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WHX Chapter 3

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Declaration of the Rights of Men proclaimed (state)?

a)

equal rights for men, but not women

b)

end the monarchy & the abolition of the National Assembly

c)

equal rights for all citizens, male and female.

d)

an end to the National police force

2.

What is a coup d'etat?

a)

chief tax

b)

ordinary patriot without fine clothes

c)

social status group

d)

a sudden overthrow of the government

3.

Which of the following is not one of the Three Estates in France?

a)

press

b)

clergy

c)

commoners

d)

nobles

4.

The Committee of Public Safety killed almost 40,000 people during what period?

a)

The Purge

b)

The Reign of Terror

c)

The French Massacre

d)

The Night of the Guillotine

5.

What was the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

protest against the extravagant lifestyle of nobility

b)

vow to continue to met until they produced a constitution

c)

an oath of loyalty to Louis XVI

d)

a promise that clergy were to be tried and executed

6.

Which of the following was NOT the primary causes of the French Revolution?

a)

Economic Problems

b)

Inequality

c)

Government spending

d)

France support of Russia

7.

What did the monarchy, the Convention, and Napoleon have in common?

a)

They were all authoritarians

b)

they all supported democracy

c)

They all stripped away natural rights

d)

none of these answers

8.

The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by

a)

retreating hundreds of miles & burning their villages

b)

waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter

c)

splitting their forces in half and attacking from two sides

d)

making an alliance with Egypt

9.

In both the military and the government, Napoleon's promotions were

a)

based on wealth

b)

given to those that Napoleon favored

c)

based on ability

d)

designed for the nobility

10.

Which code established by Napoleon created equality of all male citizens before the law?

a)

the Religious Code

b)

the Alliance Code

c)

the da Vinci Code

d)

the Civil Code

11.

The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to

a)

drain all the canals.

b)

defend France from external and internal threats

c)

protect the Paris Commune from thieves

d)

coordinate attacks on Great Britain

12.

What were the two main factors that led to Napoleon's defeat?

a)

Britain's sea power and nationalism

b)

dependent states and socialism

c)

the church and nationalism

d)

Spain's sea power and nationalism

13.

Social status group

a)

estate

b)

taille

c)

middle class

d)

without pants

14.

Chief tax

a)

estate

b)

taille

c)

middle class

d)

without pants

15.

Bourgeoisie

a)

estate

b)

taille

c)

middle class

d)

without pants

16.

Dissenting (opinions that are different from the norm) group

a)

elector

b)

external

c)

faction

d)

consolate

17.

Individual, group, or idea that does not strictly observe traditional, or established ways.

a)

external

b)

capable

c)

faction

d)

liberal

18.

The immediate cause of the French Revolution

a)

inequality

b)

war

c)

Naoleon

d)

financial crisis

19.

The Third Estate wanted to set up a ____________ that would make the nobles and clergy pay taxes

a)

monarchy

b)

constitutional goverment

c)

abslute rule

d)

dictatorship

20.

The beginning of the French Revolution

a)

Louis XVI executed

b)

the Great Fear

c)

Parisians storm the Bastille on July 14, 1789

d)

no pants

21.

Refused to accept the exclusion of women from political rights

a)

Napoleon

b)

Robespierre

c)

Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël

d)

Olympe de Gouges

22.

Replaced the Legislative Assembly & executed thousands of people that supported the king.

a)

Girondins

b)

National Convention

c)

The Directory

d)

Legislative Assembly

23.

The end of the Reign of Terror and the Jacobin's power

a)

death of Robespierre

b)

death of Louis XVI

c)

death of Napoleon

d)

storming the Bastille

24.

Napoleon crowned himself ________ in 1804

a)

king

b)

president

c)

dictator

d)

emperor

25.

The Napoleonic code gave women equal rights

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Which of the following is NOT part of the Grand Empire?

a)

the dependent states

b)

the Estates-General

c)

The French Empire

d)

the allied states

27.

After Napoleon was exiled to Elba, the European allies

a)

seized France

b)

restored Louis XVI to the throne

c)

restored power to the monarchy

d)

restored it to a democracy

28.

Where was Napoleon's final defeat?

a)

Prussia

b)

Russia

c)

France

d)

Waterloo

29.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was

a)

inspired by the English Bill of Rights

b)

inspired by the American Declaration of Independence

c)

inspired by the American Constitution

d)

all answers are correct

30.

Which of the following Estates were heavily taxed?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

All estates were taxed

31.

Due to the financial crisis, Louis XVI called the ___________ to ___________.

a)

Estates-General; lower taxes

b)

National Assembly; lower taxes

c)

First and Second Estate; raise new taxes

d)

Estates-General; raise new taxes

32.

Why did the revolutionaries seize and sell off Church lands?

a)

they needed the money

b)

it was an important pillar of the old regime (it was part of the old political and social system)

c)

To give money to the church

d)

none of the above

33.

Why did the Legislative Assembly declare war on Austria in early 1792?

a)

They feared that Austria and Prussia would use force to take over France.

b)

They feared that Austria and Prussia would use force to restore Louis XVI to power.

c)

They feared that Austria and Prussia would use force to restore the Church to power.

d)

To seize political, military, and resources form Austria.