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WorksheetsNapoleon Vocabulary
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Became the ruler of France after the Directory by means of a coup
a)
Robespierre
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
King Louis XVI
d)
National Convention
2.
A sudden seizure of political power in a nation
a)
Plebisite
b)
Lycee
c)
Coup d'etat
3.
A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal
a)
Plebisite
b)
Concordat
c)
Blockade
4.
A state-run public school in France
a)
Guerilla
b)
Concordat
c)
Lycee
5.
A formal agreement - especially one between the pope and a government
a)
Concordat
b)
Peninsular War
c)
Hundred Days
6.
A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon
a)
Scorched-earth policy
b)
Napoleonic Code
c)
Continental System
7.
An 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson
a)
Battle of Tannenbaum
b)
Battle of Waterloo
c)
Battle of Trafalgar
8.
The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region
a)
Blockade
b)
Continental System
c)
Hundred Days
9.
Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Britain's economy
a)
Waterloo
b)
Continental System
c)
Scorched-earth policy
10.
A member of a loosely organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her country
a)
Guerilla
b)
Scorched-earth policy
c)
Battle of Trafalgar
11.
A conflict lasting from 1803-1813, in which Spanish rebels, with the aid of British forces, fought to drive Napoleon's army out of Spain
a)
Battle of Trafalgar
b)
Battle of Waterloo
c)
Peninsular War
12.
The practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land
a)
Hundred Days
b)
Scorched-earth Policy
c)
Battle of Trafalgar
13.
A village in Belgium where Napoleon will be defeated by the British and Prussian armies
a)
Hundred Days
b)
Trafalgar
c)
Waterloo
14.
The brief period during 1815 when Napoleon made his last bode for power, deposing the French king and again becoming Emperor of France
a)
Napoleonic Code
b)
Hundred Days
c)
Continental System
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