Name:

  Nicholas  and  Alexandra  Video  Questions   Period:    

 
 
1. How  did  most  of  the  Russian  people  view  the  Czar  prior  to  1905?  
 
 
 
 
 
2. What  was  the  disease  that  affected  the  Crown  Prince  Alexi,  and  what  does  this  
disease  do  to  a  person?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. How  had  Alexi  inherited  this  disease?  
 
 
 
 
 
4. What  affect  did  Alexi’s  condition  have  on  the  Imperial  rulers,  specifically:  
 
 
 
 
 
5. What  two  events  happened  in  1905  that  shook  the  Russian  government  and  the  
Czar?  
 
 
 
 
 
6. Who  was  Gregory  Rasputin,  and  how  did  he  gain  the  confidence  of  Alexandra  and  
Nicholas?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. How  did  World  War  I  affect  the  Russian  nation  and  people?  
 
 
 
 
 
Name:   Nicholas  and  Alexandra  Video  Questions   Period:    
 
8. Why  did  Czar  Nicholas  become  the  target  of  blame  for  Russian  losing  the  war?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. What  did  Rasputin  do  behind  the  scenes  at  the  Imperial  Court  during  the  war  that  
caused  problems  for  Russia?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. What  did  Rasputin  tell  Nicholas  and  Alexandra  would  happen  to  their  family  if  he  
was  harmed,  and  why  would  he  tell  them  this?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. When  and  why  did  Nicholas  abdicate  the  imperial  throne?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. What  was  happening  in  Russia  when  the  Communist  revolutionaries  decided  to  
move  the  Imperial  family  far  in  eastern  Russia?  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Why  did  the  Communist  revolutionaries  decide  to  execute  the  Czar  and  his  family?