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WorksheetsUnit 5 Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
French societal and political division or estate consisting of the Roman Catholic high clergy (religious officials).
a)
1st Estate
b)
3rd Estate
c)
2nd Estate
d)
5th Estate
2.
French societal and political division (estate) consisting of nobles.
a)
3rd Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
1st Estate
d)
4th Estate
3.
French societal and political division (estate) consisting of mostly well-off merchants and skilled workers who lacked the status of nobles, city workers, peasants or farm workers. Also included the lower clergy, such as local priests and ministers.
a)
2nd Estate
b)
3rd Estate
c)
4th Estate
d)
1st Estate
4.
the year that the United States declared independence from the United Kingdom
a)
1756
b)
1799
c)
1767
d)
1776
5.
The year that marks the beginning of the French Revolution. This conflict officially begins with the Storming of the Bastille.
a)
1789
b)
1879
c)
1776
d)
1799
6.
A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
a)
Elitism
b)
Dictatorism
c)
Anti-Restriction
d)
Absolutism
7.
The name of the war where Americans put into practice the ideas of the Enlightenment by fighting against British rule during the period from 1775-1783; the French aided the American colonists
a)
American and British War
b)
American Enlightenment War
c)
American Revolutionary War
d)
Colonist War
8.
German speaking Central European nation with Vienna as its capital. Formerly much larger and more powerful than today.
a)
Austria
b)
Argentina
c)
Russia
d)
Prussia
9.
The site of Napoleon's defeat by British and Prussian armies in 1815, which ended his last bid for power
a)
Battle of Austerlitz
b)
Battle of Waterloo
c)
Battle of France
d)
Battle of Trafalgar
10.
Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father. He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his discoveries in the field of electricity.
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
James Franklin
c)
Benedict Franklin
d)
William Franklin
11.
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans
a)
Britain's Massacre
b)
Boston Customs House Massacre
c)
Boston Massacre
d)
Boston Commons
12.
the middle class in France, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people
a)
Bourgeoisie
b)
Peasants
c)
Nobility
d)
Elite
13.
Meeting of representatives of European monarchs called to reestablish the old order after the defeat of Napoleon
a)
Congress of Vienna
b)
Congress of Napoli
c)
Monarch of Vienna
d)
Ancien Regime
14.
French Island where Napoleon was born. Near Italy, people there speak French with a slight Italian accent.
a)
Corsica
b)
Monte Cinto
c)
Saleccia
d)
Elba
15.
Overthrow of the government, generally by force.
a)
Coo De Tattoo
b)
Coup d'etat
c)
Coup De Ville
d)
Chicken Coop
16.
Those with Spanish parents that were born in the colonies; this group led many of the Latin American Revolutions
a)
Creoles
b)
Elba
c)
Viceroy
d)
Mestizos
17.
the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain
a)
Independence of British Colonies
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Declaration of Independent Colonies
d)
Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
18.
This French document, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence, guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion.
a)
Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
English Bill of Rights
d)
Citizen's Rights
19.
British soldier and statesman; he led the British troops against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo
a)
Duke of Wellington
b)
Commander of Weslington
c)
Duke Ellington
d)
Horatio Nelson
20.
The tiny island that Napoleon was granted after his abdication. Off the coast of Italy.
a)
Ilba
b)
Corsica
c)
Elba
d)
Saint Helena
21.
A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions. Influenced many Revolutions that happened in France and the Americas.
a)
Reappraisalism
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Romanticism
d)
Lighten up, man
22.
The old legislative ruling body of France consisting of the three estates; each estate had 1 vote.
a)
Estates Commander
b)
Estates General
c)
Estates Ruler
d)
Continental Congress
23.
The revolution that began in 1789, overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges, and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
a)
Bourbon Revolution
b)
Napoleon Overthrow
c)
French Revolution
d)
Reign of Terror
24.
A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
a)
Execution Machine
b)
Guillotine
c)
Guilt Line
d)
Razorface
25.
British Admiral whose fleet destroyed the combined French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. Limited Napoleon's power in the Seas, and maintained British Dominance.
a)
Horatio Hornblower
b)
Horatio Nelson
c)
Nelson Mandela
d)
Duke of Wellington
26.
The rise in the price of goods while the value of money stays the same.
a)
Open Inflation
b)
Infatuation
c)
Cost Pull Inflation
d)
Inflation
27.
King of England during the American Revolution
a)
King George III
b)
King Charles II
c)
King William III
d)
King Henry VIII
28.
King of France and husband of Marie Antoinette who was faced with a failing economy, war debt and an increasingly powerful Estates-General. He was guillotined during the French Revolution
a)
Louis IV
b)
James XVI
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Napoleon
29.
Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)
a)
Josephine
b)
Maria Theresa
c)
Marie Antoinette
d)
Louis Antoinette
30.
Home to Father Miguel Hidalgo, who led a popular revolution against Spain. Capital is Mexico City.
a)
Spain
b)
Mexico
c)
South America
d)
Brazil
31.
Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.
a)
Charles Bonaparte
b)
Joseph Bonaparte
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
Louis XVI
32.
French Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.
a)
National Assembly
b)
Estates Assembly
c)
Third Estate Assembly
d)
French Assemply
33.
Loyalty to one's country rather than to one's king
a)
Patriotism
b)
Royalist
c)
Nationalism
d)
Fundamentalism
34.
European Mother Country of Brazil.
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
France
d)
England
35.
A former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland
a)
Prussia
b)
Austria
c)
Russian
d)
Hungary
36.
Period in French history when thousands were killed during Robespierre's rule, which began in 1793 and ended in July 1794.
a)
Reign of Terror
b)
Great Fear
c)
Ring of Terrorism
d)
Guillotine Era
37.
A French political leader of the eighteenth century. A Jacobin, he was one of the most radical leaders of the French Revolution. He was in charge of the government during the Reign of Terror, when thousands of persons were executed without trial. After a public reaction against his extreme policies, he was executed without trial.
a)
Robespierre
b)
Bonaparte
c)
Antoinette
d)
Bourbon
38.
Large Eastern European nation where Napoleon won nothing and was forced to retreat from the capital Moscow after finding the Generals had committed scorched earth, leaving nothing for the invading French.
a)
Russia
b)
France
c)
Austria
d)
Prussia
39.
When it gained independence in 1804, it was the first independent nation of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the only nation in the world established as a result of a successful slave revolt.
a)
Saint Domingue (Haiti)
b)
Dominican Republic
c)
Saint Mary
d)
Jamaica
40.
Society no longer tied to church as the authority
a)
Secular
b)
Profane
c)
Sinister
d)
Sarcastic
41.
European Mother Country of the many different Colonies in Central and South America, including Mexico, Venezuela, and Argentina.
a)
Spain
b)
Portugal
c)
England
d)
France
42.
After the Battle of Waterloo, the island off the coast of Africa in the South Atlantic where Napoleon was exiled to a final time
a)
St. Helena
b)
St. Domingue
c)
Elba
d)
Corsica
43.
an act passed by the British parliment in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents
a)
Stamp Act
b)
Stamp Doctrine
c)
Stamp Creed
d)
Sugar Act
44.
On July 14, 1789, an angry crowd attacked a Paris prison and got gunpowder for their weapons in order to defend the city. French Independence Day today.
a)
Storming of the Bastille
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Guillotine Era
45.
1785-1799. Five man group. Passed a new constitution in 1795 that was much more conservative. Corrupt and did not help the poor, but remained in power because of military strength. By 1797 it was a dictatorship. Napoleon overthrew it in 1799.
a)
The Directory
b)
The Consulate
c)
Reign of Terror
d)
Robespierre's Boys
46.
3rd President of the United States, chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore it (1743-1826); head of the Democratic Republicans; believed in strong state government/power; believed in a strict interpretation of the Constitution
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Horatio Nelson
d)
Benjamin Franklin
47.
Was an important leader of the Haïtian Revolution and the first leader of a free Haiti; in a long struggle again the institution of slavery, he led the blacks to victory over the whites and other free men and secured native control over the colony in 1797, calling himself a dictator.
a)
Toussaint L'Ouverture
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Jose de San Martin
d)
Miguel Hidalgo
48.
Britain's Admiral Nelson destroyed the combined French and Spanish navies. Nelson was killed but invasion of Britain now became impossible.
a)
Battle of Trafalgar
b)
Battle of Waterloo
c)
Battle of Austerlitz
d)
Battle of Saint Domingue
49.
European Mother Country of the American Colonies
a)
United Kingdom
b)
France
c)
Netherlands
d)
Portugal
50.
Nation created out of the American Colonies following the Revolutionary War.
a)
United States of America
b)
United Kingdom
c)
France
d)
Mexico
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