JEOPARDY
The Rise Of Russia
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Vocabulary
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Who was Ivan III or Ivan the Great ?
He was the Prince of the Duchy of Moscow who
freed Russia from Mongol control after 1462.
What was Moscow?
This was the city that was referred to as the
“Third Rome”.
What was the Time of Troubles?
This is the name given to the early 17th century
when the Russian nobles attempted to regain
Russian control and after the death of Ivan IV.
Who were the Romanovs? ( get that gladiator off
my back)
This is the family Dynasty of Russia from 1613
until 1917 and the Communist execution of the
Russian royal family?
Who were the Cossacks?
These were the peasant adventurers with
agricultural and military expertise recruited to
settle new lands in Siberia and southern Russia.
Who was Michael Romanov I?
He was the first Russian Romanov ruler.
Who was Peter I ( the Great) ?
He was the Russian ruler who westernized Russia
and expanded the country from the Baltic Sea to
the Pacific Ocean.
What was St. Petersburg?
This was the city that was dubbed the “ Window
on the West” and the new capital city of Russia
established in 1703 on the shores of the Neva
River ad the Baltic Sea.
Who were the serfs?
This was the Russian social group who lost more
rights under the Russian rulers from Ivan III until
Alexander II.
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Who was Stepan Razin?
He was the Cossack who led a rebellion of serfs in
1670 against the rule of the Russian Tsar.
What was Sweden and Charles XII?
This was Peter the Great’s opponent in the Great
Northern War 1700-1721.
What was Mathematics and Geometry ?
These were the subjects that all Russian noble
children had to learn before they could be
married.
What was Tsar from Caesar and in
(Germany – Kaiser)?
This was the term given to the Russian rulers
and was used from Ivan IV onward.
What was Poland?
This was the country that elected weak rulers and
each noble of their legislature ( sejm ) had veto
power over major decisions which weakened the
country so that it disappears completely in 1795.
Who was Emelian Pugachev?
He was the Cossack leader who led a rebellion in
1774 in the name of Peter III and later claimed to
be Peter III.
What was Bohemia?
This was the name of what is now the Czech
Republic and also signifies a type of freedom and
defiance of authority.
Who was Catherine the Great ( Catherine II)?
She was the Russian ruler who achieved a warm
water port from conquered Ottoman territory and
issued the Charter of the Nobility which further
reduced the rights of Russian serfs.
What was the Crimea?
This is the resort area along the Black Sea conquered
by Russia and where later the Charge of Light Brigade
occurs and Florence Nightingale gains her reputation.
What was the Russian Navy?
This was the branch of the Russian military
created by Peter the Great and copied from the
English and the Dutch.
What was Alaska and later California? ( the
Russian River in northern California )
This was the area explored and later claimed by
Peter the Great and expanded on by Catherine the
Great.
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What was ( is) the Kremlin?
This was the name for the Russian fortress or
citadel that housed the Russian palace and later
Red Square.
What was boyars?
This was the name for Russian nobles.
What was the Obrok?
This was the labor obligation of Russian peasants
to their landlords or to the state enacted in the
th
18 century.
Who was Ivan the Terrible or Ivan IV?
He was the most infamous Russian Tsar who
further weakened the power of the Russian nobles
or boyars and who in a fit of rage killed his only
heir.
What was a Multinational Empire ?
This was the type of Empire that the text says
existed in Russia until 1991.
What is the Caspian Sea ( tricky don’t you
think?)?
This is the largest lake in the world.
What is Lake Baikal ( sturgeon eggs = caviar)
?
This is the deepest lake in the world with an
average depth of 2440 ft. It holds 20% of the
earth’s freshwater.
What was Siberia?
This is the place where many Russian political
prisoners are sent, especially during the Cold
War.
Who were the Old Believers?
This was another name for the dissident
religious conservatives who were forced to
move to southern Russia and Siberia.
What was metallurgical and mining industries?
This was the type of industry encouraged by
Peter the Great and utilized the huge deposits
of iron ore in Russia.