Revision for Periodic Test 1

Revision for Periodic Test 1

French Revolution

• Short Answer type questions

• Long Answer type questions

• Map practice

The factors those compelled Louis XVI to raise taxes in France.

• Wars and economic crisis

• Debt trap

• Regular expenses

Multiple Choice

Which period of France’s history is known as ‘the Terror’?

• The period from 1791 to 1792

• The period from 1793 to 1794

• The period from 1789 to 1794

Multiple Choice

Which Battle sealed the Fate of France in 1815?

• Crusade

• Cold War

• Battle of Waterloo

• Battle of Paris

The role of philosophers and thinkers in the French Revolution

•  They supported a society based on freedom and equal laws.

• ‘Two Treatises of government’, John Locke - refute the doctrine of the divine and absolute right

•  Rousseau - a form of government based on a social contract

•   In The ‘Spirit of the Laws’, Montesquieu proposed a division of power within the government between the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.

Multiple Choice

When did the French Revolution occur?

• 17th July 1798

• 14th July, 1789.

• 25th August 1789

Multiple Choice

What was tithes?

• tax levied by the nobles

• tax levied by the church

• tax levied by the nobles

Multiple Choice

Who formed the National Assembly in France in 1789?

• Third Estate

• Second Estate

• First Estate

The measures taken by Robespierre to bring equality in France  

•  Issued laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices.

• Prices fixed by the government.

• white flour was forbidden; all citizens were required to eat the quality bread

• Equality was also sought to be practiced through forms of speech and address.

• Churches were shut down and their buildings converted into barracks or offices.

Multiple Choice

Who wrote the ‘Two Treatises of Government’?

• Rousseau

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

Multiple Choice

What does the Red Cap worn by Sans-Culottes in France symbolize?

• Anger towards monarch

• Equality

• Liberty

Reign of Terror

• 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment.

• Enemies were punished

• laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices. Meat and bread were rationed. 

• Churches were shut down , Equality bread was made common

• Citoyen and Citoyenne

1774, 1789, 1791, 1804 and 1815.

• 1774: Louis XVI ascended the throne of France. 

• 1789: French Revolution began in 1789

• 1791: The constitution of 1791 also established a short lived constitutional monarchy

• 1804: Napoleon became the emperor of France. 

• 1815: The French Revolution appeared invalidate 

• Napoleon was defeated in the battle of Waterloo. 

What is democracy, Why Democracy

Multiple Choice

Who led a military coup in Pakistan in 1999?

• Nawaz Sharif

• Mohammed Hisham

• Pervez Musharraf

Multiple Choice

In a democracy, the final decision must rest with those leaders or representatives who are _______ .

• Elected by a particular group

• Elected by the people

• Elected by a particular family

Multiple Choice

When did Zimbabwe attain independence

• 1981

• 1980

• 1982

The three features of democracy

• Rulers elected by the people take all the major decisions;

• Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers;

• This choice and opportunity is available to all the people on an equal basis;

How is democracy better than other forms of government?

• it allows us to correct its own mistakes. 

• The advantage in a democracy is that such mistakes cannot be hidden for long.

• There is a space for public discussion on these mistakes. And there is a room for correction.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Name the Chinese Parliament.

• The Chinese Assembly

• People's Assembly

• The National People’s Congress

Multiple Choice

Name the country where women do not have the right to vote till 2015.

• Newzealand

• Saudi Arabia

• Myanmar

Multiple Choice

What is the most common form of democracy in modern world?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct Democracy

Explain any three differences between democratic country and non-democratic country.

• In a Democratic Country :

  ·        Each adult citizen has a right to vote.

  ·        Each vote has one value.

  ·        Free and fair elections are held.

• In a Non-democratic Country :

  ·        Elections do not offer a choice and fair opportunity.

  ·        Rulers are not elected by the people.

  ·        The rulers have unlimited power.

merits of a democratic government

• more accountable form of government.

• Democracy improves the quality of decision-making.

• provides a method to deal with differences and conflicts.

• enhances the dignity of citizens.

• because it allows us to correct its own mistakes.

  
  

The drawbacks of a democracy

•  Leaders keep changing in a democracy. This leads to instability.

• There is no scope for morality.

•  it leads to delays.

•  It leads to bad decisions.

• Democracy leads to corruption 

Multiple Choice

It is a system in which only those who are in power and their supporters are benefited, and excludes minorities and weaker sections.

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Theocracy