Mr. Wesney - Empires Expand - Unit 3.1 Flashcards
What did the Russians call the Mongols when being ruled by them?
Tartars
Who was the first tsar in Russia?
The Great Ivan III
What did Ivan accomplish with his countries size?
Tripled it
Who ruled at age 3, and was locked up his whole life by the nobles?
Ivan IV (The Terrible)
What did Ivan IV establish?
Code of Laws
What was the secret police that Ivan IV created?
Oprichniki
What people did Ivan IV massacre, to avenge the death of his mother?
Boyars (nobles)
What did Ivan IV used to conquer the east?
Cossacks
What did Russia come into closer contact with?
Western Europe
What was the last family to carry on the tradition of the tsar?
Romanov Family
What two people established control by expansion and using influence of the Eastern Orthodox?
Michael and Alexis Romanov
Who brought out the Westernization of Russia?
Peter the Great
Who did Peter go to war with in order to gain a warm water port?
Sweden
What did Peter require men to do?
Shave beards
What port city did Peter build?
St. Petersburg
What was the issue with Peter’s attempt on Westernization?
Focused on elites
Who deposed Peter III?
Catherine the Great
What was Catherine’s image considered to be?
Enlightened
What country did Catherine invade, and split borders with other nations?
Poland
What type of people were the Ottomans composed of?
Sunni Muslims
Who founded the Ottoman Empire?
Osman
What straits did the Ottomans conquer?
Bosporus & Dardanelles
Who destroyed the city of Constantinople, and what did they rename it?
Mehmed II, Istanbul
Who expanded the Ottomans into Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Arabia?
Sultan Selim I
