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Who went on a journey call the "Grand Embassy"
Peter the Great
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Which country owned serfs until the 1800's?
Russia
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Who did Russia fight against for a piece of the Baltic Coast?
Sweden
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What was the new capital of Russia?
St. Petersburg
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What are boyars?
Russia's landowning nobles
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Who killed is son?
Ivan the Terrible or Ivan IV
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What city did Russia look to for religion?
Constantinople
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How did the Romanovs restore order to Russia?
Passed a law code that strenghtened the government and putting down a revolt
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How did Peter modernize the army?
Hired European officers that taught the soldiers to use European weapons
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What is Westernization
Using Western Europe as a model for change
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Who was the ruling family after Ivan IV
The Romanovs
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What religions were predominant in Russia and Western Europe
In Russia - Eastern Orthodox In Western Europe - Catholic or Protestant
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How did Ivan IV kill his son?
During a violent fight
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How did Peter the Great promote education and growth?
Wanted to build a seaport that made it easier to travel to the west
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What were main causes of death in St. Petersburg?
Working conditions and widespread diseases
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Ivan IV wife
Anastasia
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What are some geographic differences between the two?
Russia - completely surrounded by mountains, mostly covered in ice Europe - mostly flat lands
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What started the Times of Troubles?
1. Ananstasia died 2. Ivan blamed Anastasia's death on the boyars
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How are some ways Peter westernized Russia?
1. Introduced potatoes 2. Started a newspaper 3. Raised women's status 4. Had nobles dress in western fashions
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What are some countries Peter the Great went to?
Netherlands, England, and Austria