Unit 3 Excellence of the East

What was the largest 16th Century kingdom that was fully located in Europe with a consensus form of government?

• Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Prussia
• The Holy Roman Empire
• Russia

What powerful northern European kingdom had a united Lutheran population as well as a powerful army during the 16th Century and would play an active role in the 30 Years War and various wars in the Baltic?

• The Swedish Empire
• The Ottoman Empire
• The Russian Empire
• The Hapsburg Empire

What group of nomadic free people from the border lands near the Black Sea plundered and traded until joining with Ivan IV, becoming his elite troops which allowed him to expand his empire into Siberia?

• Cossacks
• Khanate of Kazan
• Hungarians
• Tatars

The period of time in Russia following the death of Ivan IV is known as?

• The Time of Troubles
• The Great Dying
• The Starving Time
• The Russian Revolution

What was the name of this social group in Russia who were bound to the land with little to no rights?

• Serfs
• Slaves
• Peasants
• Bergers

Who would come to power in Russia following the Time of Troubles establishing a czarist dynasty that would last until the Russian Revolution in 1917?

• Michael Romanov
• Frederick I
• Ivan I
• Sveriges Kungahus

This fertile territory, also known as the border lands, would be fought over by the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia, Ottoman, and Cossack peoples and is still an area of conflict to this day?

• Ukraine
• Prussia
• Belarus
• The Black Sea

Which European country, surrounded by the Habsburg's, aligned itself with the Ottoman Empire in hopes of weakening its rival and equalizing the balance of power in Europe?

• England
• France
• The Byzantine Empire The Holy Roman Empire
• The Holy Roman Empire

This Ottoman ruler also known as "The Magnificent" greatly expanded the empire and made many important reforms.

• Ibn Sina
• Kemal Ataturk
• Muhammad Ali
• Suleiman

This was the Ottoman system of taking Christian children and turning them into slave soldiers for the Sultan?

• Caste System
• Canton System
• Devshirme System
• Feudal System