Nicholas II

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Autocracy: A system of government in which supreme power is concentrated in the hands of one person, whose decisions are not subject to external legal restraints or regularized mechanisms of popular control.
Abdication: The formal act of a monarch renouncing their throne, power, and authority, effectively ending their reign and often signaling a major shift in the political structure of the nation.
Hemophilia B: A genetic disorder caused by missing or defective factor IX, a clotting protein, which leads to an increased risk of uncontrolled bleeding even from minor injuries or internal causes.
Duma: A legislative assembly in the Russian Empire that was established in the early 20th century as a response to growing public pressure for political reform and representation.