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WorksheetsFrench Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolution!
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 39mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This type of government gives all powers to the king in a nation.
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
Absolute Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Democracy
2.
The idea that a monarch gets their power from God.
a)
Absolutism
b)
Balance of Power
c)
Divine Right
d)
Sacraments
3.
Extreme spending on his estate and wars led to debt for this monarch's country and they lost power in Europe.
a)
Phillip II
b)
Louis XIV
c)
James II
d)
Frederick the Great
4.
Louis XIV built this as a symbol of his power and wealth?
a)
Arc De Triumph
b)
Palace of Versailles
c)
Eiffel Tower
d)
El Escorial
5.
This is a picture of which absolute monarch? (Hint: he called himself the Sun King.)
a)
Frederick the Great
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Richelieu
d)
Henry IV
6.
Allowed religious toleration for French Protestants.
a)
Edict of Nantes
b)
Diet of Worms
c)
Council of Trent
d)
Magna Carta
7.
They are French Protestants
a)
Huguenots
b)
Puritans
c)
Pilgrams
d)
Boyars
8.
Who was Louis XIII's chief minister? He strengthened the monarchy's power by reducing the power of the nobles in France.
a)
Cardinal Richelieu
b)
Cardinal Mazarin
c)
Louis La Vau
d)
Mary Tudor
9.
Select the best answer.
21. Which of the following statements represents the truth about the palace and gardens of Versailles?
a)
A. The decorations of Versailles represent Christianity and the ideal of humility.
b)
B. Versailles represents the excessive wealth and spending of the monarchy; one of the leading causes of the French Revolution.
c)
C. The people of Paris fully supported the construction of Versailles and viewed life their as an honor.
10.
John Locke argued that all people had the right to ________________.
a)
Own slaves
b)
Choose their religious beliefs
c)
Pursuit of happiness
d)
Life, liberty, and property
11.
A period during the 1600s and 1700s when people used reason to guide people's thoughts about society.
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Captialism
c)
Renaissance
d)
Reformation
12.
Which French Enlightenment thinker promoted the idea of separation of power?
a)
Mary Wollstonecraft
b)
Rene Descartes
c)
Charles-Louis Montesquieu
d)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
13.
Which Enlightenment thinker promoted religious tolerance?
a)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
b)
Voltaire
c)
Charles-Louis Montesquieu
d)
John Locke
14.
How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?
a)
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
b)
poor, nasty, brutish, and short
c)
fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
d)
scared, hungry, lonely, and cold
15.
Who believed there would be chaos without government?
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
c)
Voltaire
16.
The French Revolution began in
a)
1776
b)
1789
c)
1876
d)
1798
17.
One cause of the French Revolution was the emergence of a new middle class of merchants and professionals called the
a)
bourgeoisie
b)
aristocracy
c)
sans culottes
d)
denoument
18.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
19.
The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Scientific Revolution
c)
the Enlightenment
d)
all of the above
20.
The Second Estate was composed of
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
21.
Most of the people of France belonged to the
a)
1st
Estate
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
22.
Why was voting in the Estates General unfair
a)
votes were not secret
b)
each estate voted by how many members there were
c)
each estate got the same number of votes
d)
the King got two votes
23.
When the people of Paris heard that the military was going to stop the revolution their response was to
a)
leave the city
b)
storm the Bastille
c)
force the King to come to Paris
d)
none of the above
24.
In 1789, the hungry women of Paris marched to Versailles and
a)
forced the King to return to Paris
b)
demanded that the King abdicate
c)
demanded that the King leave France
d)
all of the above
25.
Radicals are people who
a)
try to prevent change
b)
believe in capital punishment
c)
support the old government
d)
believe in extreme measures
26.
The radicals who took over the revolution were led by
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Robespierre
c)
Rousseau
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
27.
What group of people made up the Second Estate in France under the Old Regime?
a)
Clergy
b)
King Louis XIV's immediate family
c)
Peasants
d)
Nobles
28.
Why did a mob of Parisian women march on the Palace of Versailles in October 1789?
a)
They were searching for arms to prepare for war with Prussia
b)
They were protesting the rising price of bread
c)
They were trying to arrest Marie Antoinette to put her on trial
d)
King Louis XVI denied the legislation that would acknowledge the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Citizen
29.
What was the result of King Louis XVI's trial for treason in front of the National Convention?
a)
Innocent and Exiled
b)
Guilty and Hung
c)
Innocent and restored as King
d)
Guilty and Executed with the Guillotine
30.
What group of people made up the First Estate in France under the Old Regime?
a)
Clergy
b)
Nobles
c)
Peasants
d)
Revolutionaries
31.
Period of Maximillien Robespierre's rule where up to 40,000 people were executed in France
a)
The Great Fear
b)
The Red Scare
c)
Reign of Terror
d)
Coup d'etat
32.
How did Napoleon Bonaparte take power in France in 1799?
a)
Democratically elected
b)
non-violent coup de'tat
c)
appointed First Consul in Notre Dame Cathedral
33.
Napoleon established a uniform set of laws that limited freedom of speech and of the press to promote order and authority in France. What was this called?
a)
Lycees
b)
Statutory Concordat
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Plebiscite
34.
What was Napoleon's most disastrous mistake as leader of France?
a)
Cutting ties with the Catholic Church
b)
Continental System
c)
Invasion of Russia
d)
Establishing puppet governments in the countries surrounding France
35.
The defeat that ended Napoleon's final bid for power, which ended his "Hundred Days."
a)
Borodino
b)
Leipzig
c)
Waterloo
d)
Moscow
36.
Who was the most influential representative at the Congress of Vienna?
a)
Klemens Von Metternich of Austria
b)
Viscount Casterleagh of GB
c)
Czar Alexander I of Russia
d)
Prince Karl August von Hardenberg of Prussia
37.
What was the main purpose of the Congress of Vienna?
a)
Conserve the dominance of royal families on Europe
b)
Ruin France politically and economically
c)
restore a balance of power in Europe
d)
Spread democracy throughout continental Europe
38.
Before the French Revolution, the 3rd Estate was made up of which three groups?
a)
Clergy, Nobility, Bourgeoisie
b)
Workers, Peasants, Nobility
c)
Bourgeoisie, Workers, Peasants
d)
Clergy, Bourgeoisie, Peasants
39.
Oath made by members of the 3rd Estate after they were locked out of their meeting room; promised to make laws and reforms in the name of the French people
a)
Legislative Assembly Promise
b)
National Assembly Oath
c)
Tennis Court Promise
d)
Tennis Court Oath
40.
Queen of France; hated by the French people due to her spending habits and because she wasn't French
a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Marie
c)
Antoinette
41.
Napoleon's attempted naval blockade of the European continent, meant to keep Britain isolated, was called
a)
Neuveau System
b)
Britain Isolated System
c)
French System
d)
Continental System
42.
After his initial defeat, Napoleon was exiled to the island of ______; his second exile was to the island of _________.
a)
St. Helena; Elba
b)
Elba; Corsica
c)
Elba; St. Helena
d)
Corsica; St. Helena
43.
Who crowned Napoleon emperor in 1804?
a)
The Pope
b)
He crowned himself
c)
The King of France
d)
The people voted him Emperor
44.
What is a coup d'etat?
a)
Overthrow of the government by the Military
b)
Overthrow of the government by a king
c)
When the public votes to change their constitution
d)
Military tactic using artillery and flanking infantry
45.
Why did Napoleon invade Russia in 1812?
a)
They violated the Continental system by trading with Great Britain
b)
They violated the Napoleonic Code
c)
Napoleon needed a place to go skiing
d)
Napoleon wanted to conquer Asia
46.
What was the "scorched Earth" strategy?
a)
None of these
b)
Napoleon burned the Russian cities to the ground to break their will
c)
Great Britain's strategy at the Battle of Trafalgar
d)
The Russians burned their cities, factories, farms, and railroads so Napoleon could not use them
47.
What was the result of Napoleon's invasion of Russia?
a)
None of these
b)
Napoleon conquered Russia, but while he was invading the British invaded France
c)
Napoleon retreated to focus on the Haitian Revolution
d)
Napoleon lost 95% of his army, and retreated back to France
48.
Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:
a)
A dictatorship
b)
A democracy
c)
An absolute monarchy
d)
All of these
49.
The result of the Enlightenment ideas and beliefs....
a)
Scientific Revolution
b)
American and French Revolutions
c)
Age of Absolutism
d)
The Rise of power of the Church
50.
Napoleon assumed dictatorial powers through a sudden seizure of power known as a coupd'etat
a)
True
b)
False
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