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WorksheetsSocial Studies 7th: The French Revolution
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
causes of the French Revolution
a)
economic problems
b)
French society divisions
c)
squishy potatoes
d)
civil war
e)
bad king
2.
determined a person’s legal rights and status and created great inequality
a)
estates
b)
economic problems
c)
civil war
d)
constitution
3.
1% of the population, made up of the clergy and church officials, did not have to pay tax, owned land (5-10%)
a)
first estate
b)
second estate
c)
third estate
4.
2% of the population, made up of the nobles, did not have to pay taxes, owned land (25% of France’s land), lived in luxury
a)
second estate
b)
first estate
c)
third estate
5.
97-98% of the population, made up of the commoners, 3 classes within the third estate, 1. lawyers, doctors, merchants, bankers, and teachers, 2. city workers, 3. peasants, no voice in government and had to pay taxes to the king, church, and nobles. Very poor and many of them were starving.
2. city workers
3. peasants
a)
third estate
b)
first estate
c)
second estate
6.
spending more than you make
a)
deficit spending
b)
debt
c)
bank
d)
bankruptcy
7.
the king's palace in France
a)
Versailles
b)
to raise taxes to pay off debt
c)
third estate
d)
national assembly
8.
king's goal
a)
to raise taxes to pay off debt
b)
Versailles
c)
third estate
d)
national assembly
9.
National Assembly
a)
third estate
b)
Versailles
c)
to raise taxes to pay off debt
d)
national assembly
10.
demanded more power and equality, vowed a fair constitution, and wrote a new constitution for France
a)
national assembly
b)
Jacobins
c)
Bastille
d)
Girondists
11.
A prison where the king held many weapons
a)
Bastille
b)
Great Fear
c)
Jacobins
d)
Girondists
12.
the peasants were going crazy. No one was safe because, since the nobles began dressing as peasants, the peasants would accidently kill each other. They would kill each other on purpose sometimes because the other was being disloyal
a)
Great Fear
b)
Bastille
c)
Jacobins
d)
Girondists
13.
the peasants who thought the revolution had gone far enough
a)
Girondists
b)
Bastille
c)
Jacobins
14.
peasants who wanted more radical change
a)
Jacobins
b)
Bastille
c)
Girondists
15.
A new machine designed to execute people; the symbol of the French Revolution; caused about 40,000 deaths
a)
guillotine
b)
the Directory
c)
Maximilien Robespierre
d)
Comitee of Public Safety
16.
harsh steps against anyone suspected disloyal or opposed the revolution= death by guillotine (clergy, nobles, women, children)
a)
Comitee of Public Safety
b)
the Directory
c)
Maximilien Robespierre
d)
guillotine
17.
killed clergy, nobles, women, children
a)
Comitee of Public Safety
b)
the Directory
c)
Maximilien Robespierre
d)
King Louis XVI
18.
took control of the committee and wanted to do some good, wanted France to be known as a “republic of virtue”, opened schools, taught farming skills to peasants, raised a new army – 18-29 year old males were required to join
a)
Maximilien Robespierre
b)
the Directory
c)
King Louis XVI
d)
Comitee of Public Safety
19.
1795, 5 man council that was run by generals of the army who had power and influence, government #3, abolished the committee and made it the directory, wanted moderate policies, wrote a new constitution (4th), lost power in 1799
a)
the Directory
b)
Maximilien Robespierre
c)
guillotine
d)
Comitee of Public Safety
20.
Sudden seizure of power
a)
coup
b)
guillotine
c)
robbery
d)
seizure
21.
first consul
a)
Napoleon
b)
consuls
c)
nobles
22.
new legal system created by Napoleon. The laws were broken into three different categories. abolished all of the royal and feudal laws
a)
napoleonic code
b)
continental system
c)
nationalism
d)
American Revolution
23.
three categories of the Napoleonic Code
a)
people
b)
things
c)
acquiring things
d)
nationalism
e)
continental system
24.
the wars to expand Napoleon's empire
a)
Napoleonic wars
b)
Battle of Trafalgar
c)
French Revolution
d)
American Revolution
25.
What was the people desiring self-rule known as?
a)
nationalism
b)
napoleonic code
c)
continental system
d)
American Revolution
26.
Napoleon was crushed; French and Spanish naval fleet were destroyed. Britain only lost no ships in the battle
a)
Battle of Trafalgar
b)
Napoleonic wars
c)
French Revolution
d)
American Revolution
27.
made it illegal to trade with Britain. It was impossible to enforce, so it proved to be unsuccessful
a)
continental system
b)
napoleonic code
c)
American Revolution
d)
French Revolution
28.
Napoleon's Army
a)
Grand Army
b)
Congress of Vienna
c)
St. Helena
d)
St. Elba
e)
nationalism
29.
Won at Moscow
a)
Napoleon
b)
St. Helena
c)
St. Elba
30.
1st place Napoleon was exiled to
a)
St. Elba
b)
St. Helena
c)
France
31.
2nd place Napoleon was exiled to
a)
St. Helena
b)
St. Elba
c)
Grand Army
d)
Congress of Vienna
32.
wanted traditional change and things to be back to normal—they were for powerful monarchies and against individual liberties and right to self-rule, Wanted to crush revolution ideas- they restored royal families who ruled before Napoleon, Redrew Europe's borders- France lost all lands gained by Napoleon
a)
Congress of Vienna
b)
Grand Army
c)
St. Helena
d)
St. Elba
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