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Napoleon Vocabulary

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Foreign minister of Austria and leading figure in the negotiations at the Congress of Vienna

a)

Prince William

b)

Prince Metternich

c)

Prince Charming

d)

Prince Henry

2.

Brief period in 1815 when Napoleon made his last bid for power

a)

Hundred Days

b)

Two Hundred Days

c)

Three Hundred Days

d)

Four Hundred Days

3.

A sudden overthrow of a government in favor of another, usually through violent means

a)

coup d'etat

b)

heist

c)

robbery

d)

abdication

4.

Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britain's economy

a)

Grand Alliance

b)

Battle of Trafalgar

c)

Continental System

d)

Jury System

5.

Island where Napoleon was exiled, the second time in 1815 where he eventually died in 1821

a)

St. Helena

b)

Elba

c)

Corsica

d)

Sicily

6.

Italian island where Napoleon spent his first exile from 1814-1815 and British island in South Atlantic where Napoleon spent his 2nd exile and died in 1821

a)

Elba

b)

Sardinia

c)

St. Helena

d)

Corsica

7.

The practice of burning crops & killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land

a)

slash and burn agriculture

b)

scorched-earth policy

c)

commercial farming

d)

substinence farming

8.

A series of meetings in 1814-1815, during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon and to return to the old order

a)

Grand Alliance

b)

Napoleonic Code

c)

Congress of Russia

d)

Congress of Vienna

9.

A direct vote in which a country's people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal

a)

plebiscite

b)

Directory

c)

coup d'etat

d)

Continental System

10.

A political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others

a)

Directory

b)

balance of power

c)

coup d'etat

d)

Concert of Europe

11.

One who opposes social or political liberalism or reform; extremely conservative

a)

Reactionary

b)

Radical

c)

Moderate

12.

An 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon's forces were defeated by a British fleet

a)

Austerlitz

b)

Waterloo

c)

Leipzig

d)

Battle of Trafalgar

13.

Napoleon's final battle, which left him defeated

a)

Battle of Trafalgar

b)

Waterloo

c)

Leipzig

d)

Austerlitz

14.

A series of alliances devised by Prince Metternich ensuring that nations would help out one another if any revolutions broke out.

a)

Directory

b)

Balance of Power

c)

Concert of Europe

d)

Continental System

15.

A comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

Napoleonic Code

c)

Justinian's Code

d)

Twelve Tables

16.

General & Emperor; ended the period of the revolution & violence in France by stablizing

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Napoleon