Chapter 23 AP World History Flashcards

"World Civilizations" textbook chapter 23, "The Rise of Russia."

333319390	Ivan III	"Ivan the Great;" claimed succession from the Rurik dynasty and the old Kievan days.	0
333319391	Ivan the IV	"Ivan the Terrible;" he increased Russian expansion and ran a strict tsarist autocracy. He was infamous for killing nobles, or boyars, who he suspected of conspiracy.	1
333319392	Cossacks	peasant adventures who are Russian pioneers, combining agriculture with daring military feats on horseback.	2
333319393	Time of Troubles	era when boyars fought over control, because Ivan IV had died without providing an heir.	3
333319394	Romanov Dynasty	ruled Russia until the great revolution in 1917.	4
333319395	Alexiz Romanov	he abolished the assemblies of nobles and gained new powers over the Russian church.	5
333319396	Old believers	dissident religious conservatives who were exiled to Siberia or to southern Russia.	6
333319397	Peter I	a tsar who was the son of Alexis and known as "Peter the Great" because of the expansion of Russian territory and building of tsarist control in 1689 and 1725. He imitated Western reforms.	7
333319398	Catherine the Great	ruled as Catherine II, after her unfortunately retarded husband, Peter III died. She was like Peter the Great in the way that she emphasized central monarchy and smothered peasant uprisings.	8
333319399	Pugachev Rebellion	ruled as Catherine II, after her unfortunately retarded husband, Peter III died. She was like Peter the Great in the way that she emphasized central monarchy and smothered peasant uprisings.	9
333319400	Partition of Poland	three partitions in 1772, 1793, and 1795 eliminated Poland as an independent state. Russia benefitted from this greatly.	10