Estates General

Estates General

4th - 6th Grade

10 Qs

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Estates General

Estates General

Assessment

Quiz

History

4th - 6th Grade

Hard

Created by

Karen Lewis

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Who was King of France when the French Revolution began?

King James I

King Henry VIII

Napoleon

King Louis XVI

King George V

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the First Estate?

Nobility

Majority of the population

Peasants and laborers

Clergy such as priests, monks, and nuns

They held most of the high offices in the land

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the Second Estate?

Nobility

Majority of the population

Peasants and laborers

Clergy such as priests, monks, and nuns

They paid the labor tax and the salt tax

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the Third Estate?

Nobility

The smallest of the estates

Peasants and laborers

Clergy such as priests, monks, and nuns

Didn't have to pay most of the taxes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why did the king call the Estates General to meet in 1789?

To discuss creating a democracy

To discuss the financial problems of the French government

To declare war on Great Britain

All of the above

None of the above

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the Estates General?

The region in Paris where the middle class lived

Powerful nobles that advised the king of France

A number of large homes owned by the French nobility

High ranking officials that ran the French government

The legislative body of France before the French Revolution that had little real power

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

True or False: According to French law, the Estates General met once a month to discuss issues with the king.

TRUE

FALSE

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