World History B - Final Exam REVIEW

Which of France's estates was not exempt from the taille?

• the First Estate
• the Second Estate
• the Third Estate
• the Fourth Estate

A machine for beheading people used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

• Guillotine
• strappado
• Judas Craddle
• Iron Maiden

In its attempts to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason, the National Convention

• declared new national holidays celebrating great French religious leaders
• ordered the building of several new libraries and universities, even though the treasury was empty
• pursued a policy of de-Christianization going so far as to adopt a new calendar
• drafted yet another constitution to reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment

The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to

• drain all the canals
• defend France from threats
• protect the Paris Commune from thieves
• restore order to Brussels

The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was

• a promise to redistribute all the wealth in France
• a vow to continue to meet until they had produced a constitution
• an oath of loyalty to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, an outspoken lawyer that called for doing away with the relics of feudalism
• a promise not to rest until all members of the clergy were tried and executed

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed

• equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women
• an end to the monarchy and the abolishing of the National Assembly
• equal rights for all citizens, including equal political rights for women
• an end to the National police force

The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at

• Annecy in France
• Waterloo in Belgium
• the Black Forrest in Germany
• Moscow in Russia

The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by

• retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside
• waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter
• splitting their meager forces in half and attacking from two sides
• making an alliance with Egypt, which launched an attack on Turkey to draw Napoleon out of Russia

This queen who reigned from 1837 to 1901, reflected the British feeling of national pride

• Queen Elizabeth I
• Queen Anne
• Queen Victoria
• Queen Mary

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

• Germany
• Great Britain
• Italy
• Spain