WorksheetsPoint Avenue Romanov Russia WBC 2019 Lesson 6 Lecture Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
How long did emperor Paul rule before being murdered?
Less than 6 months
5 Years
4 Years
14 Months
His son, Alexander I, planned the murder of his father because he wanted to be emperor.
Tue
False
Why did the Imperial Guard and Russian Court prefer Alexander to his father, Paul?
They didn't, Alexander just had more money to bribe them.
Paul was hated, just like his father, Peter III
Alexander wanted to continue his grandmother's work and move Russia into the future, unlike his father.
Paul changed the Russian uniform to reflect his idol, Frederick the Great.
Why did no other woman rule as empress of Russia after Catherine the Great?
Because the Russian people preferred to have a man on the throne.
Because the succession laws prevented a woman from inheriting the throne.
Because Paul I changed the laws of succession to prevent that.
Alexander I would go on to make Russia the number 1 superpower in Europe.
False
True
Why did France invade Russia in 1812?
They wanted her resources
They wanted the beautiful city of Moscow and St. Petersburg
Alexander didn't adhere to the rules of the Continental system that France wanted
They were the last great power that could defeat France
France's Grande Armee was the best in Europe when they invaded Russia in 1812
True
False
Napoleon set fire to the ancient city of Moscow after invading it in 1812
True, he hated Russian architecture
False, the Russians set fire to Moscow before abandoning it
What happened to the French Army when they retreated from Russia?
The army became very sick and thousands of men died on the journey back to France
Russian peasants attacked from the woods and defeated the French
The Russian winter decimated the French troops
After 2 years of following Napoleon's Grand Armee back to France, the Russians finally reach the gates of Paris, and the French people were terrified...
True, the French was terrified of Alexander I
False, the French people wanted to be liberated by the grand Tsar of Russia
The victory of Alexandrian Russia over Napoleonic France, completely changed the European landscape.
False, Europe remained the same after Russia's victory
True, for the first time, Russia was not just an eastern powers, she was now the dominant power in Europe, no longer did countries look to France, now they looked to Romanov Russia.
