Module 13 Lessons 3 & 4 Vocab

He was a general; Emperor of France; he seized power in a coup d’état in 1799; he led French armies in conquering much of Europe, placing his relatives in positions of power. Defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he was exiled on the island of Elba.

• Louis XVI

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• George Washington

• Voltaire

Match the term to the best defenition:

• coup d’état

• a government-run public school in France.

• plebiscite

• a direct vote in which a country’s people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal.

• concordat

• a sudden seizure of political power in a nation.

• Napoleonic Code

• a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon.

• lycée

• a formal agreement—especially one between the pope and a government, dealing with the control of Church affairs

an 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson

• Battle of the Marne

• Battle of Waterloo

• Battle of Trafalgar

• Battle of Midway

the use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region.

• Rampart

• blockade

• fencing

• embargo

Match the term to the best description:

• scorched-earth policy

• Napoleon’s policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britain’s economy.

• Continental System

• a conflict, lasting from 1808 to 1813, in which Spanish rebels, with the aid of British forces, fought to drive Napoleon’s French troops out of Spain.

• guerrilla

• the practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land.

• Peninsular War

• a member of a loosely organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her country.

the brief period during 1815 when Napoleon made his last bid for power, deposing the French king and again becoming emperor of France.

• The 1000 Days

• Hundred Weeks

• Hundred Days

• Hundred Hours

A village in Belgium and the site of Napoleon's last battle in 1815

• Battle of Paris

• Battle of Elba

• Battle of Trafalgar

• Waterloo

Match the term to the best description:

• Congress of Vienna

• A series of meeting in 1814-1815, in which European leaders try to establish a lasting peace in Europe

• Balance of Power

• A political situation where no nation is powerful enough to threaten another nation

• Metternich, Prince Klemens von

• Austrian statesman and diplomat; he was the Austrian representative at the Congress of Vienna.

• legitimacy

• the hereditary right of a monarch to rule.

• Holy Alliance

• a league of European nations formed by Russia, Austria and Prussia after the Congress of Vienna

a series of alliances among European nations in the 19th century, devised by Prince Klemens von Metternich to prevent the outbreak of revolutions.

• Congress of Vienna

• Holy Alliance

• Concert of Europe

• THe United Nations