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French Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

effective leadership

c)

poor harvests

d)

storming the Bastille

2.

80% of the French population were....

a)

city workers

b)

farmers

c)

wealthy merchants

d)

Roman Catholic clergy

3.

Who had absolute power during the French Revolution?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

Robespierre

c)

Roman Catholic clergy

d)

the French middle class

4.

Who led the Reign of Terror?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

Napoleon

c)

Robespierre

d)

Marie Antoinette

5.

What became a major symbol of the French Revolution?

a)

the Reign of Terror

b)

the Storming of the Bastille

c)

the American Revolution

d)

the Great Fear

6.

What is the combined percentage of executions between the upper and lower middle classes?

a)

10%

b)

17%

c)

25%

d)

58%

7.

Which location is closest to the Battle of Waterloo?

a)

Paris

b)

Vienna

c)

Madrid

d)

Berlin

8.

What percentage of land did the commoners of the 3rd Estate own?

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

65%

9.

2% of the French population were....

a)

city workers

b)

nobles

c)

wealthy merchants

d)

Roman Catholic clergy

10.

Who spent 80% of their income on bread in France?

a)

the urban peasants

b)

the kings & queens

c)

the clergy

d)

the French children

11.

Which of the following countries abolished the slave trade?

a)

England & Brazil

b)

Egypt & Ottoman Empire

c)

Chile and Peru

d)

Argentina and Chile

12.

What is the difference between nobles and clergy?

a)

Nobles are royalty and clergy are church leaders.

b)

Clergy are politicians and nobles are peasants.

c)

Nobles are commoners and clergy are monarchs.

d)

Clergy are politicians and nobles are middle class.