| A | B |
| Czar | Ruler of Russia |
| Autocrat | Ruler with Unlimited Power |
| Rasputin | Holy man; healed Nicolas II's son Alexi |
| Permafrost | soil beneath the surface which is permanently frozen |
| autocratic rulers | Ivan IV, Catherine II, Peter 1 |
| Moscow-Key City-3 Reasons | 1. collected lots of taxes. 2. near important rivers. 3. Russian Orthodox Church moved there |
| Peter I (changes) | .... |
| Catherine II (changes, reforms) | ... |
| Peter and Catherine-autocratic rulers (how) | mean to poor, nice 2 nobles, |