U1: Revolutions Review Questions

What is an Absolute Monarch?

• A ruler that has 100% or total power

• A democratic form of government

• The head of the limited monarchy

• A ruler that has 0% power

What are the Napoleonic Codes?

• Set of laws that established an Absolute Monarchy

• Set of laws that said Napoleon was the founder of France

• Set of laws that gave people in France equal rights

• Set of laws that were the same thing as the Declaration of the Rights of Man

What are Natural Rights?

• Rights given to the natural environment

• Rights that John Locke said the government should protect

• Set of rights that everyone has: life, liberty, property.

• People have the right to live outside

What is a Guillotine?

• A machine that chops off peoples head

• A famous French dish

• A famous French revolutionary

• A place to display chopped off heads

Who is Maximiliien Robespierre?

• The King of France before the Revolution

• The French leader who ended the Reign of Terror and restored order to France

• The Leader of the Committee of Public Safety who started the Reign of Terror, and killed anyone who supported the absolute monarchy

• The French Leader who wrote the Napoleonic Codes and expanded France's Empire

Who is the Bourgeoisie?

• Pesants

• Well educated people in the 3rd Estate (doctors and lawyers)

• The French nobility, who owned the land

• Siblings of the King

What was the Congress of Vienna?

• A meeting of different leaders to determine the new balance of power in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars

• A meeting where leaders determined how to bring democracy to Europe

• A meeting where leaders determined how to expand the French Empire

• A meeting where leaders determined how to bring peace to the city of Vienna

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

• An agreement that pledged to create Tennis Courts

• An agreement that established Napoleon Bonaparte the dictator of France

• An agreement that the Reign of Terror would continue until a new government was formed

• An agreement that the National Assembly would meet until they formed a new government

What is a Coup d'Etat?

• A famous French dish

• A military takeover of the government

• A peaceful transition of power

• A change in French leadership through an election

What is an Enduring Issue?

• a singular large even in history

• a challenge or problem that has happens once in history

• a challenge or problem that has been discussed across time

• a challenge or problem that affects a small number of people