Russia's Beginnings/Misc.
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
100
The people group that had to pay tribute to the Vikings
What is Slavs
100
Ivan the Great called himself the czar. What is the Roman term for czar?
What is Caesar
100
Tell the legend of the architect who constructed St. Basil's cathedral.
Ivan IV asked the architect if he could build another cathedral like St. Basil, and the architect said, "Yes". Ivan IV is said to have blinded him so that he couldn't make another cathedral as well.
100
The city that Peter planned and was called the "Window to the West".
What is St. Petersburg
100
The origin of Catherine the Great and her real first name
What is Germany; Sophia
200
Russia's first female ruler
What is Princess Olga
200
Ivan the Great is responsible for the creation of this part of Moscow that is a fortress built to protect the city.
What is Moscow Kremlin
200
The wife of Ivan IV
What is Anastasia Romanovna
200

One of Peter's most unique laws to modernize Russia

Men had to shave their beards or pay taxes to keep them.

200
The person whom Catherine replaced as czarina
What is Peter III
300

The place where Russia found Christianity

What is Byzantine Empire

300
Ivan III defeated which people group to help unify Russia
What is Tartars
300
Ivan IV ordered the construction of which cathedral?
What is St. Basil's cathedral
300
The height of Peter the Great
What is about 7 feet
300
The first warm-water port for Russia
What is Odessa
400
The group of people who were of Mongol and Turkish descent
What is Tartars
400
Fill in the blank. Ivan said, "The czar is in nature like all men, but in __________, he is like God, the highest."
What is authority
400
Describe Ivan IV's childhood
Ivan's parents died; he saw people unjustly arrested, exiled, and killed;he was ignored
400
The reason Peter the Great agreed to a treaty with Sweden
What is to protect St. Petersburg and the area around it
400
With whom did Catherine the Great sign a peace treaty
What are the Turks
500
This leader made Orthodox Christianity Russia's national religion
What is Prince Vladimir
500
The four main reasons Ivan III is called Ivan the Great
What are (1) pushed Tartars out of Russia (2) first Russian ruler (3) strong military leader (4) helped to unify the city-states to form the Russian nation
500
The three main reasons that Ivan IV is called Ivan the Terrible
What are (1) ruled by fear (2) made war on other peoples to grow Russia's borders (3) persecuted, tortured, and murdered those who seemed to oppose him
500

The three main things that Peter the Great did to modernize Russia

What are (1) toured Europe and brought back engineers, soldiers, and scientists to teach the Russians (2) replace the Russian calendar with a European one (3) had mathematicians and navigators teach the Russians

500
Four of the most important achievements of Catherine's reign
What are (1) founding city of Odessa, the first warm-water port for Russia (2) changing education and the law (3) spreading western ideas (4) expanding Russia's borders
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