WorksheetsEarly Russia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did Russia become a christian country?
a)
People from Spain taught them.
b)
Through trade, Russians learned about religions that worshiped only one god.
c)
The Russians made it up.
d)
They read the bible.
2.
Where did the Viking come from?
a)
Central Asia.
b)
Europe.
c)
Scandinavia.
d)
The Byzantine Empire.
3.
Where did Christianity come from?
a)
Roman Empire
b)
Incan Empire
c)
Europe
d)
Byzantine Empire
4.
The Slavs had to pay tribute to whom?
a)
Serfs
b)
Vikings
c)
Christians
d)
Russians
5.
Princess Olga was Russia's 1st woman ruler
a)
false
b)
true
6.
Russian steppe extends from
a)
Southeast Asia to Europe
b)
Central Asia East to Eastern Europe
c)
Eastern Europe to North Asia
d)
Central Asia West to Northern Europe
7.
The steppe makes it easy to invade Russia because
a)
It's a wide flat plain
b)
It's has rocky mountains
c)
It's narrow and flat
d)
It's has signs directing people
8.
Russia has no
a)
flat land
b)
rivers
c)
forests
d)
high mountain ranges
9.
A boyar is a
a)
slave boy
b)
rich landowner in medieval Russia
c)
Asian Christian
d)
a Russian Czar
10.
Why was Ivan the IV called Ivan the Terrible?
a)
He had people pay a high amount of taxes.
b)
He persecuted people, he was cruel, he waged many wars, he was suspicious of most people and distrusted them, he killed his son, and He ordered arrest and executions.
c)
He had people shave their beards.
d)
He did not free the serfs. He tried to get a warm-water port for Russia. Peter the Great traveled through Europe to study European costumes.
11.
What did Peter the Great hope to do for Russia?
a)
By introducing many Western ideas and ways.
b)
Cutting taxes and making them lower for Russia.
c)
freeing the serfs and letting them have rights.
12.
What was St. Petersburg also known as?
a)
Byzantine
b)
St. Basil’s Cathedral
c)
Window on the West
d)
Moscow Kremlin
13.
What did Peter the Great force many men to do in Russia?
a)
Shave their beards.
b)
Ordered the Russians to help build St. Basil’s Cathedral.
c)
Start working as Serfs.
14.
What is Peter the Great known for?
a)
Was the first to get a warm-water port for Russia.
b)
Getting rid of Serfdom.
c)
modernizing Russia by introducing many Western ideas and ways.
d)
westernization, travel in Europe and change to Gregorian/European calendar.
15.
Catherine the Great was born in Germany
a)
False
b)
True
16.
Why did serfdom continue in Russia under Catherine the Great?
a)
The people could start a war wanting Serfs to stay.
b)
Catherine feared ending serfdom would weaken her country and it could displease the nobles as they needed serfs to do the hard work of farming.
c)
Because she was really cruel and didn't care for the Serfs.
17.
Odessa's was Russia's first warm-water port on the Black sea
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What did Catherine the Great establish for both boys and girls for free?
a)
Free food so that they could bring it back home and help feed their family's.
b)
Free education for some Russian boys and girls.
19.
Catherine the Great was instrumental in building a warm-water port.
a)
False
b)
True
20.
What did Catherine the Great build?
a)
St. Petersburg.
b)
Moscow Kremlin.
c)
St. Basil’s Cathedral.
d)
She built roads and schools.
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