World Revolutions Quiz Review

The George Washington of South America:

• Simon Bolivar

• Fidel Castro

• Joseph Stalin

• Napoleon

Brazil was a colony of:

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• Britain

Mexico was a colony of:

• Portugal

• Spain

• France

• Britain

What execution method was most popular during the Reign of Terror?

• guillotine
• hanging
• brazen bull
• stoning to death

How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

• the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
• absolute monarchy was strengthened
• support for absolute monarchy increased
• France was divided into three estates

What happened at the Storming of the Bastille?

• French women attacked the queen

• A period of mass executions.

• End of the French Revolution.

• The common people attacked a prison in Paris and started the Revolution.

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally
• the upper classes paid the most taxes
• the poorest classes paid all the taxes
• the third estate was the wealthiest

The idea that reason and science should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Scientific Revolution

• the Enlightenment

• all of the above

Who was made commander of the army after the Reign of Terror?

• The King
• Robespierre
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Comte D'Antraigues

Reign of Terror was a time period when groups in the French Revolution began targeting and executing each other.

• True

• False