AP World History AMSCO Chapter 18 Flashcards

5746982546	fur trade	caused Russia to expand eastward and explore	0
5746990755	Ivan III	ruled 1462-1505, often has "the Great" attached to his name. Tripled the size of Russia and became one of its longest reigning rulers	1
5746996716	boyars	noble land-owning class in Russia	2
5746998381	Ivan IV	ruler known as "The Terrible" for his violent conquests and for killing his own son	3
5747001938	Cossacks	fierce peasant warriors	4
5747004822	Time of Troubles	period in which Russia was in a state of anarchy without a strong government in control	5
5747006991	Peter I	ruled 1682 to 1725. Made reforms to the Orthodox church, visited Western Europe to get their ideas and implemented other Western reforms	6
5747012238	St. Petersburg	Peter I moved the Russian capital here	7
5747013215	Kremlin	name for the central citadel in Moscow	8
5747014411	Catherine II	ruled 1762 to 1796. Joined the royal ruling family through marriage. Oversaw a huge expansion of the Russian empire in part through the Russo-Turkish Wars. Also known as "The Great."	9
5747021009	Pale of Settlement	territory created by Catherine II in which Russian Jews were required to live	10
5747024720	Yemelyan Pugachev	Cossack who initiated a peasant rebellion and was later executed for it	11