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WorksheetsFrench Revolution Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What role did social inequality play in the French Revolution?
a)
the three estates united against the king
b)
the clergy and nobility gained more wealth and power
c)
the third estate fought against the clergy and nobility
d)
the three estates paid equal taxes
2.
What is the significance of the event depicted in this painting?
a)
it started the Enlightenment
b)
it started the American Revolution
c)
it started the Scientific Revolution
d)
it started the French Revolution
3.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
a)
The third estate separated from the Estates General and promised to create a new constitution.
b)
An attack on a prison.
c)
it was the beginning of the Reign of Terror
d)
it marked the beginning of the rule of Napoleon
4.
About what percentage of France's population belonged to the Third Estate?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
97
d)
50
5.
What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?
a)
Robespierre was executed by guillotine
b)
French women marched all the way to Versailles
c)
A mob attacked a prison looking for weapons
d)
All of the above
6.
Which Estate was made up of the members of the church?
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
7.
Which was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?
a)
Government Debt
b)
Religious Differences
c)
Food Shortage
d)
Unfair Social System
8.
What was the National Assembly?
a)
Group of 5 men who ran France after the Reign of Terror
b)
Led the Reign of Terror.
c)
Representatives from all 3 estates.
d)
3rd estate after they broke away from Estates-General
9.
What was the Estates-General?
a)
A group that was made up of representatives from all 3 estates.
b)
Group that ruled France after the Reign of Terror.
c)
Name of the 3rd estate after they broke away.
d)
A radical group.
10.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
a)
Member of the Directory.
b)
Head of the Committee of Public Safety.
c)
Leader of France & declared himself emperor in 1804.
d)
Inventor of the guillotine.
11.
What was the Reign of Terror?
a)
Peasants attack a prison. Beginning of the French Revolution.
b)
A group that ruled France.
c)
Time during French Revolution of mass executions
d)
A period of happiness and security.
12.
Who was Louis XVI?
a)
Leader of Reign of Terror.
b)
King of France when the French Revolution begins.
c)
Became Emperor of France.
d)
The Sun King.
13.
Which Estate were most people of France a member of?
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
14.
Which Estate had the LEAST amount of power in France before the Revolution?
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
15.
What was the system of laws called that Napoleon instituted to help rebuild France?
a)
Napoleonic Rules
b)
Napoleon's Natural Rights
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Checks and Balances
16.
What cause of the French Revolution is shown in this picture?
a)
France's debt from fighting wars
b)
The influence of Enlightenment ideas
c)
The unfair social system
d)
The food shortage
17.
Who were the Jacobins?
a)
They arrested and killed many people who were against the revolution
b)
They were against the revolution
c)
They fought in the Napoleonic Wars
d)
They were supporters of King Louis XVI
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