulers of Russia

Ivan III of Russia accomplished all of the following except

• establishing a policy of Russian isolationism.

• centralizing the Russia government.

• liberating Russia from the Mongols.

• conquering much of the territory around Moscow.

Ivan IV took the title of

• Caesar.

• emperor.

• king.

• czar.

Russia's landowning wealthy were known as

• serfs.

• nobles.

• boyars.

• czars.

A grandnephew of Ivan the Terrible’s wife, Anastasia, started the

• Romanov dynasty.

• Hapsburg dynasty.

• Russian Revolution.

• westernization of Russia.

One of Russia’s greatest reformers was

• Ivan III.

• Peter the Great.

• Anastasia.

• Ivan the Terrible.

Peter I believed that Russia’s prosperity depended on its having

• a strong army.

• a warm-water port.

• a strong czar.

• advanced technology.

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 from leaving the country.

Which city gave Russia the “window on the sea” that Peter wanted?

• Kiev.

• Moscow.

• St. Petersburg.

• Novgorod.