How old was Ivan IV when he started rule over Russia
What is 3 years old
100
During the fist quarter of A.D. 1100s the city of Kiev enjoyed a brief revival under the lerdership of
What is Vladimir Monomakh
100
Mongols controlled Kievan Russia until the late
What is A.D 1400
100
By about A.D. 1500 the chuch was a major
What is Russian landowner
200
Ivan III became the first ruler of the independent state called
What is Russia
200
Ivan IV considered himself the true heir of the Roman and Byzantine Empires. Thus he took the title of
What is Czar
200
These Turkish people controlled the area south of Kiev and interfered with Kiev's trade.
What is the Polovtsy
200
The Mongols sought to gain what from the region
What is wealth
200
In A.D. 1589 Moscow's church leader was named
What is patriarch
300
By A.D. 1480 Ivan III no loger acknowledged the who as Moscow's supreme ruler.
What is the Mongol Khan
300
During his reign Ivan IV renewed trade with western Europe and opened the vast territory of where to russian settlement.
What is Siberia
300
These new invaders took advantage of Kiev's weaknes. They came from the Asian steppe east of the Ural Mountains
What is the Mongols
300
As long as the Slavs paid their taxes they could keep their own
What is government and customs
300
A turning point in the development of the russian church took place in A.D 1453 with the fall of Constantinople to the powerful army of the Ottoman sultan?
What is Mehmed II
400
Ivan III gained more territory through
What is Military conquest.
400
Ivan IV formed a personal group of civil servants called the
What is oprichniki
400
This Mongol leader called off his attack on Hungarian and Polish armies to return to Russia
What is Batu
400
Although the Mongols formed only a small ruling class, they influenced Slavic society in several ways. They built important roads and improved methods of taxation and what
What is communication
400
With the fall of once-mighty Contantinople, Russians proclaimed Moscow to be the
What is "third Rome"
500
Ivan III bagan a long tradition of absolute what in Russia
What is Monarchy
500
Sometimes Ivan's actions were puzzling and cruel. In A.D. 1581 he even murdered his oldest son. These acts earned him the nickname
What is Ivan the Terrible
500
By A.D. 1240 the Mongols had conquered or destroyed almost every city of
What is Kievan Russia
500
Some Mongol words entered the language that came to be called
What is Russian
500
The Churchman claimed that Moscow-the third Rome-would bring
What is the spiritual light of Christian Orthodoxy tot he whole world