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French Revolution Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which estate would you find the Bourgoise?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

2.

The nobility was part of which estate?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Clergy

3.

Where did the Third Estate meet when they formed the National Assembly?

a)

A tennis court

b)

A meeting room

c)

The King's palace

d)

The Bastille

4.

Who was the leader of the Jacobins during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Napoleon

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Robespierre

5.

Which landmark was raided by revolutionaries looking for weapons and ammunitions?

a)

Versailles

b)

The Bastille

c)

The Louvre

d)

The Musee d'Orsay

6.

How were the French nobles taxed before the French Revolution?

a)

They were taxed on a portion of the land they owned

b)

They only paid sales tax

c)

The paid taxes on everything they owned and bought

d)

They were not taxed

7.

Who was the French military leader that procalimed himself emperor?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Robespierre

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Christopher Columbus

8.

What machine was invented during the French Revolution that helped chop off people's heads?

a)

Bastille

b)

Guillotine

c)

Roadrunner

d)

Robespierre

9.

True or False

The French Revolution had Enlightenment ideas in it

a)

True

b)

False

10.

One of three distinct social classes in France consisting of Roman Catholic clergy & made up 1% of the population.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

11.

This group comprised 97% of France's population before the revolution.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

12.

Before the revolution in France, members of the Third Estate had...

a)

a smaller tax burden than the other estates

b)

greater political influence than the clergy

c)

a voice in government equal to that of the First and Second Estates

d)

a high tax burden and little political power.

13.

An estimated 40,000 people suspected of being traitors, were executed by the guillotine in one year during the French Revolution. This was known as...

a)

The Execution

b)

The Horror

c)

The Reign of Terror

d)

The Reign of Burt

14.

Which of the following contributed to France's financial crisis?

a)

a drop in the gold supply

b)

an extended period of peace

c)

peasant uprisings

d)

bad harvests

15.

What did the National Assembly vow in the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

to behead the king

b)

to prepare for war

c)

to draft a constitution for France

d)

to revolt

16.

How did the Napoleonic Code reflect Enlightenment principles?

a)

It guaranteed the equality of all citizens before the law.

b)

It guaranteed women equal rights.

c)

It valued individual rights above all else.

d)

It valued the security of the state over individual liberty.

17.

Which of the following statements about France's social structure is true?

a)

The Third Estate was made up entirely of peasants.

b)

The Second Estate paid much of their incomes to taxes.

c)

There was inequality among the three estates.

d)

Most people belonged to the First Esstate.

18.
What is the name of the document passed by the National Assembly?
a)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
b)
US Constituion
c)
Tennis Court Oath
d)
English Bill of Rights
19.

During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...

a)

the level of control they should have over their government

b)

the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit

c)

how their food crops should be grown