Russia's Beginnings and The Mongols Invade
The Vikings came to Russia from
a) Poland.
b) Scandinavia.
c) China.
d) the Byzantine Empire.
Scandinavia
Who was the first czar of a unified Russia?
a) Prince Vladimir
b) Peter I/Peter the Great
c) Mikhail
d) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
Ivan III/ Ivan the Great
How old was Ivan the Terrible when his father died?
a.) 15 years old
b.) 3 years old
c.) 17 years old
d.) His father died before he was born
3 years old
Which czar traveled through Europe to study European customs?
a) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
b) Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible
c) Catherine the Great
d) Peter the Great
Peter the Great
What did Catherine the Great think of her husband?
a.) She loved him very much.
b.) She was afraid of him because he had a horrible temper.
c.) She thought he was immature and unattractive.
d.) She thought he was really funny and enjoyed how much she laughed around him.
She thought he was immature and unattractive.
Who had to pay tribute to the Vikings?
a) Slavs
b) Scandinavia
c) China
d) Mongols
Slavs
Russian peasants who were forced to work the land are called
a) boyars.
b) Slavs.
c) serfs.
d) slaves.
Serfs
What is a priest?
a.) the title of an emperor of Russia
b.) 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.
c.) a person who has the training or authority to carry out certain religious ceremonies or rituals
d.) a peasant who is not free; a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor
a person who has the training or authority to carry out certain religious ceremonies or rituals
Which ruler forced many Russian men to shave their beards?
a) Prince Vladimir
b) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
c) Peter the Great
d) Ryurik
Peter the Great
Who considered freeing the serfs but did not?
a) Prince Vladimir
b) Peter the Great
c) Catherine the Great
d) Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible
Catherine the Great
Christianity in early Russia came from
a) the Byzantine Empire.
b) China.
c) Western Europe.
d) Lithuania.
The Byzantine Empire
What was the class of landowning nobles in Russia called?
a) principalities
b) boyars
c) serfs
d) czars
Boyars
a.) Anastasia Romanovna
b.)Yelena Glinskaya
c.) Catherine
d.) Sophia
Anastasia Romanovna
Which of the following is not associated with Peter the Great’s reign?
a) Westernization
b) travel in Europe
c) conversion to the Gregorian/European European calendar
d) limitations on the czar’s power
limitations on the czar’s power
Which city was Russia’s first warm-water port on the Black Sea?
a) St. Petersburg
b) Moscow
c) Odessa
d) Kiev
Odessa
. Who was Russia’s first woman ruler?
a) Sophia
b) Anastasia Romanovna
c) Catherine the Great
d) Princess Olga
Princess Olga
Who ordered the construction of the Moscow Kremlin? a) Mikhail
b) Prince Vladimir
c) Ivan III/Ivan the Great
d) Boris Godunov
Ivan III/ Ivan the Great
Who did Ivan the Terrible begin to persecute?
a.) the Serfs
b.) the boyars
c.) his nobleman
d.) the Russian citizens
The boyars
Who was Peter's half brother?
a.) James
b.) Mikhail
c.) Ivan
d.) Christoff
Ivan
Where was Catherine the Great born?
a.) Russia
b.) The United States
c.) Germany
d.) Ukraine
Germany
Who insisted that Orthodox Christianity become the official religion of Russia?
a) Princess Olga
b) Peter I/Peter the Great
c) Prince Vladimir
d) Mikhail Romanov
Prince Vladimir
What is a czar?
a.) the title of an emperor of Russia before 1917
b.) a rich nobleman that was an adviser to the Grand Prince
c.) a rich landowner in medieval Russia
d.) the title of an emperor of Russia before 1915
the title of an emperor of Russia before 1917
Ivan III/Ivan the Great ordered the building of what cathedral?
a) Mikhail
b) the Pristine Chapel
c) St. Basil's Cathedral
d) Kremlin Cathedral
St. Basil's Cathedral
Which city was called “Window on the West”?
a) Odessa
b) Kiev
c) St. Petersburg
d) Moscow
St. Petersburg
Which was not an accomplishment of Catherine the Great?
a) establishing the Orthodox Church as Russia’s official religion
b) free education for some Russian boys and girls
c) building a warm-water port
d) building roads and schools
establishing the Orthodox Church as Russia’s official religion