General 1
The Vikings came to Russia from____________.
Scandinavia
The class of landowning nobles in Russia were known as __________.
Boyars
_______ _____ _______ traveled through Europe to study European customs.
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great considered __________ ___ _____, but she didn't.
Freeing the serfs
Payment of money or goods by a people or their ruler to another county or ruler in exchange for protection.
Tribute
________had to pay tribute to the Vikings.
Slavs
Ivan III, also known as ______ ____ _______, was the first czar of unified Russia.
"Ivan the Great"
St. Petersburg is called "________ __ ___ ____".
Window on the West
_______ was Russia's first warm-water port on the Black Sea.
Odessa
A group of countries or territories under the control of one government or ruler
Empire
Christianity in early Russia came from the _________ ___________.
Byzantine Empire
________ were Russian peasants who were forced to work the land.
Serfs
Peter the Great forced many Russian men to ____ _____ ______.
Shave their beards.
All of the following were accomplishments of Catherine the Great:
1. _____ _______ _____ _____ _____ ___ _____.
2. ________ _ _____ ______ _______.
3. _________ _______ ___ ________.
1. Free education for some Russian boys and girls
2. Building a warm-water port
3. Buidling roads and schools
The title of an emperor of Russia
Czar
__________ ________ was Russia's first female ruler.
Princess Olga
Ivan III (Ivan the Great) ordered the construction of the _________ __________.
Moscow Kremlin
All of the following were associated with Peter the Great's reign:
1. ____________
2. _______ __ ________
3. ________ __ __ _________________ ________
1. Westernization
2. Travel to Europe
3. Conversion to the Gregorian/European calendar
Grassland plain
steppe
A central fortress built to protect a Russian city.
Kremlin
Prince Vladimir insisted that __________ ____________ become the official religion of Russia.
Orthodox Christianity
Ivan IV, also known as ______ _____ ______, ordered the building of ___ __________ ________.
Ivan the Terrible
St. Basil's Cathedral
Catherine the Great was born in ____________.
Germany
To rule over a country as czar, king, or queen
Reign
A peasant who is not free; a person living in a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor.
Serf
What is your favorite snack? _____
Yummy! :-)
What school do you attend?
Founder's Academy Corinth :-)
You are over halfway done!! Keep going!!
YOU'VE GOT THIS!!! :-)
Who is going to make a 100 on this test?
YOU ARE!!! :-)
A person who belongs to an ethnic group of people that settled in Eastern Europe many years ago; this includes Russians, Ukrainians, Poles, and Czechs.
Slav