8th Grade SST Exam Prep - French Revolution

The French Revolution began in 

• 1776
• 1789
• 1876
• 1798

The French people were divided into estates based on

• Religious beliefs
• Geographic region
• Education level
• Social class

France was deep in debt because

• money spent on the American Revolution
• the queen's lavish spending
• the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
• all of the above

What does this cartoon depict?

• The rise of Napoleon
• The Reign of Terror
• The 3 Estates
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One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the 

• bourgeoisie
• aristocracy
• denoument
• ennui

The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from

• the Declaration of Independence
• the Scientific Revolution
• the Enlightenment
• all of the above

Enlightenment thinkers criticized __________.

• democracy
• equality
• voting
• absolute monarchy

The Second Estate was composed of 

• Church leaders
• Peasants
• Nobility
• none of the above

Most of the people of France belonged to the 

• 1st Estate
• 2nd Estate
• 3rd Estate
• 4th Estate

Why was voting in the Estates General unfair

• votes were not secret
• each estate voted by how many members there were
• each estate got the same number of votes
• the King got two votes