Russia Looks West

In medieval times, did Russia seem more Eastern or Western?

Russian kings were also called ​ (a)   . They had ​ (b)   , like Chinese ​ (c)   and ​ (d)   shoguns.

• czars
• absolute power
• emperors
• Japanese
• diplomats
• constitutional monarchies
• democracies
• French
• Buddhists
• Iranian

Match these allies and enemies in Peter I's life

• Sister, Sophia

• Tried to take Russia away from him when he was a young man

• Cut off beards & wear Western clothes

• Warm port he wanted to take over from the Turks

• Azov

• He didn't want his people talking to them

• Philosophers saying all people are equal

• He told his noblemen to do this to look more Western

• Royal guard

• Helped him become Czar of Russia

Did many Europeans live in Russia?

• No, and those who did lived in separate colonies for foreigners.

• No, they wanted the freedoms and luxuries found in France.

• Yes, it provided equal opportunity.

• Yes, they were given farmland they could enclose and keep the profits for their families.

Peter wanted to send a fleet of ​ (a)   to Europe with Russian ​ (b)   , so they could bring back ​ (c)   .

• merchant ships
• honey, wax, and furs
• Western luxuries
• crop rotation techniques
• bees
• spies
• secret information
• mercenary soldiers
• ammunition
• new territories

This shipping port was so cold and icy that ships couldn't reach it for most of the year -- the water was frozen solid!

• Saint Petersburg

• Primorsk

• Archangel

• Murmansk

How many hours long was a day in Archangel during the winter?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Why couldn't Peter's army capture the port of Azov?

• Turkish ships could sail in to bring food and weapons to Turks inside the fortress.

• Russia had no access to the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, or the Baltic Sea.

• The Italian navy was too mighty to overcome.

• He had too many troops stationed elsewhere to fight in the Great Northern War.

Peter had his army build these in order to stop the Turkish ships from helping the people of Azov.

• All of these

• A navy of warships and barges

• Catapults

• Retaining walls, a drawbridge, and moats

• None of these

Which of these places did Peter not visit on his great expedition to the countries of the West?

• Quaker meeting in London

• Docks in Amsterdam and London

• Tower of London

• English Mint

• Kensington Palace