Known as Ivan the Great, prince of Moscow; claimed descent from Rurik. Responsible for freeing Russia from Mongols after 1462.
What is Ivan III
100
The first island in Caribbean settled by Spaniards. Founded by Columbus on second voyage to New World
What is Hispaniola
100
Senior government officials in Spanish America
What is Viceroys
100
Peasants recruited to migrate to newly-seized lands in the Russian empire were called?
What is Cossacks
100
The man responsible for the conquest of the Aztec empire in Mexico
What is Hernan Cortes
200
Along with Ferdinand of Aragon, monarch or largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia.
What is Isabella of Castile
200
The grants of Indians to individual Spaniards as a labor system were called
What is encomiendas
200
University trained lawyers from Spain
What is "letrados"
200
Following the death of Ivan IV, Russian boyars attempted to limit tsarists autocracy and gain governing rights for themselves during the _________________________
What is Time of Troubles
300
Ruled from 1689 to 1725 continued growth of absolutism and conquest. Set up secret police to prevent dissent and to supervise the bureaucracy. Led the first westernization effort in history
What is Peter I aka Peter the Great
300
Rural estates in Spanish colonies in New World; produced agricultural products for consumers in America
What is haciendas
300
This family ruled Russia until the great revolution of 1917
What is Romanov Dyansty
300
What government did Ivan the Great claim to have succeeded as the "third Rome"?
What is The Byzantine Empire
300
Peter the Great established a new capital for Russia at
What is St. Petersburg
400
Born a Prussian princess, she converted to the Orthodox faith after her marriage to the heir to the Russian throne. Supporter of westernization.
What is Catherine the Great
400
Last independent Aztec emperor; killed during Hernan Cortes's conquest of Tenochititlan
What is Moctezuma II
400
The colonial governments replaced the labor of the encomienda with Indian labor extracted through local officials. Such labor was called the _________________
What is Mita
400
Who led the Russian peasant rebellion of the 1770s?
What is Pugachev
400
Russians who refused to accept tsarist reforms of the Orthodox church and who were exiled to Siberia for their conservatism were called
What is Old Believers
500
The first landfall in the colony of Brazil took place in 1500 under the leadership of
What is Pedro Alvares Cabral
500
What American colony became the first major plantation zone, organized to produce a tropical crop demanded in Europe?
What is Brazil
500
Division of Polish territory among Russia, Prussia, and Austria.
What is partition of Poland
500
The Russian radical and nobleman who, inspired by the philosophies of the West, urged the abolition of serfdom during the reign of Catherine the Great was
What is Radishev
500
The Spanish convoy system that controlled trade with the Americas was made possible by the development of __________________