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Revision for Periodic Test 1

Revision for Periodic Test 1

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Revision for Periodic Test 1

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French Revolution

  • Short Answer type questions

  • Long Answer type questions

  • Map practice

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

  • Wars and economic crisis

  • Debt trap

  • Regular expenses

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Multiple Choice

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

1

The period from 1791 to 1792

2

The period from 1793 to 1794

3

The period from 1789 to 1794

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Multiple Choice

Which Battle sealed the Fate of France in 1815?

1

Crusade

2

Cold War

3

Battle of Waterloo

4

Battle of Paris

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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.

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Multiple Choice

When did the French Revolution occur?

1

17th July 1798

2

14th July, 1789.

3

25th August 1789

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Multiple Choice

What was tithes?

1

tax levied by the nobles

2

tax levied by the church

3

tax levied by the nobles

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Multiple Choice

Who formed the National Assembly in France in 1789?

1

Third Estate

2

Second Estate

3

First Estate

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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.

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Multiple Choice

Who wrote the ‘Two Treatises of Government’?

1

Rousseau

2

John Locke

3

Montesquieu

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Multiple Choice

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

1

Anger towards monarch

2

Equality

3

Liberty

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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

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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. 

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What is democracy, Why Democracy

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Multiple Choice

Who led a military coup in Pakistan in 1999?

1

Nawaz Sharif

2

Mohammed Hisham

3

Pervez Musharraf

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Multiple Choice

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

1

Elected by a particular group

2

Elected by the people

3

Elected by a particular family

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Multiple Choice

When did Zimbabwe attain independence

1

1981

2

1980

3

1982

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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;

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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.


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Multiple Choice

Name the Chinese Parliament.

1

The Chinese Assembly

2

People's Assembly

3

The National People’s Congress

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Multiple Choice

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

1

Newzealand

2

Saudi Arabia

3

Myanmar

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Multiple Choice

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

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Representative Democracy

2

Direct Democracy

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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.

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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.


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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 

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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.

1

Democracy

2

Dictatorship

3

Theocracy

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