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The Name Game
Russia's Expansion
Russia's First Westernization
Themes in Early Modern Russia
Miscellaneous
100
This was the family selected in 1613 to establish a new ruling dynasty in Russia. A) Romanov B) Radishev C) Molotov D) Habsburg
Who are A) Romanovs?
100
This was the area that most of the territory added to the Russian empire during the 17th and 18th century was located in. A) North America B) Africa C) Asia D) Polynesia
What is C) Asia
100
This sea became critical in the development of Russian power during the reign of Peter the Great. A) Caspian B) Mediterranean C) Baltic D) Azov
What is C) Baltic?
100
Coercive labor systems in eastern Europe indicated this. A) Russia's economic dominance over Asian trade B) Eastern Europe's growing economic subordination to the West. C) The creation of a core economic zone in Russia D) The development of industrial strength in the region.
What is B) Eastern Europe's growing economic subordination to the West.
100
This political center served as the focal point for the Russian liberation from the Mongols. A) Kiev B) Duchy of Moscow C) St. Petersburg D) Principate of Norway
What is B) Duchy of Moscow
200
He led the Russian peasant rebellion of the 1770s. A) Radishev B) Constantinov C) Pugachev D) Kirov
Who is C) Pugachev?
200
This followed the death of Ivan IV when Russian boyars attempted to limit tsarist autocracy and gain governing rights for themselves. A) Russian civil war B) Boyar war C) Time of Troubles D) Great Schism
What is C) Time of Troubles?
200
This is where Peter the Great's program of economic development was concentrated. A) Cloth production B) Mining and metallurgical industries C) Rapid urbanization D) Farming
What is B) Mining and metallurgical industries?
200
This is the percentage of the Russian population that remained rural in the 18th century. A) 95 B) 75 C) 60 D) 50
What is A) 95?
200
Ivan the Great claimed to have succeeded this government as the "third Rome". A) The Byzantine Empire B) The Abbasid Empire C) The Ottoman Empire D) The Holy Roman Empire
What is A) The Byzantine Empire?
300
He was 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. A) Turgenev B) Pugachev C) Radishev D) Romanov
Who is D) Radishev?
300
This is the name given to Russians who refused to accept tsarist reforms of the Orthodox church and who were exiled to Siberia for their conservatism. A) Cossacks B) Boyars C) Old Believers D) Fundamentalists
What is C) Old Believers?
300
This was NOT one of Peter the Great's political reforms. A) Improved military weaponry B) Elimination of noble councils C) Reduction of taxes on the peasantry D) Systemized law codes
What is C) Reduction of taxes on the peasantry?
300
This was one of the primary limitations on the expansion of the agricultural economy. A) The lack of cheap labor. B) The lack of markets for Russian surpluses C) Lack of technological improvement D) The lack of estate agricultural systems in Russia.
What is C) Lack of technological improvement?
300
This eastern European nation declined most dramatically after 1500. A) Poland B) Hungary C) Austria D) Prussia
What is A) Poland
400
He was the tsar responsible for the abolition of the assemblies of the nobles and reform of the Orthodox church? A) Ivan III B) Ivan IV C) Michael D) Alexis
Who is D) Alexis?
400
This was the state of the Russian economy following the expulsion of the Mongols. A) A dependent region B) Russia developed an export trade and merchant class C) Purely an agricultural economy, dependent on peasant labor. D) Followed the West into an economy dominated by merchants and capitalists.
What is C) Purely an agricultural economy, dependent on peasant labor?
400
This were the aspects of Western culture Peter the Great emulated in Russia. A) Parliamentary government B) Aristocratic control of the bureaucracy C) Royal control over the bureaucracy and reorganized military D) Separation of church and state.
What is C) Royal control over the bureaucracy and reorganized military
400
This is NOT indicative of Russia's growing economic dependence on the West during the 18th century. A) Exportation of raw materials-furs, grain and timber B) Importation of luxuries and some manufactured goods C) A coercive labor system D) Self-sufficiency in metals and weapons
What is D) Self-sufficiency in metals and weapons?
400
This was NOT a form of contact with the West during the reigns of the Ivans. A) Diplomatic missions were sent to leading Western states. B) Western merchants established outposts in Moscow. C) Italian artists and craftsmen were imported for building projects. D) Military alliances were signed with Spain and Portugal.
What is D) Military alliances were signed with Spain and Portugal?
500
Under his rule, a large part of Russia was freed from Mongol control in the 15th century. A) Peter III B) Ivan III C) Ivan IV D) Alexis Romanov
Who is B) Ivan III
500
This was the impact of early Russian expansion on central Asia. A) Gradual assimilation of the Chinese speaking groups. B) Independent central Asia was eliminated. C) Chinese trade was refocused D) Central Asia revived economically.
What is B) Independent central Asia was eliminated?
500
Peter the Great shifted the foreign policy interests of Russia in this way. A) He Initiated the Russian invasion of China. B) He abandoned the Russian policies of expansion in favor of consolidation. C) He allied himself with the Ottoman Empire. D) His wars with the Ottoman Empire and Sweden indicated a westward shift in Russian expansion.
What is D) His wars with the Ottoman Empire and Sweden indicated a westward shift in Russian expansion?
500
In this year, Russian serfdom became hereditary. A) 1482 B) 1558 C) 1618 D) 1649
What is D) 1649?
500
This was NOT an accomplishment of Tsar Michael. A) The reestablishment of internal order B) Driving out foreign invaders C) Updating practices in the Orthodox Church D) A successful war against Poland
What is C) Updating practices in the Orthodox Church?