Ivan the Terrible
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danalanoix on February 7, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 3 years old | Ivan was this old when his father died. |
| Mother | Who became regent when his father died? |
| mother died | What happened 5 years after his father died? |
| 2 of the most powerful boyar families | AFter the death of his mother, who struggled to control the young prince and the throne? |
| 13 years old | How old was Ivan when he overthrew the boyars and was able to take back control. |
| heavy drinker, enjoyed watching animals suffer and joined thugs | what kind of bad things did Ivan do when he was 13? |
| Tsar | At age 17 Ivan had himself declared the first _____. |
| Tsar | a form of Caesar. |
| Contest was held. Girls 12 and up participated | How did he choose his wife? |
| Anastasia Romanovna | Ivans wife |
| 6 | How many children did they have? |
| 2 | How many survived? |
| poisoned by the byar | How did Ivan think his wife died? |
| Opened up her tomb and tested her hair. Found high levels of mercury | How did they find out the truth about her death? |
| nobility | Ivan gained wide powers over_____. |
| oprichniki | He establislhed his group of personal body guards and sescret police called ____ |
| Oprichnike | Rode through the countryside dressed in black, riding black horses. Kept people in fear |
| Iron tipped staff | How did he mortally wound his oldest son. |
| Country of fear with reduced trade prospects | How did Ivan leave the country to his 2nd son? |
| The Rus | How did Russia get its name? |
| He was unable to fight with more power | Why would Ivan torture birds and small animals? |
| REligious devotion and madness | Why might Ivan have become mentally unstable? |
| Death of his mother | GReatest tragedy of Ivan's childhood? |
| He reduced their corruption | Why do you tink the boyar might have held a grudge against Ivan? |
| Westernization | The process of ____ or becoming more like western europe, came slowly to Imperial Russia. |
| Czar | The first Russian ____ was known as IVan the Terrible |
| Duma | Czar Nicholas established the ___, an elected Congress |
| Communism | a form of gov. in which farms and factories are owned by the state. |
| dictator | A ruler with unlimited power. |
| Cold WAr | A period of tension between the US and the Soviet Union |
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