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French Rev Halfway Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which French document stated that "All men are born and remain free and equal in rights"?
a)
Holy Alliance
b)
Declaration of Rights and Man
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Napoleonic Code
2.
French King who was executed during the Revolution 
a)
Napoleon
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Klemens von Metternich
d)
Maximillien Robespierre
3.
Period of the French Revolution where panic and killing of ANTI-revolutionaries in France
a)
coup d'etat
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
guillotine
d)
guerillas
4.
One cause of the French Revolution was the creation of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the 
a)
bourgeoisie
b)
aristocracy
c)
denoument
d)
ennui
5.
The peasants in France attacked the Noble landowners in an event called
a)
the Thermidorian Reaction 
b)
the Great Fear
c)
the Terror
d)
the military coup
6.
The French people were divided into estates based on
a)
Religious beliefs
b)
Geographic region
c)
Education level
d)
Social class
7.
What happened on July 14 (Bastille Day) in France?
a)
Robespierre was executed
b)
French women marched to Versailles
c)
A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder
d)
All of these
8.
The sudden overthrow of a government using military force is known as a
a)
sans-culottes
b)
coup d'etat
c)
coup deville
d)
emigres
9.
With what event of the French Revolution is this device most closely associated?
a)
the calling of the Estates General
b)
the Tennis Court Oath
c)
the storming of the Bastille
d)
the Reign of Terror
10.
What was the main reason women march to the Palace of Versailles in 1789?
a)
To demand bread
b)
To demand Marie Antoinette's head
c)
To demand the King give up his throne
d)
To demand equality before the law.
11.
Who were the Jacobins?
a)
A Radical Group.
b)
A Conservative Group.
c)
People loyal to King Louis XVI.
d)
Members of the 1st Estate
12.
Countries like Austria,  Prussia, and Great Britain will invade France to protect the idea of
a)
Justice
b)
Liberty
c)
Monarchy
d)
Estates
13.
When the other estates refused to change voting rules the 3rd Estate 
a)
met separately
b)
Created the National Assembly
c)
took the Tennis Court Oath
d)
all of the above
14.
The extreme actions of the Radicals began with the
a)
storming of the Bastille
b)
Great Fear
c)
execution of Louis XVI
d)
the meeting of the Estates General
15.
The unpopularity of the Directory led to
a)
the invasion of France
b)
a military overthrow by Napoleon
c)
the takeover by Robespierre
d)
the beginning of the Revolution