Czars and Czarinas
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This czar earned his name for westernizing Russia, bringing many reforms.
Who is Peter the Great?
100
Russia spans these two continents.
What are Asia and Europe?
100
This is the largest city of Russia.
What is Moscow?
100
This czar created a beard tax.
Who is Peter the Great?
100
This is a king, except the Russian kind.
What is a czar?
200
This czar lost his parents very young and struggled with being a fair ruler.
Who is Ivan IV (the Terrible)?
200
This port never freezes.
What is a warm water port?
200
This is a beautiful building in Russia with huge onion shaped dome.
What is St. Basil's Cathedral?
200
Peter the Great traveled to a few places. These are three.
What are England, Austria, and Germany?
200
This is a powerful Russian landowner.
What is a boyar?
300
This czar was dedicated to making Moscow powerful.
Who is Ivan the Great (III)?
300
This section of Russia is freezing cold.
What is Siberia?
300
This was once the capital of Russia when one king decided it could be a great, western city.
What is St. Petersburg?
300
This czarina had her name changed when she became czarina.
Who is Catherine the Great?
300
This is money or goods that people have to pay to stronger people.
What is tribute?
400
This czarina made a great gain after a fight with the Turks.
Who is Catherine the Great?
400
This is a belt of forestland just south of the tundra.
What is Taiga?
400
These were used by invaders to cross into Russia for invasion.
What are the Steppes?
400
This is a fortress built to protect a city in Russia.
What is a kremlin?
400
This is a farmer, who did not own any of the land he worked on.
What is a serf?
500
Peter the Great could never gain this strategic geographical feature.
What is a warm water port?
500
This marks a division between two bodies of land in Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
500
This is the longest river in Europe.
What is the Volga River?
500
This is the title that Ivan the Terrible had before he was crowned czar.
What is Grand Prince of Muscavoy?
500
Before Russia was Russia, these sea-faring folk visited the land.
Who are the Vikings?
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