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WorksheetsCONTEMPORARY AGE- FRENCH REVOLUTION
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What did Montesquieu propose?
Freedom of Religion
Civil Rights
Separation of powers
How did the Enlightenment spread?
Through the Encyclopedia
By the principles
By the proposal of Montesquieu
By the Encyclopedia and through education
How was the society divided?
Only 1 estate
2 estates
3 estates
Who criticised religious fanatism?
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Diderot
Who composed the third estate?
Nobles and Roman Catholic Clergy
Bourgeoisie, city workers and peasants
Clergy, bourgeoisie and peasants
Which group belongs to the second estate?
nobles
clergy
peasants
Which was the name that French Revolutionaries gave to the old system?
Absolutism
Liberalism
Old Regime
Which estate had to pay taxes?
First and Second Estate
Only the Second Estate
All of them
Only the Third Estate
Which was the most important book of the time?
The Complaint book
The Reason book
The Encyclopedia
Old Regime had an economy based on
Trade
Livestock
Agriculture
Enlightenment was characterised by...
Rationalism and Absolutism
Rationalism and Democracy
Rationalism and Criticism
Who was the head of the reign of terror?
Montesquieu
Robespierre
Marat
Who was known as the Sun King?
Louis XIII
Louis XVI
Louis XIV
Which one is NOT a characteristic of Absolutism?
The citizens and the King must comply with laws
Ideas are controlled through censorship
Kind and religious power are linked
Enlightenment was based on following principles
Tolerance, reason, happiness
Freedom and progress
Tolerance, reason, happiness, freedom and progress
Which group believed strongly in the ideas of the Enlightenment?
Nobility
Clergy
Peasants
Bourgeoisie
How did Maria Antonieta die?
She felt from a tower
She was too old
She died in the Guillotine
