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French Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of social groups, termed-?

a)

centre class

b)

middle class

c)

working class

d)

jacobins

2.

The middle class earned their wealth through-

a)

overseas trade

b)

handicrafts

c)

farming

d)

All of the above

3.

The document that refuted the divine and absolute right of the monarch-?

a)

John Locke

b)

Spirit of the law

c)

Constitution

d)

Two treatises of the government

4.

Montesquieu's proposed model of government was put into force in-?

a)

Britiain

b)

France

c)

USA

d)

Germany

5.

The book "The social contract" was written by-?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Rousseau

d)

Abbe Sieyes

6.

Political body to which the three states sent their representative-?

a)

Estates body

b)

Parliament

c)

Estates general

d)

Legislative assembly

7.

Read the following statements and thus choose the most appropriate option:

A: "Louis XVI had to call a meeting of the estates general"

R: "The monarch didn't have the power to impose taxes on his own"

a)

A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation for A

b)

A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation for A

c)

A is true but R is false

d)

A is false but R is true

8.

The last time an estates general meeting was called was in-?

a)

1614

b)

1615

c)

1789

d)

14th July

9.

Choose the most appropriate option: What led to the subsistence crisis?

a)

increase in population

b)

increase in demand for food

c)

increase in price of food

d)

All of the above

10.

An extreme situation where the basic means of livelihood are endangered is called-?

a)

genocide

b)

unemployment

c)

subsistence crisis

d)

food crisis