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Peter the Great: Life and Accomplishments

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Peter the Great was born on … 1672. 

a)

9 April

b)

9 May

c)

9 June

d)

9 July

2.

Peter the Great's favourite sister was called ... .

a)

Anna

b)

Maria

c)

Natalya

d)

Sofia

3.

Peter the Great became Tsar with his mother as regent at the age of ... .

a)

10

b)

14

c)

18

d)

22

4.

Peter I became the sole ruler of Russia when he was ... .

a)

18

b)

20

c)

22

d)

24

5.

In September 1698, Peter officially founded the first Russian Navy base, ... .

a)

Arkhangelsk

b)

Azov

c)

Saint Petersburg

d)

Taganrog

6.

The so-called "Grand Embassy" of Peter the Great lasted ... months.

a)

14

b)

16

c)

18

d)

20

7.

The Czar Peter House is a historical building best known as the place where Tsar Peter I of Russia resided in 1697 while studying shipbuilding in ..., the Netherlands.

a)

Amsterdam

b)

Leiden

c)

Rotterdam

d)

Zaandam

8.

In England, Peter met with ... .

a)

Anna I

b)

Henry VII

c)

George III

d)

William III

9.

Peter I proclaimed that the Julian Calendar was in effect and the year was 1700 in the year ... of the old Russian calendar.

a)

5407

b)

7207

c)

9007

d)

1107

10.

When Peter the Great founded the city of Saint Petersburg in 1703, he was ... .

a)

25

b)

30

c)

35

d)

40

11.

Peter mistrusted the boyars; he abolished the Duma and created a Senate of ... members.

a)

6

b)

8

c)

10

d)

12

12.

Peter the Great made Saint Petersburg his capital in ... .

a)

1703

b)

1707

c)

1720

d)

1712

13.

Peter the Great was officially proclaimed Emperor of All Russia in ... .

a)

October 1713

b)

October 1717

c)

October 1721

d)

October 1725

14.

The Emperor Peter the Great founded the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg in ... .

a)

1715

b)

1718

c)

1721

d)

1724

15.

Peter the Great had two wives, with whom he had fourteen children, ... of whom survived to adulthood.

a)

one

b)

two

c)

three

d)

four