WorksheetsFrench Revolution Vocabulary
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Radical political organization that took over French government in September 1792, after war with Austria and Prussia went badly
a)
Jacobs
b)
Guillotine
c)
Bread
d)
Emigres
2.
Rumors in the countryside said that the nobles were hiring outlaws to attack peasants; peasants rose up themselves and became those very bands, attacking nobles; cries of "The Brigands are coming!"
a)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
b)
The Directory
c)
The Great Fear
d)
The Third Estate
3.
Introduced as a method of humane execution; utilized to execute thousands during the most radical phase of the French Revolution known as the Reign of Terror.
a)
Jacobins
b)
Guillotine
c)
Third Estate
d)
Louis Xvi
4.
Made up of the nobles in French Society; held highest government offices; 2% of the population of France in 1787; 0% paid income taxes
a)
Jacobins
b)
First Estate
c)
Second Estate
d)
Estate General
5.
Young French army general whose success in war led to his rise to political power after the Directory fell
a)
National Assembly
b)
National Convention
c)
Jacobins
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
6.
When locked out of the government meeting room, it was pledged by the Third Estate to stay until a new constitution was written; some members of the nobles and clergy supported them, causing the king to station his mercenary Swiss guards around Versailles
a)
Sans-Culottes
b)
Tennis Court Oath
c)
George Danton
d)
The Directory
7.
In Oct. 1789,women with kitchen knives in Paris rioted over the rising price of this, normally cost half a day's wages for a family so they were outraged when prices rose. Legend states that Marie Antoinette said "Let them eat cake"
a)
emigres
b)
First Estate
c)
Jacobins
d)
Bread
8.
French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris Bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
a)
Georges Danton
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Third Estate
d)
Second Estate
9.
refugees from France who wanted to stop the Revolution and restore the Old Regime; made up of in part nobility, Catholic Royalists, and anti-Republicans
a)
Emirges
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Bread
d)
Jacobins
10.
Jacobin leader of the Committee of Public Safety; his rule became known as the Reign of Terror; eventually executed
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Maximilien Robespierre
c)
National Convention
d)
Emigres
11.
New law-making body started in September 1791; limited power of the monarchy; beginning of the terms "left, center, right" in politics arose wit this new government
a)
Guillotine
b)
Legislative Assembly
c)
The Great Fear
d)
Louis XVI
12.
The name the Third Estate took for themselves, suggested by a speech given by clergyman Sieyes; perhaps the first deliberate act of the revolution, as it called for the end of absolute monarchy
a)
National Convention
b)
National Assembly
c)
Second Estate
d)
Marie Antoinette
13.
Moderate but ineffective government plan that was the government after the Reign of Terror; had two-house legislature and a five man executive branch
a)
The Great Fear
b)
Third Estate
c)
The Directory
d)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
14.
Means "those without knee-breeches": Parisian workers and shopkeepers who wanted to even greater reforms
a)
Jacobins
b)
Sans-Culottes
c)
Second Estate
d)
First Estate
15.
King of France during the French Revolution; member of the Bourbon family; a weak leader who inherited and then increased France's debt, in large part to help fund American revolutionaries at war with Britain; eventually executed
a)
Guillotine
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Bread
d)
Emigres
16.
one of the three estates of the realm, It consisted of the Roman Catholic Clergy; they received special privileges and paid no direct taxes. Made up less than 1% of the French population.
a)
Bread
b)
Third Estate
c)
First Estate
d)
Second Estate
17.
Comprised of Bourgeoise, urban lower class, and peasant farmers; held little influence on government; 97% of the population of France in 1787; paid 50% of income taxes
a)
The Directory
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
d)
First Estate
18.
Wife of Louis XVI and a member of the royal family of Austria; daughter of Maria Theresa, Hapsburg monarch; her extravagance and lack of touch with the people added to the monarchy's problem; eventually executed
a)
Mrs. Enloe
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Maria Theresa
d)
Marie Antoinette
19.
The traditional group of representatives from the three Estates of French society: the clergy, nobility, and commoners. Louis XVI assembled this group to deal with the financial crisis in France at the time, but the 3rd estate demanded more rights and representation.
a)
Estates-General
b)
"Liberte,égalité,fratenite"
c)
emirgres
d)
Georges Danton
20.
the ideals of the French Revolution of 1789
a)
Liberte,égalité, fraternité
b)
First Estate
c)
Bread
d)
Guillotine
21.
Written in August 1789; influenced by the American Declaration of Independence; stated "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"; guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion
a)
The Directory
b)
The Great Fear
c)
Third Estate
d)
The Declaration of the rights of Man and Citizen
22.
The French lower classes were influence by the success of a Revolution in what place?
a)
Europe
b)
America
c)
Africa
d)
England
23.
Happened July 14, 1789; after rumors of a foreign attacks, citizens began to gather weapons; they took this Paris prison, looking for gunpowder and arms; now a national holiday in France like U.S. independence day
a)
The Storming of the Bastille
b)
Emigres
c)
The Declaration of Rights and Man
d)
The Directory
24.
Succeeded the Legislative Assembly in 1792; dominated by the Jacobins
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
National Assembly
c)
Marie Antoinette
d)
National Convention
25.
Began in 1793 under the rule of Robespierre; sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution"; around 40,000 were executed, with the vast majority being those of the lower or middle class, for whom the Revolution has supposedly begun
a)
Reign of Terror
b)
The Directory
c)
The Great Fear
d)
The Second Estate
26.
well-known Jacobin who edited a newspaper called "Friend of the People"; his writings stirred up the mood in Paris; called for the death of those who continued to support the monarchy; assassinated by a member of a rival faction
a)
Second Estate
b)
Jean-Paul Marat
c)
Sans-Culottes
d)
The Great Fear
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