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American, French and L. America Revolutions (JV)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Estate System

c)

Famine

d)

Absolutism

2.

What were the three estates in France?

a)

Where the rich lived

b)

where the clergy lived

c)

The class system in revolutionary France

d)

Where the serfs worked the nobles

3.

98% of France's population and paid the MOST in taxes

a)

3rd estate

b)

1st Estate

c)

2rd estate

d)

The wildlife.

4.

.5% of France's population and ran the Catholic Church

a)

1st Estate

b)

2nd Estate

c)

3rd Estate

d)

Church lay people

5.

2% of France's population and are the nobility

a)

1st estate

b)

2nd estate

c)

3rd estate

d)

Fairy god mothers

6.

What was one major difference between King Louis XVI and Napoleon Bonaparte?

a)

The King ruled for life, but Napoleon retired after four years as Emperor

b)

Louis XVI inherited the throne; Napoleon was elected Emperor by the people

c)

Napoleon was very popular in France; Louis XVI was so unpopular he was killed

7.

What does it mean when someone “meets his Waterloo?”

a)

He takes a bath

b)

He visits Belgium

c)

He suffers a major defeat

d)

He succeeds against the odds.

8.

The Bastille was

a)

A prison in France

b)

A military leader

c)

A weapon storage place

d)

The monarch of France

9.

Members of the third Estate who wanted to give France a constitution

a)

National Assembly

b)

Peasantry

c)

Jacobins

d)

Bourgeoise

10.

What was the motto of the French Revolution?

a)

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

b)

Don't Tread on Me

c)

Give me liberty, or give me death

d)

Life, liberty and life.

e)

All men are created equal.

11.

Leaders who ruled by divine right

a)

The Directory

b)

Absolute Monarch

c)

Robespierre

d)

Louis XII

12.

Military leader who ruled France like a dictator

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Napoleon

c)

Bolivar

d)

L'ouverture

13.

Toussaint L'Ouveture leads the Revolution in

a)

Haiti

b)

Mexico

c)

Gran Columbia

d)

Peru

14.

Simon Bolivar failed in his mission to

a)

Unite South America

b)

Take over North America

c)

Free the slaves

d)

Invade Europe

15.

Miguel Hidalgo was a priest who began the struggle for independence in

a)

Bolivia

b)

Haiti

c)

Mexico

d)

Gran Columbia

16.

One of the causes of the Latin American Revolutions is

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Enlightenment ideas

c)

New laws

d)

Public education

17.

Following independence, Latin America will struggle with

a)

All of these

b)

Civil wars

c)

Corupt leaders

d)

reliance on other nations for money

18.

Simon Bolivar was influenced by time he spent in

a)

Europe and North America

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

his parents' basement

19.

Brazil gained independence in 1822 from

a)

Portugal

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

United States

20.

True or False: Latin American Revolutions were influenced by the French and American Revolutions

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know