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Unit 3: French Revolution Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following influenced the French Revolution?

a)

Slave Trade

b)

The American Revolutionary War

c)

World War II

d)

Global Trade

2.

All of the following are ways that Enlightenment ideas influenced the French Revolution EXCEPT…

a)

Napoleon based his laws on Enlightenment Idea's

b)

The third estate wanted equality and freedoms

c)

Rousseau was a French philosopher who said the government should express the general will of the people

d)

John Locke encouraged France to start a dictatorship

3.

The Estates-General was France’s law-making body. Absolute monarchs had prevented it from meeting for a few hundred years, but since France was in debt, the king called a meeting to get advice on solving the country’s money problems. Louis XVI decided to solve France’s money problems by…

a)

Getting donations

b)

Printing more money

c)

raising taxes

d)

invading Great Britain

4.

Why did the third estate form the National Assembly?

a)

The first and second estate would not listen to them.

b)

The bourgeoisie wanted to raise taxes for the peasants.

c)

The first and second estate did not want to participate in government anymore.

d)

The king told the Estates-General that they could not meet.

5.

Peasants began to protest because of higher taxes. They overtook the government-owned prison called the _______________.

a)

Shelter

b)

Bastille

c)

Palace

d)

Paris

6.

First, the National Assembly wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen which stated that all people are equal and should have rights. One of the articles stated, “The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man…” This refers to…

a)

Guilty until proven innocent

b)

Right to bear arms

c)

Freedom of speech

d)

Right to own property

7.

Why was Maximilian rule called the Reign of Terror?

a)

Anyone who opposed revolution was executed

b)

Thousands of peasants were sent to the guillotine

c)

Anyone who went against the king was killed

d)

He was terrified by the clergy

8.

Why was Maximilian executed?

a)

He hated France

b)

Citizens wanted change

c)

He was ugly

d)

He asked to be killed

9.

The new government that was set up was called the _____________; a five-man council ruled.

a)

Directory

b)

absolute monarchy

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

Assembly

10.

In 1804 Napoleon reached the height of his career by crowning himself _______________. By 1807, he had an empire that stretched across Europe.

a)

consul

b)

Dictator

c)

Emperor

d)

King

11.

Which of the following was NOT a reason why Napoleon began to lose power?

a)

He fought wars with Britain and Russia

b)

Napoleon was ready to retire

c)

Nationalism became popular in France.

d)

French citizens wanted self-rule

12.

Which of the following was NOT a problem his troops faced in Russia?

a)

disease

b)

bitter cold winter

c)

lack of food

d)

fighting against the British

13.

Napoleon was finally defeated by armies led by a British man called the Duke of Wellington. What was the name of the famous battle?

a)

Wellington War

b)

Battle of France

c)

Battle of Paris

d)

Battle of Waterloo

14.

All of the following fueled French desires to revolt against the monarchy except the

a)

ideas of the Enlightenment

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

American Revolution

15.

Which of the following was an underlying, or deep rooted, cause of the French Revolution?

a)

growing French Empire

b)

unequal tax burdens

c)

a law granting peasants more freedom

d)

equal land ownership

16.

The immediate cause that triggered, or started, the French Revolution was the

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

execution of King Louis Xvi

d)

return of Napoleon Bonaparte

17.

The Declaration of Rights of Man of the Citizen stated the powers of government came from the people, not the king, Who wrote this document?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Robespierre

18.

Napoleon Bonaparte used his power to change France into an empire. What other change did he bring to France?

a)

He raised taxes

b)

He devised a new legal code for France

c)

He ended European wars

d)

He created a bureaucracy based on social class or birth

19.

French society was divided into how many estates before the French Revolution?

a)

Three Estates

b)

Five Estates

c)

Six Estates

d)

One Estate

20.

The first act of the revolution was the

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Civil Obedience Act

c)

Oath of Office

d)

Oath of Freedom