French Revolution and Napoleon Key Terms

What was the term used to describe the political and social system in France before the French Revolution?

• Napoleonic Code

• ancien régime

• Estates-General

• Congress of Vienna

Which social class in France was known as the middle class and was part of the Third Estate?

• nobility

• clergy

• bourgeoisie

• peasants

What financial practice involves spending more money than is received in revenue, often leading to debt?

• deficit spending

• surplus budgeting

• balanced budgeting

• fiscal conservatism

Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

• Louis XIV

• Louis XV

• Louis XVI

• Louis XVII

Which financial expert was dismissed by Louis XVI, leading to public unrest?

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Jacques Necker

• Olympe de Gouges

• Marie Antoinette

What was the name of the assembly of representatives from all three estates in France?

• National Assembly

• Estates-General

• Legislative Assembly

• Directory

What were the notebooks called that listed grievances of the French people before the Revolution?

• cahiers

• manifestos

• decrees

• charters

What was the pledge made by members of the Third Estate in 1789 to continue meeting until a new constitution was established?

• Bastille Agreement

• Tennis Court Oath

• Concordat of 1801

• Treaty of Paris

Which event is considered the start of the French Revolution, marked by the storming of a fortress-prison?

• Storming of Versailles

• March on Paris

• Fall of the Bastille

• Battle of Waterloo

What term describes a small, organized, dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics?

• coalition

• faction

• alliance

• union