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Worksheet time: 18mins
Who was the first Tsar
Ivan the third
Ivan the terrible
Ivan the eight
Vladimir Putin
What is an autocracy
One person with the help of others ruling a government
A voted democracy
One person ruling over the government all by themselves
A voted rule out of government
Where does Ivan come from?
England
Portugal
Bratislava
Russia
In 998 Kievan Rus was baptized to what religion?
Eastern Orthodox
Catholicism
Protestantism
Buddhism
In the 14th century the capital of Rus became...
Moscow
Kiev
St Petersburg
Nizhni Novgorod
In 1547 one of the most recognized rulers of Russia took the position, he was famous for solidifying the territory of the country and being brutal with dissidents
Piotr I
Rurik
Ivan the Terrible
Before there was a Russian empire or even the Russian Kingdom what powerful city-state existed in that region?
The Kievan Rus
The Muscovite
The Golden Horde
Appanage Russia
Which conquerors had a large influence on the formation of Russia?
The Mongols
The Vikings
The Turks
The Polish
This name is often used to describe the ethnic people of European Russia?
Slavs
Cossacks
Bella Russians
Tartars
This social class was made up of individuals who were bonded to the land they farmed?
Serfs
Slavs
Cossacks
Tatars
The ruler of Kiev was called
The Grand Prince
Caesar
Czar
Autocrat
Which Mongol Khanate ruled Russia in the 13th century?
The Khanate of the Great Khan
The Chagatai
The Golden Horde
The Ilkhanate
After winning the title of Grand Prince from the Mongols. This Russian ruler overthrew the Mongols, expanded the power of Muscovy, married the niece of the last Byzantine emperor then declared himself Tsar. Which is probably why he is referred to as the great.
Ivan III
Ivan IV
Micheal Romanov
Basil II
During the period of Mongol rule in Eastern Europe, which city rose to power, creating the modern Russian state?
Kiev
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Helsinki
After the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, the rulers of Moscow began adopting the title
Tsar
Sultan
Shah
Kaiser
Prior to Peter the Great, Russia was all of the following except
Most people were poor agricultural serfs
Feudal and agrarian
A major European power
Backwards technologically
Peter the great was able to westernize Russia by
implementing policies that forced Russians to dress in Western European clothes
Forcing Russian males to shave their beards or pay a tax
Constructing St. Petersburg in Western European architecture
All of the above
Peter the Great was able to Modernize Russia in all of the following ways except
Hiring foreign experts to modernize Russia's military and economy
Building western style schools with focus on science, mathematics, and medicine.
Implementing a meritocracy system of government with the table of Ranks
Giving unprecedented power to the boyars for their support in his reforms
The Table of Ranks was a
System of laws Peter created to end the Russian Orthodox Church's privilege of selecting clergy members
A set of ranks and criteria for promotion within the multiple duties of the Russian state
A list of top Russian industrial companies with tax exemption status
Why did Peter the Great spend time in Western Europe?
to prepare for war
to find a wife
to avoid his duties in Russia
to study western technology
What was the great symbol of Peter's desire to forge a modern Russia?
St. Petersburg
Moscow
the Russian Orthodox Church
the partition of Poland
Peter the Great forced Russians to accept reforms that would make their culture more like ____.
Native Americans
Chinese
Ottoman Turks
Western Europeans
Who is this "Great" Tsar in Russian History?
Peter I
Henry VIII
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
St. Peter
Which of the following is the best definition of Westernization?
A transition of dress and customs to that of American Cowboys
Expanding a countries borders
Converting to the customs and practices of Western European civilization.
Focusing a countries attention more toward farming and cattle herding
What is "czar"?
An electric car made in Russia
a king or ruler
A middle rank in the Russian navy, equal to English "commodore"
The Russian nobility
Why did Peter The Great set out on his voyage?
To learn about western technology
to reorganize the government
To partition Poland.
To take down slave revolts
Where did Peter The Great build his capital?
Prussia
Peterburg
Sweden
St. Petersburg
Peter The Great led Russia in a war with ______ that won territory along the Baltic Sea?
Sweden
Norway
France
Prussia
What happened in Russia as a result of actions taken by Peter the Great?
Russia borrowed Western ideas and expanded its territories
Catholicism was adopted as the state religion.
Russia was weakened by French invasions.
Nothing
Where was Peter the Great born?
Moscow
London
USA
Australia
Peter the Great is the .... famous of all the Russian Tsars.
most
very
best
well
