French Revolution Vocabulary List-Study

A sudden and big change in government or society, usually made by the people, is called a ________.

• Revolution

• Election

• Reform

• Tradition

A form of government ruled by a king or queen, often passed down by family, is called a ________.

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

• Oligarchy

A monarchy where the king or queen has total control over the government and the people is called an ________.

• Absolute Monarchy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

A social class in France before the revolution, which included the First Estate (Clergy), Second Estate (Nobles), and Third Estate (Everyone else), is called an ________.

• Estate

• Guild

• Province

• Republic

Church officials, such as priests and bishops, who belonged to the First Estate, are called ________.

• Clergy

• Nobility

• Peasants

• Merchants

Rich landowners who belonged to the Second Estate and had special privileges are called ________.

• Nobles / Nobility

• Peasants

• Bourgeoisie

• Clergy

Poor farmers or laborers who worked the land and mostly belonged to the Third Estate are called ________.

• Peasants

• Nobles

• Merchants

• Clergy

The middle class in France—merchants, lawyers, and educated people in the Third Estate—are called the ________.

• Bourgeoisie

• Sans-culottes

• Nobility

• Clergy

Money people must pay to the government is called ________. In France, the Third Estate paid the most of these.

• Taxes

• Loans

• Rents

• Donations

A time when thinkers and philosophers promoted reason, freedom, and individual rights is called the ________.

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Middle Ages