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Russia Land of the Tsars Movie Exam 180 points

1. Vladmir, Grand Prince of Kiev (late 10th century) converted to Christianity in?

A) 1000

B) 998

C) 980

D) 988

2. Who was known as the “Golden Horde” (1240-1480) that subdued almost all of Russia in 3 years?

A) Chinese

B) Prussia

C) Persians

D) Mongols

3. The Grand Prince Ivan the Third built the Kremlin fortress in ________________ .

A) St. Petersburg

B) Kiev

C) Moscow

D) Novgorod

4. Vladmir, Grand Prince of Kiev made all his subjects covert to?

A) Orthodox Christianity

B) Methodist Christianity

C) Roman Christianity

D) Lutheran Christianity

5. Vladmir, Grand Prince of Kiev, had three sons they were ?

A) Gleb, Boris, and Ivan

B) Ivanovich, Sviatapolk, and Boris

C) Sviatapolk, Boris, and Gleb

D) Sviatapolk, Vasily, and Boris

6. Out of Vladmir’s (1015-1036) three sons, who murdered the other two and was later exiled?

(A) Sviatapolk

(B) Gleb

(C) Ivanonvich

(D) Boris

(E) Vasily

7. The Grand Prince Ivan the Third married a __________________ Princess .

A) Constantine

B) Prussian

C) Byzantine

D) Ottoman

8. In what year did the Mongol invaders sack Kiev the preeminent Russian city of that time?

A) 1230

B) 1240

C) 1250

D) 1260

9. The Grand Prince Ivan the Third of Moscow (1480-1505) was also known as ?

A) Ivan the Terrible

B) Ivan the Honorable

C) Ivan the Great

D) Ivan the Terrorist

E)

10. The Grand Prince Ivan the Third was the first Russian leader to use the title __________, which is “Caesar” in Russian ?

A) Tsar

B) Captain

C) Autocrat

D) Commander

E)

11. Grand Prince Vasily Ivanovich (1505-1533) imprisoned his wife, Salomea, because she ___________ .

A) She committed treason

B) She could not have children

C) She was really from Prussia

D) He did not love her

12. Grand Prince Vasily Ivanovich took a new wife, Yelena, who had a son. The church condemned this second marriage because?

A) He imprisoned his first wife

B) Yelena was really his sister

C) Salomea, was still alive and there was no divorce

D) Yelena was of a different religion then the recognized church.

13. Ivan IV Vasilyevich (1547 -1584) was also known as?

A) Ivan the Terrible

B) Ivan the Honorable

C) Ivan the Great

D) Ivan the Terrorist

14. Ivan IV Vasilyevich built a private army of thugs called ______________________ . They wore all black and killed anyone who questioned the Tsar’s authority.

A) Red Army

B) Bolsheviks

C) Czarskoe Selo

D) Oprichniki

15. Ivan IV Vasilyevich distrusted _________________ and killed hundreds along with their families.

A) Serfs

B) Peasants

C) Workers

D) Nobles

16. Ivan IV Vasilyevich killed the only heir, his son, because he did not approve of ?

A) his sons choice in occupations

B) his sons choice in educations

C) his sons choice in brides

17. 1598 to 1610 was the post Ivan IV Vasilyevich era. Six different men claimed the throne of Russia during these years, all were killed or deposed of. One was an imposter from Poland; once discovered he was killed, burned, and?

A) his ashes were stuffed in a hole in the woods

B) his ashes were dumped in the Ob River

C) his ashes were buried at the Kremlin

D) his ashes were stuffed in a cannon and fired west towards Poland

18. The Grand Prince of Moscow, Autocrat and Tsar of All the Russias, Mikhail Ryodorovich Romanov was the start of the Romanov dynasty that lasted for _____________years.

A) 100

B) 200

C) 300

D) 400

19. The Grand Prince of Moscow, Autocrat and Tsar of All the Russias, Mikhail Ryodorovich Romanov (1613-1645) was a distant relative of ?

A) Ivan the Terrorist

B) Ivan the Honorable

C) Ivan the Great

D) Ivan the Terrible

20. The Grand Prince of Moscow, Autocrat and Tsar of All the Russias, Mikhail Ryodorovich Romanov was __________ years old when he took the crown.

A) 16

B) 15

C) 14

D) 13

E)

21. The Grand Prince of Moscow, Autocrat and Tsar of All the Russias, Mikhail Ryodorovich Romanov rewarded loyal nobles by instituting?

A) taxes

B) free land

C) a kingdom to rule

D) serfdom

22. Alexis Mikhailovich Romanov (1645-1676) opened Russia’s borders to trade with the _________.

A) North

B) South

C) East

D) West

23. Alexis Mikhailovich Romanov expanded his empire’s eastern borders to the ___________ .

A) Atlantic

B) Pacific

C) Indian

D) Artic

24. Alexis Mikhailovich Romanov, like his father, early in his reign he relied on others to handle most government affairs. The man in whom he enlisted these government duties was _________________ ____________________, who abused his power and in 1648 was dismissed by Romanov in the midst of a popular uprising.

A) Boris Morozov

B) Mikhail Morozov

C) Vesily Morozov

D) Alexi Movrozov

25. Fyodor Romanov (1676-1682) sister Sophia spread the rumor that he had been murdered. This rumor sparked?

A) three days of fasting

B) three days of boycotts

C) three days of violence

26. Under the rule of Fyodor Romanov, those who were suspected of intrigue were?

A) burned at the stake

B) filleted alive in front of the public

C) stoned to death by the public

D) thrown onto upturned spikes and then hacked to pieces in public

27. Under the rule of Peter the Great (1682-1725), what was the term of service in the military if you were drafted?

A) 15

B) 20

C) 25

D) 30

28. Education was extremely important to Peter the Great. He took interest and studied several different disciplines in order to prepare to be an overwhelming ruler of Russia. Out of the following, what disciplines did Peter the Great study?

A) Seaman

B) Soldier

C) Carpenter

D) Dentist

E) All of the above –E

29. Peter the Great died without naming a successor to the throne. What year did Peter the Great die?

A) 1725

B) 1705

C) 1735

D) 1715

30. Peter the Great’s half brother died in ?

A) 1669

B) 1696

C) 1769

D) 1969

31. Peter the Great moved the capitol of Russia to the Russian City of ?

A) Moscow

B) Kiev

C) St. Petersburg

D) Volgograd

32. Peter the Great shared the reign of Russia with his half brother?

A) Ivan V

B) Ivan IV

C) Ivan III

D) Ivan II

33. During the early years of Peter the Great, he was highly influenced in his leadership by his sister?

A) Sophia

B) Alexandra

C) Catherine

D) Olga

34. Peter the Great and his brother banished is manipulative sister to life in a convent in the year?

A) 1589

B) 1689

C) 1679

D) 1889

E)

35. After Ivan V’s death, Peter the Great declared his goal was to ?

A) modernize Russia

B) expand the military

C) institute a new navy

D) incorporate Western trade

36. Peter the Great built Russia as a naval power, attacking and capturing the port of Azov on the Black Sea. During the battle he insisted that his men call him by the title?

A) Comrade

B) Commodore

C) Captain

D) Crewmen

E)

37. Peter the Great, in alliance with Denmark, and the combined Saxony-Poland, began the Northern War against Sweden. Who was the militant king of Sweden?

A) Charles X

B) Charles IX

C) Charles XII

D) Charles IIX

38. In the war with Sweden Peter the Great was disastrously defeated at first, later he routed Charles at Poltava in 1709. What was the name of the Treaty (1721) that brought the war to an end and retained his conquests of Ingermanland, Karelia, and Livonia?

A) Treaty of Nystad

B) Treaty of Novod

C) Treaty of Nagraud

D) Treaty of Novgorod

39. Peter the Great had a son that was less then motivated. Later his son was tried for treason and was tortured to death in 1718. What was the name of Peter the Greats son?

A) Czarevich Alexei

B) Czarevich Peter II

C) Czarevich Fyorad

D) Czarevich Ivan XI

40. In November 1741 Ekaterina (Elizabeth) Petrovna Romanova claimed power in a bloodless coup. How old was she when she claimed the thrown?

A) 14

B) 15

C) 16

D) 17

41. Ekaterina (Elizabeth) Petrovna Romanova was the daughter of ?

A) Ivan V

B) Peter the Great

C) Grigori Orlov

D) Czarevich Alexei

42. Peter III was the nephew of Empress _________________ .

A) Catherine

B) Sophia

C) Elizabeth

D) Queen of Prussia

43. When Peter III became Tsar he ended the war with who?

A) Ottoman Empire

B) Prussia

C) France

D) Germany

44. Peter III wife Catherine did not support him or the changes he was instituting, Peter III was going to divorce her and send her to a convent. Catherine had other plans, what were they?

A) that she would murder his in his sleep

B) she had her lovers murder him

C) she had her son murder him

D) she had the servants murder him

45. In June 1762, a group of conspirators headed by whom, proclaimed Catherine the Great autocrat of Russia.

A) Alexander Kresynski

B) Grigori Orlov

C) Alexandra Feodorovna

D) Gregori Rasputin

46. What was the official reason for Peter III death that was presented to the public?

A) hemophilia

B) hemroids

C) hypoglycemic

D) hyperactive

47. Catherine II (1762-1796) was also known as?

A) Queen of Russia

B) Catherine of Russia

C) Catherine II Autocrat of Russia

D) Catherine the Great

48. Where was Catherine II born?

A) France

B) Byzantine

C) Germany

D) Prussia

49. Under Catherine the Great’s rule, her kingdom reach as far as?

A) Korea

B) Japan

C) Aleutian Islands

D) Alaska

50. Catherine was a big reformer, building schools, promoting local governments, and encouraging new philosophies. What was this era called?

A) age of wonders

B) age of modernization

C) age of enlightenment

D) Golden Age

51. Under Catherine the Greats rule, who did she have Russia attack in order to become a power on the Black Sea?

A) Prussia

B) Poland

C) Ottoman Empire

D) Bulgaria

52. Paul I (1754-1801) was the son of Catherine the Great and?

A) Peter III

B) Peter II

C) Peter IV

D) Peter I

53. Paul I was married twice; secondly in 1776 to Princess Sophia Dorothea of Württemberg. How many children did Paul I have in his second marriage.

A) 8

B) 12

C) 10

D) 11

54. Under Paul I reign of Russia what happened on March 12, 1801?

A) he died peacefully in his sleep

B) he was shot by conspirators

C) he was suffocated by conspirators

D) he was beheaded by his son

55. True (A) or False (B) Alexander I (1801-1825) knew of the assassination plot of his father (Paul I) before the assassination took place.

56. In 1805, Alexander I joined the coalition against Napoleon I, but after the Russian defeats at Austerlitz and Friedland, Alexander I formed an alliance with Napoleon by the Treaty of?

A) Treaty of Tibet

B) Treaty of Tilsit

C) Treaty of Austerlitz

D) Treaty of Friedland

57. Due to the continued expansion of Russia relations with France deteriorated and Napoleon invaded Russia in?

A) 1814

B) 1822

C) 1816

D) 1812

58. True (A) or False (B) The result of Napoleon’s invasion was that 75,000 men died and napoleon retreated.

59. Alexander I died on November 19, 1825. After Alexander’s death, rumors persisted that he escaped to Siberia and became a?

A) Slave

B) Soldier

C) Hermit

D) Worker

60. Nicholas I (1825-1855) was Alexander’s?

A) Nephew

B) Cousin

C) Younger Brother

D) Uncle

61. The day Nicholas I came to power his soldiers stopped an anti-monarchist group of soldier called the ____________________ that was attempting a coup.

A) Octoberists

B) Novemberist

C) Decembrists

D) Augustrists

62. Nicholas I attacked the Ottoman Empire in?

A) 1853

B) 1863

C) 1855

D) 1849

63. True (A) or False (B) Nicholas I was against reform.

64. Nicholas I attacked the Ottoman Empire in 1853 beginning the Crimean War in which England and France help defend Turkey. Russian lost the war because?

A) to few troops

B) he did not have a Navy

C) his troops refused to fight

D) there technology was out of date

65. True (A) or False (B) Alexander II (1855 – 1881) goal was to modernize Russia.

66. True (A) or False (B) Alexander II executed the imprisoned Decembrist rebels.

67. In what year did Alexander II free the serfs

A) 1861

B) 1866

C) 1864

D) 1867

68. In what year did Alexander II sold Alaska and the Aleutian Islands to the United States.

A) 1861

B) 1866

C) 1864

D) 1867

69. On March 1, 1881, in St. Petersburg, he was mortally wounded by a bomb thrown by a student who was a member of the revolutionary organization known as?

A) The National Militia

B) The National Pride

C) The National Will

D) The National Revolutionaries

70. True (A) or False (B) Alexander III (1881-1894) became the official heir to Russia at the age of 36.

71. True (A) or False (B) Alexander III’s reign coincided with an industrial revolution in Russia and strengthening of capitalism.

72. Alexander III died on

A) October 20, 1894

B) October 20, 1893

C) October 19, 1894

D) October 19, 1893

73. True (A) or False (B) Nicholas II (1881 – 1918) was the son of Nicholas I.

74. True (A) or False (B) Nicholas II was crowned on May 14, 1896.

75. True (A) or False (B) During the crowning of Nicholas II the ceremony in Moscow was overshadowed by a catastrophe on Khodynskoe Field, where more than a thousand spectators were crushed to death.

76. Nicholas II married Alice Victoria Eleanor Louisa Beatrice who was the grandchild of England’s Queen Victoria. In what country was Alice Victoria Eleanor Louisa Beatrice born?

A) Prussia

B) Byzantine

C) Germany

D) France

77. Nicholas II’s wife, Alice Victoria Eleanor Louisa Beatrice, changed her name to?

A) Alexandra Feodorovna

B) Alexandra Beatrice

C) Alexandra Czarevich

D) Alexandra Nicholvich

78. How many children did Nicholas II and his wife have?

A) 6

B) 4

C) 3

D) 5

79. Under Nicholas II reign, Russia suffered a humiliating defeat where 400,000 men were killed, wounded or captured, and material losses were valued at 2.5-billion in gold rubles. This war happened in 1904-1905, what war was it.

A) War with Prussia

B) Ottoman War of 1904

C) Russo – Japanese War

D) Byzantine War

80. Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra were heavily influence by a religious madman named?

A) Meichilvic Borich

B) Gregori Volirich

C) Czarevich Alexei

D) Rasputin

81. Nicholas II son, Czarevich Alexei, suffered from a rare blood disease. What was the name of the disease?

A) hypoglycemic

B) hemroids

C) hemophilia

D) hyperactive

82. Under Nicholas II reign on January 9, 1905 palace guards shot into a peaceful demonstration, killing up to a thousand people. What was the name given to this attack on the Russian people?

A) Nicholas Massacre

B) Bloody Nicholas

C) Bloody Sunday

D) Massacre Sunday

83. On August 1, 1914, Nicholas II entered Russia into another war that was devastating for the Russian people. Eight million men were wounded, captured or killed. What war was it?

A) World War II

B) World War I

C) War of 1914

D) War of Bloody Nicholas

84. Rasputin was born in the village of Pokrovskoe, presently known as Tiumen' Oblast. Where is this village located?

A) Prussia

B) Siberia

C) Kamchatka Peninsula

D) Ural Mountains

85. In 1915, Nicholas took over the command of the army from Grand Duke Nicholas, leaving the Tsarina in virtual control at home. The Tsarina rule was heavily influenced by Rasputin, eventually members of the family turned against Rasputin and murdered him in?

A) 1918

B) 1817

C) 1916

D) 1915

86. Rasputin was poisoned, shot, and beaten, but still did not die. What was the official cause of Rasputin’s death?

A) Beaten to death

B) Shot to death

C) Poison

D) Drowning

87. Who was the man that forced Nicholas II to abdicate the thrown of Russia?

A) Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky

B) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

C) Gergori Glovich

D) Aleksandr Kremlin

88. True (A) or False (B) on March 2, 1917, Nicholas II was forced to abdicate the throne.

89. The provisional government that was in place after the abdication of Nicholas II was short lived. The Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government in October 1917. Who was the leader of the Bosheviks?

A) Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky

B) Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

C) Gergori Glovich

D) Aleksandr Kremlin

90. After the abdication, the royal family first remained in Czarskoe Selo then, by decision of the interim government, were transported to Siberia. In April 1918, the Bolshevik government decided to move the Imperial family to Ekaterinburg in the Urals. Here, they were all shot along with their remaining servants in a cellar at Yekaterinburg. What was the month, day, and year of the execution of the royal family?

A) July 15, 1918

B) July 16, 1916

C) July 18, 1918

D) July 16, 1918

91. A succession of rulers from the same family or line.

A) Dynasty

B) Corporation

C) Autocrat

D) Monarch

92. Any of several hereditary blood-coagulation disorders in which the blood fails to clot normally because of a deficiency or abnormality of one of the clotting factors. A recessive trait associated with the X-chromosome, is manifested almost exclusively in males.

A) Anemia

B) Lymphatic

C) Hemophilia

D) Thrombocythemia

93. The intellectual elite of a society.

A) Intelligentsia

B) Autocrat

C) Interned

D) Monarch

94. To relinquish (power or responsibility) formally. To relinquish formally a high office or responsibility.

A) Interned

B) Exile

C) Abdication

D) Execution

95. A male monarch or emperor, especially one of the emperors who ruled Russia until the revolution of 1917.

A) Tzar

B) Autocrat

C) Emperor

D) President

96. A member of the left-wing majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party that adopted Lenin's theses on party organization in 1903.

A) Communist

B) Socialist

C) Bolshevik

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