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Reign of Terror

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which form of government has a king?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Republic

2.

Who is shown beheaded in this painting?

a)

King Louis XVI

b)

Queen Marie Antoinette

c)

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

3.

Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...

a)

Committee of Public Safety

b)

National Assembly

c)

Jacobin Club

d)

Dechristianization

4.

The Committee of Public Safety adopted policies known as the ___________, which led to the deaths of 40,000 French people.

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

League of Nations

c)

Constitutional Convention

d)

National Convention

5.

What method was the most often used means of execution during the Reign of Terror in France?

a)

Guillotine

b)

Hanging

c)

Electric chair

d)

Firing squad

6.

What label did Robespierre use for the new social order he aimed to create through the Reign of Terror?

a)

The Republic of Virtue

b)

The Cathedral of Notre Dame

c)

The Committee of Public Safety

d)

The Temple of Reason

7.

Which of these describes the goals of the de-Christianization policy?

a)

Eliminate religion in France as superstition

b)

Encourage more religious devotion

c)

Anyone hoarding grain would be killed

d)

Win the wars against Austria & Prussia

8.

Which of these were examples of the policy of de-Christianization in France? [mark 3]

a)

Notre Dame was converted to a "temple of reason"

b)

The Catholic calendar was replaced

c)

The new Republican Calendar eliminated Christian holidays like Christmas & Easter

d)

The punishment for "monopolizing" was death

e)

Many citizens joined political clubs like the Mountain

9.

With the "Decree Against Profiteers," the Committee of Public Safety tried to force merchants to sell their goods by using the threat of _____.

a)

death

b)

fines

c)

higher taxes

d)

patriotism

10.

The "Law of Suspects" established revolutionary courts to try anyone suspected of ...

a)

treason against the revolution.

b)

monopolizing essential merchandise.

c)

being executed by guillotine.

d)

being a foreign spy.

11.

What country is highlighted on this map?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Canada

12.

T/F: Only members of the clergy & nobility were killed during the Reign of Terror.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

What action by King Louis XVI in June 1791 caused the National Convention to declare him a traitor & eventually condemn him to death?

a)

King Louis tried to flee France & reverse the Revolution.

b)

King Louis invented a new execution machine - the guillotine.

c)

King Louis decreed that each Estate would have one vote.

d)

King Louis ordered his guards to fire on the crowds.

14.

What evidence is there that the Committee of Public Safety did not support human rights?

a)

Anyone suspected in their writings or speech of defying the revolution could be killed

b)

The closing of all Catholic Churches in France

c)

The government denying legal counsel to all accused enemies of the revolution

15.

How did the Committee of Public Safety support human rights?

a)

Abolished slavery in all French colonies

b)

Gave women the right to vote

c)

Made all people equal

16.

According to document B, which countries was France at war in 1792 and 1793?

a)

France and Germany

b)

Austria and Prussia

c)

Italy and the Netherlands