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WH - Unit 11 - French Revolution & Napoleonic Era

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Document that guaranteed the French citizens rights to life, liberty, and property.

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Magna Carta

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

2.

French King who was executed on charges of treason.

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Maximillian Robespierre

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Philip II

3.

Radical group that took control of France and demanded that the King of France be charged with treason.

a)

The Sans-Culottes

b)

The Jacobins

c)

The Bourgeoisie

d)

The Tea Party

4.

President who approved the Louisiana Purchase despite heavy unpopularity with American citizens

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

George Washington

c)

John Adams

d)

Abraham Lincoln

5.

French social class of the Old Regime that paid no taxes but owned 20% of all French lands.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

6.

Napoleon’s final defeat came at what battle?

a)

Leipzig

b)

Borodino

c)

Waterloo

d)

Trafalgar

7.

Queen of France who was unpopular due to her lavish spending. She was guillotined during the Reign of Terror.

a)

Mary Tudor

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Elizabeth Grey

d)

Cookie Belcher

8.

Which of the following was NOT a segment of the Third Estate?

a)

Clergy

b)

Bourgeoisie

c)

Peasants

d)

Workers

9.

Napoleon's second wife and mother of Napoleon II.

a)

Josephine

b)

Catherine

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Marie Louise

10.

Price paid by the United States for the Louisiana Purchase.

a)

$50 Million

b)

$25 Million

c)

$15 Million

d)

$5 Million

11.

French social class of the Old Regime that was comprised of members of the nobility.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

12.

Napoleon spent his final years exiled on what tiny South Atlantic island?

a)

Haiti

b)

Saint Domingue

c)

St. Helena

d)

Elba

13.

Estate that was comprised of members of the clergy.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

14.

The capital punishment device popular during the French Revolution

a)

The Trebuchet

b)

The Guillotine

c)

The Gallows

d)

The Electric Chair

15.

French social class of the Old Regime that included members of the bourgeoisie.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

16.

Who paid most of France’s taxes before the Revolution?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Fourth Estate

17.

Which of the following is not a reason Napoleon sold the Louisiana Purchase to the United States.

a)

To pay for an invasion of France

b)

To cut his costs in the United States

c)

To gain money for conquests in Europe

d)

To make the United States stronger

18.

Why did Napoleon invade Russia?

a)

Russia was ignoring Napoleon’s order to stop trading with England

b)

England was ignoring Napoleon’s order to stop trading with Russia

c)

Spain was ignoring Napoleon’s order to stop trading with Russia

d)

Russia was ignoring Napoleon’s order to stop trading with France

19.

Napoleon's first wife.

a)

Josephine

b)

Catherine

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Marie Louise

20.

Name of the event that occurred after the National Assembly was locked out of its normal meeting place.

a)

The Great Fear

b)

The Storming of the Bastille

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

The Tennis Court Oath

21.

Which of the Estates of France's Old Regime were allowed to own land?

a)

First and Third Estates

b)

Second and Third Estates

c)

First and Second Estates

d)

Only the First Estate

22.

Feminist writer who was executed for expressing the idea that women should have the same rights as men.

a)

Marie Antionette

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Olympe de Gouges

d)

Georgia Danton

23.

Reason the Battle of Trafalgar was such a big deal.

a)

It meant Spain couldn't invade England.

b)

It meant England couldn't invade France.

c)

It meant England could invade France.

d)

It meant France couldn't invade England.

24.

Napoleon's first exile was to which Mediterranean island?

a)

Haiti

b)

Saint Domingue

c)

St. Helena

d)

Elba

25.

Group that comprised a majority of all French citizens.

a)

Clergy

b)

Bourgeoisie

c)

Peasants

d)

Workers

26.

Which of the following is not a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

Enlightenment Ideas

b)

Weak Leadership

c)

War with England

d)

Poor Economy

27.

French citizens attack a prison that housed prisoners of the crown and capture gunpowder and guns. Celebrated as the French Independence Day.

a)

The Great Fear

b)

The Tennis Court Oath

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

The Storming of the Bastille

28.

Period during the French Revolution in which radicals executed 40k French citizens who were "against the revolution".

a)

The Great Fear

b)

The Tennis Court Oath

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

The Storming of the Bastille

29.

Which of the following was not one of Napoleon's three main reforms?

a)

The Napoleonic Code

b)

The French National Road Network

c)

Revamped Tax System

d)

The French National Bank

30.

What was a "lycée"?

a)

Government run hospitals

b)

Government run schools

c)

Government run churches

d)

Government run housing

31.

What was the Continental System?

a)

French naval blockade of England

b)

English naval blockade of France

c)

Russian naval blockade of England

d)

Spanish naval blockade of Russia

32.

Pledge by members of the National Assembly to continue meeting until they had written a new Constitution.

a)

The Tennis Court Oath

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

The Moldova Accord

d)

The Treaty of Versailles

33.

Slave revolt that overthrew the French government in this Caribbean colony.

a)

Cuba

b)

Jamaica

c)

The Bahamas

d)

Saint Domingue

34.

Fearing attacks by the First and Second Estates, peasants stormed the countryside robbing and burning noble’s homes.

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Time of Tears

d)

Great Fear

35.

An assembly of representatives from all 3 Estates, called by King Louis XVI in May 1789 to discuss France's financial crises.

a)

The Jacobins

b)

The National Assembly

c)

The Estates General

d)

Congress

36.

French Congress that replaced the Estates General. Formed by the Third Estate to enact laws and reforms in the name of the French people.

a)

The Jacobins

b)

The National Assembly

c)

The Estates General

d)

Congress

37.

Reason Progressives are called "The Left Wing" and Conservatives are called "The Right Wing"

a)

Progressives were the last group asked to join the National Assembly

b)

Conservatives felt they were "right" that France should remain a monarchy

c)

Moderates felt Progressives and Conservatives were both too radical

d)

Progressives sat on the left side of the National Assembly and Conservatives sat on the right

38.

Leader of the successful slave revolt on a French colony in the Caribbean.

a)

Toussaint L’Ouverture

b)

Maximillien Robespierre

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

Napoleon Bonaparte

39.

Type of warfare used by English, Spanish and Portuguese forces against the French during the Peninsula War

a)

Shock and Awe

b)

Seek and Destroy

c)

Guerrilla

d)

Scorched Earth

40.

Public school system created during Napoleon's reign

a)

Lycees

b)

Universidad

c)

Soleil

d)

Frites