WorksheetsCore Knowledge Imperial Russia
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Vikings came to Russia from
a)
a) Poland.
b)
b) Scandinavia
c)
c) China
d)
d) the Byzantine Empire.
2.
Who had to pay tribute to the Vikings?
a)
a) Slavs
b)
b) Scandinavia
c)
c) China
d)
d) Mongols
3.
Christianity in early Russia came from
a)
a) the Byzantine Empire.
b)
b) China.
c)
c) Western Europe.
d)
d) Lithuania.
4.
Who was Russia’s first woman ruler?
a)
a) Sophia
b)
b) Anastasia Romanovna
c)
c) Catherine the Great
d)
d) Princess Olga
5.
Who insisted that Orthodox Christianity become the official religion of Russia?
a)
a) Princess Olga
b)
b) Peter I/Peter the Great
c)
c) Prince Vladimir
d)
d) Mikhail Romanov
6.
What was the class of landowning nobles in Russia called?
a)
a) principalities
b)
b) boyars
c)
c) serfs
d)
d) czars
7.
Who was the first czar of a unified Russia?
a)
a) Prince Vladimir
b)
b) Peter I/Peter the Great
c)
c) Mikhail
d)
d) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
8.
Russian peasants who were forced to work the land are called
a)
a) boyars.
b)
b) Slavs.
c)
c) serfs.
d)
d) slaves.
9.
Who ordered the construction of the Moscow Kremlin?
a)
a) Mikhail
b)
b) Prince Vladimir
c)
c) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
d)
d) Boris Godunov
10.
Who ordered the building of St. Basil’s Cathedral?
a)
a) Mikhail
b)
b) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
c)
c) Anastasia
d)
d) Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible
11.
Which czar traveled through Europe to study European customs?
a)
a) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
b)
b) Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible
c)
c) Catherine the Great
d)
d) Peter the Great
12.
Which city was called “Window on the West”?
a)
a) Odessa
b)
b) Kiev
c)
c) St. Petersburg
d)
d) Moscow
13.
Which ruler forced many Russian men to shave their beards?
a)
a) Prince Vladimir
b)
b) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
c)
c) Peter the Great
d)
d) Ryurik
14.
Which of the following is not associated with Peter the Great’s reign?
a)
a) Westernization
b)
b) travel in Europe
c)
c) conversion to the Gregorian/European European calendar
d)
d) limitations on the czar’s power
15.
Which ruler of Russia was born in Germany?
a)
a) Peter the Great
b)
b) Anastasia Romanova
c)
c) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
d)
d) Catherine the Great
16.
Who considered freeing the serfs but did not?
a)
a) Prince Vladimir
b)
b) Peter the Great
c)
c) Catherine the Great
d)
d) Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible
17.
Which city was Russia’s first warm-water port on the Black Sea?
a)
a) St. Petersburg
b)
b) Moscow
c)
c) Odessa
d)
d) Kiev
18.
Which was not an accomplishment of Catherine the Great?
a)
a) establishing the Orthodox Church as Russia’s official religion
b)
b) free education for some Russian boys and girls
c)
c) building a warm-water port
d)
d) building roads and schools
19.
Slav =
a)
a person who belongs to an ethnic group of people that settled in Eastern Europe many years ago; the Slavs include Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, and Czechs.
b)
to rule over a country as czar, king, or queen
c)
a central fortress built to protect a Russian city
d)
a group of countries or territories under the control of one
e)
Option 5
20.
Serf =
a)
a peasant who is not free; a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor
b)
a central fortress built to protect a Russian city
c)
grassland plain
d)
to rule over a country as czar, king, or queen
21.
Kremlin =
a)
to rule over a country as czar, king, or queen
b)
the title of an emperor of Russia
c)
a central fortress built to protect a Russian city
d)
grassland plain
22.
Czar =
a)
to rule over a country as czar, king, or queen
b)
the title of an emperor of Russia
c)
grassland plain
d)
a group of countries or territories under the control of one government or ruler
23.
Empire =
a)
a group of countries or territories under the control of one government or ruler
b)
the title of an emperor of Russia
c)
a central fortress built to protect a Russian city
d)
to rule over a country as czar, king, or queen
24.
Tribute =
a)
grassland plain
b)
a peasant who is not free; a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor
c)
payment of money or goods by a people or their ruler to another country or ruler in exchange for protection
d)
the title of an emperor of Russia
25.
Reign =
a)
to rule over a country as czar, king, or queen
b)
a central fortress built to protect a Russian city
c)
a group of countries or territories under the control of one government or ruler
d)
grassland plain
26.
Steppe =
a)
a central fortress built to protect a Russian city
b)
the title of an emperor of Russia
c)
grassland plain
d)
a peasant who is not free
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