Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
rise of russia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ivan III | defeated mongols; expanded into poland; claimed authority over Byzantine Church; married byzantine princess |
| Czar | ruler of Russia after the mongols were defeated |
| Ivan IV | killed many nobles/boyars; expanded east to Urals; used slaves; trade with british merchants |
| Urals | mountain range that Ivan IV expanded to |
| Romanov | ruling family after the time of troubles for 300 years |
| Eastern Orthodox | religion practiced in Russia from the byzantines |
| Autocratic | an absolute ruler |
| Mongols | Russia took the land over after these people |
| Peter the Great | autocratic rule, secret police, navy, government from outside nobility, foreign policy, westernization |
| Boyars | nobles who owned serfs |
| Enlightened Despot | an absolute monarch who was interested in enlightenment ideas |
| Moscow | was the capitol before St. Petersburg |
| St. Petersberg | capitol after Peter the Great |
| Catherine the Great | enlightened despot; 200 new towns; serfs lost rights |
| Pugachev Rebellion | serf led revolution; serfs don't like being treated terrible |
| Partition of Poland | Poland split into partitions: Poland, Austria, Prussia, and Russia; Russia is world power; join together |
| who did the russians have to fight in order to gain territory | sweden, poland, ottomans, mongols |
| what were the effects of mongol rule on russia | isolates russia for many years |
| what did the russian people think about westernization? | some people liked and understood it, while most people didn't appreciate it |
| who supported the westernization | nobles and the czar and middle class |
| what were the areas of reform in russia | political-law codes, social-nobility were changing look, economic-industry trade, military |
| what were the effects of the reforms made under peter | more westernized; mining/industry focus; law codes unified; strong military |
| what were the effects of the reforms made under catherine | patronized western art; cleaner/healthier; less rights for serfs |
| what was the Russian economy based on | agriculture, serf labor, manufacturing |
| how did Russians improve their contact with western powers | dressing the same; marrying into western families; having connecting ports and ships |
| time of troubles | nobility fought for control after Ivan IV died |
| mongol to catherine | overgaurd to autocratic rule |
| geography to expansion | foreign policy, want warm water ports |
Created by:
AnnikaPVD
Popular World History sets