French Revolution Vocabulary quiz

What percentage of land was owned by the First Estate?

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

• 20%

The clergy was divided between high class clergy and ______.

• merchants

• parish priests

• soldiers

• farmers

What percentage of the population was part of the First Estate?

• 1%

• 5%

• 10%

• 15%

Which group was part of the Second Estate?

• Peasants

• Clergy

• Rich nobles

• Merchants

What percentage of the population did the Third Estate comprise?

• 50%

• 75%

• 97%

• 100%

The Bastille held people imprisoned by order of the ______.

• King

• Parliament

• Church

• Military

During the Reign of Terror, who ruled France as a dictator?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XVI

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marie Antoinette

Who were the Sans-Culottes during the French Revolution?

• A) A group of wealthy aristocrats

• B) A radical group of Parisian wage-earners and small shopkeepers

• C) A political party of the French monarchy

• D) A military faction of the French army.

Admiral Horatio Nelson is known for his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, which occurred after the Battle of the Nile. True or False?

• True

• False

The Continental System was a policy implemented by which historical figure?

• George Washington

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Winston Churchill

• Julius Caesar