Kievan Rus to Russia – Flashcards
Flashcard maker : Shelby Arnold
Put these events in Russian history in order
1.Rurik governs Kievan Rus
2.Russia becomes Orthodox Christian
3.Mongols control Russia
4.Ivan III unites Russia
5. Peter The Great westernizes Russia
6.Catherine The Great has colonies established in Alaska and California1.
2.Russia becomes Orthodox Christian
3.Mongols control Russia
4.Ivan III unites Russia
5. Peter The Great westernizes Russia
6.Catherine The Great has colonies established in Alaska and California1.
Kievan Rus adopted the Eastern Orthodox religion, the Cyrillic alphabet, and different styles of art and architecture through contact with
missionaries from the Byzantine Empire
known as ivan the terrible
ivan IV
Built famous church, plucked eyes out of architect as a reward
ivan IV
Cooperated with the Mongols, he became very powerful by taxing his people. Nicknamed “Money Bags”
Ivan I
Created a city whose nickname was the “Window on the West”
Peter the Great
Created a great Navy(since he was able to gain a warm water pot)
Peter the Great
Gained large areas of Poland and Siberia for Russia
Catherine the Great
What event led to Bloody Sunday
Russo-Japanese War
What city did Ivan The Terrible massacre because he thought, in his paranioa, they were defecting to Poland?
Novograd
The greatest source of social unrest in early modern Russia (1800’s) was
The lack of real reform and especially rights for the serfs.
Name of Russian ruler that kicked out the Mongols in the 1400’s
Ivan the great
What Czar had Peter III murdered in his own bed
Catherine The Great
When Russia was under Mongol domination, the effect on Russia was to:
keep Russia isolated from western Europe
Rurik
viking ruler that would help/control/defend early Keivan Rus people from invaders
From the October Manifesto, a Duma is a Russian
Congress
Boyars
Noble class of individuals who advised the czar
Pogroms
Organized acts of violence against jewish poeple
Many thought Moscow was going to be “The Third _,” an extension of the greatness of that empire
Rome
Which change was introduced by the Peter the Great to Russia in the 19th century?
introduction of Western technology to the military and industry
The first capital of the Russian people, before it was burned by the Mongols, was _
Kiev
What Russian Czar attempted to Westernize Russia by traveling in disguise in Europe
Peter the Great
Put the following Czars from earliest to last
1.Nicholas I
2.Alexander II
3.Alexander III
4.Nicholas II
2.Alexander II
3.Alexander III
4.Nicholas II
This Czar is known as “Czar Emancipator”_
Alexander II
Which developlement in Russian (Kievan Rus) history led to the other three?
Trade developed along rivers linking Russia and the Byzantine Empire
Peter the Great was responsible for
building of the new city of St. Petersburg
Which group had the greatest influence on early Russian (Kievan Rus) culture
Byzantine Empire
Policy of forcing non Russians in the empire to use the Russian language and accept Russian Orthodox religion_
Russification
Another name for Ivan The IV _
Ivan the Terrible
The topography and climate of Russia have caused Russia to
seek access to warm water ports
What fashion style did Peter the Great despise (hate) due to being a Mongol influence rather than a “cool” European influence that he would tax people who had them?
Beards
Both Peter’s and Catherine’s efforts in the 1700’s, to westernize Russia were limited by their
refusal to modify their autocratic styles, and introduce elements of democracy
Name of Russian terrorist group that assassinated Alexander II _
People’s Will
Name of the royal family that took over Russian monarchy in the 1600’s. _
Romanov
Two dimensional holy pictures of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and the saints, typically used in devotions, are called this _
icon
What country is the location where early Kievan Rus developed?_
Ukraine
Why is 1054 AD significant in Russian history?
The church split
War with this country in 1905 exposed the inefficiency and corruption within the Russian government _
Japan
This term means ONE who holds absolute POWER, a dictatorship, type of government for the czar. _
Autocracy
Group of people/invaders that conquored Russia in the early 1200’s, another name for Mongols._
Tatars
In 989 AD, the Russian leader, _ , converted to Orthodox Christianity and urged all of his subjects to follow his example.
Prince Vladimir
City with the nickname “Window on the West” _
St. Petersburg
Which cultural element spread from the Byzantine Empire to Early Russia (Kievan Rus)
Orthodox Christianity
The Eastern Orthodox Church and the Cyrillic alphabet originated in the Byzantine Empire. What does the practice of this religion and the use of this alphabet in Russia indicate?
Russia was influenced by cultural diffusion.
Put the events of Nicholas II (The last Czar of Russia) in order
1.Russo Japanese War
2.Bloody Sunday
3.Revolution of 1905
4.October Manifesto
5.Formation of the Duma
2.Bloody Sunday
3.Revolution of 1905
4.October Manifesto
5.Formation of the Duma
What conclusion could be drawn about Catherine the Great’s reign?
Russia became a vast empire and a major factor in world affairs
Russia did not experience either the Renaissance (1300’s) or Reformation (1500’s) in Europe because:
Mongol rule cut Russia off and isolated the country from Western contacts.
Russian word for citadel. Armed enclosure located in the heart of Moscow. _
Kremlin
The emancipation of the serfs resulted largely from the realizaiton of many Russians that the policy of serfdom was:
holding back industrialization
This empire was remnants (what remained) of the Roman Empire after it split, it contributed greatly to the culture of early Russia
Byzantine
Put the following Russian leaders in order
1. Ivan the Great
2.Ivan the Terrible
3.Peter the Great
4.Catherine the Great
2.Ivan the Terrible
3.Peter the Great
4.Catherine the Great
Base your answer to question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. . . .
“The Mongols made no technological breakthroughs, founded no new religions, wrote few books or dramas, and gave the world no new crops or methods of agriculture. Their own craftsmen could not weave cloth, cast metal, make pottery, or even bake bread. They manufactured neither porcelain nor pottery, painted no pictures, and built no buildings. Yet, as their army conquered culture after culture, they collected and passed all of these skills from one civilization to the next. . . .”
— Jack Weatherford
This passage leads to the conclusion that the Mongols:
Cultural Diffusion
The foreign policy of many Russian rulers (in the 1700’s and 1800’s) supported the country’s desire for:
warm-water ports
All of the following contributed to the emergence of Moscow as the key city in Russia EXCEPT
The establishment of a Mongol capital, complete with splendid Mongol architecture, in Moscow
Britain and France entered the Crimean War against Russia with a goal of
limiting Russia expansion in the Crimea and Eastern Europe
In the Great Northern War, Peter the Great fought this country for 21 years._
sweden
Russia set up a colony in this area of North America in 1741. _
California
What conclusion can be drawn about Catherine The Great’s reign
Russia became a vast empire and major factor in world affairs
The Cyrillic alphabet is a combination of what two alphabets
Greek&Hebrew
What type of trade took people to the eastern interior of Russia/Siberia_
Fur
