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French revolution

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The King of France during the French Revolution. He was the King who was beheaded via the Guillotine. 

a)

Maximilien Robespierre

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Estates General

d)

Bastille

2.

A Paris prison that housed weapons used in the revolution

a)

Third Estate

b)

Estates General

c)

_Bastille

d)

National Assembly

3.

The Jacobin leader who set out to build a “republic of virtue”, and was later beheaded. Lead the Reign of Terror

a)

King Henry

b)

Louis X

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Maximilien Robespierre

4.

A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate

a)

National Assembly

b)

Third Estate

c)

Estates General

d)

Reign of Terror

5.

The period when Robespierre ruled France as a dictator and thousands of political figures and citizens were executed

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Reign of Terror

c)

Estates General

d)

Bastille

6.

An assembly of representatives from all three states

a)

Bastille

b)

National Assembly

c)

Third Estate

d)

Estates General

7.

A pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789 in which they vow to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution

a)

Pledge of Allies

b)

The France Pledge

c)

Tennis Court Oath

d)

The Oath of Continuance

8.

The estate which included the bourgeoisie as well as professionals, artisans, and peasants

a)

Estates General

b)

Third Estate

c)

National Assembly

d)

Real Estate

9.

What occurred first in history?

a)

The National Assembly is created

b)

The Reign of Terror

c)

The Storming of Bastille

d)

Napoleon comes into power

10.

What occurred second in history?

a)

Napoleon comes into power

b)

The Storming of Bastille

c)

 The National Assembly is created

d)

The Reign of Terror

11.

What occurred Third in history?

a)

The Storming of Bastille

b)

Napoleon comes into power

c)

The National Assembly is created

d)

The Reign of Terror

12.

What occurred Fourth in history?

a)

The Storming of Bastille

b)

The Reign of Terror

c)

Napoleon comes into power

d)

The National Assembly is created

13.

In 1792, the National Convention voted to abolish the monarchy and declare France.......

a)

a republic

b)

bankrupt

c)

dissolved

14.

According to the picture above, what happened on July 14th, Bastille Day in France?

a)

Robespierre was executed by guillotine.

b)

French women marched all the way to Versailles to protest for bread.

c)

A mob stormed a prison starting the French Revolution.

15.

Which of the following reasons was why the guillotine was used during French Revolution executions?

a)

Was the most painful form of execution

b)

They could execute many people in a short amount of time

c)

A humane way of execution

16.

Belief in the ideas of _______________________________and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the French Revolution.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Spanish Inquisition

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Catholic Reformation

17.

Maximillian Robespierre and the Jacobins are best known for

a)

Instituting the Reign of Terror

b)

Protecting freedom of religion

c)

Supporting the reign of King Louis XVI

18.

The philosophical movement of the 18th Century, characterized by the belief in human reason

a)

nationalism

b)

national assembly

c)

enlightenment

d)

bastille

19.

Having the extreme spirit that is common within a nation.

a)

nationalism

b)

patriotism

c)

national assembly

d)

old regime

20.

A device with a huge razor-sharp blade that was used for punishment in beheading people.

a)

old regime

b)

bastille

c)

emigres

d)

guillotine

21.

Females protest at Versailles for human rights

a)

emigres

b)

women's march

c)

cahiers

d)

estates-general

22.

Nomadic, aristrocratic, social, and political system established in the kingdom of France from the 15th Century to the late 18th Century, where all people were subjects to the King of France.

a)

Estates-General

b)

Old Regime

c)

National Assembly

d)

Emigres

23.

A report or memorial concerning policy, especially that of a parliamentary body.

a)

Cahiers

b)

Emigres

c)

Women's March

d)

Nationalism

24.

The legislative body of France of 1789, which represent the three estates of the realm.

a)

national assembly

b)

estates-general

c)

Old Regime

d)

Bastille

25.

The elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution, 1789-1791, replaced by the New legislative.

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

Old Regime

c)

National Assembly

d)

Cahiers

26.

A fortress in Paris, which became a state prison of France in the 17th and 18th centuries.

a)

bastille

b)

guillotine

c)

reign of terror

d)

The Directory

27.

A period of remorseless bloodshed during the French Revolution.

a)

guillotine

b)

enlightenment

c)

national assembly

d)

reign of terror

28.

The body of five directories forming the executive power of France in 1795 to 1799.

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

The Directory

d)

deficit spending

29.

The basic principle of government spending in excess (greater) than their income, thus creating debt.

a)

deficit spending

b)

emigres

c)

cahiers

d)

The Directory

30.

The basic principle that delcares all men are born free and remain free with equal rights.

a)

Women's March

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

The Tennis Court Oath

d)

Estates-General En Fuego

31.

The Frenchmen, mostly aristocrats, who fled France in 1789 during the French Revolution

a)

Cahiers

b)

Old Regime

c)

National Assembly

d)

Emigres

32.

dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation (the Third Estate) during the meeting of the Estates-General (traditional assembly) at the beginning of the French Revolution, which received its name from where they conducted the act.

a)

Tennis Court Oath

b)

Women's March

c)

The Directory

d)

Old Regime

33.

This is celebrated on July 14, which marks the fall of French Tyranny in 1789 when the people stormed the French prison.

a)

Women's March

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

Bastille Day

d)

Reign of Terror

34.

What are the three French classes?

a)

First class

b)

Real Estate

c)

2nd Class

d)

3rd class

35.

The Clergy were considered to be apart of which class?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

3rd

d)

4th

36.

Most of the French population belonged to the

a)

1st estate

b)

3rd Estate

c)

2nd Estate

37.

Which French social class paid the majority of taxes?

a)

Clergy

b)

The rich

c)

nobility

d)

peasants

38.

The women of France stormed what building demanding bread to feed their families?

a)

The Eiffel Tower

b)

Versailles

c)

Bastille

d)

Burke Toney

39.

Social conditions where the background to the French Revolution. Which factors were an important part of the French uprising?

a)

Famine

b)

unemployment

c)

rising prices

d)

All of the choices

40.

People in Paris went to a hospital housing French soilders looking for ammunition. They realized none were there and turned to storming which French fortress?

a)

Bastille

b)

Versailles

c)

National Assembly

41.

The radical and violent stages of the French Revolution is reffered to as the

a)

Starving time

b)

Regin if Terror

c)

American Revolution

d)

Bastille Day

42.

Louis XIV was informed that he could no longer trust his royal troops and some even joined storming the Bastille.

a)

true

b)

false

43.

The first Esate was the clergy who owned close to 10 percent of the land?

a)

true

b)

false

44.

The French Revolution had ideas that came from

(Pick 2)

a)

The American Revolution

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

Louis XIV

d)

The National Assembly

45.

Some of the causes of France being in debt was because of

a)

Giving financial aid to the American colonies

b)

The overspending by the King on luxuries

c)

Bad harvest and famine

d)

unemployment

e)

All of the choices

46.
France was deep in debt because
a)
money spent on the American Revolution
b)
Marie Antoinette's lavish spending
c)
the 1st and 2nd estates did not pay taxes
d)
all of the above
47.
The Second Estate was composed of 
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
48.
Most of the people of France belonged to the 
a)
1st 
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
49.
What was the Divine Right of Kings?
a)
right to not pay taxes
b)
God given right to rule
c)
predetermined rise to power
d)
enlightenment of kings
50.
This type of government is a rule by one, usually a king or queen and is passed through generations
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Republic
d)
Monarchy
51.
This government believes in giving the power to the people and separating the government into separate branches
a)
Theocracy
b)
Democracy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Anarchy
52.
The First Estate in French society was composed of 
a)
the Clergy
b)
people with special courts
c)
people who did not pay taxes
d)
all of the abve
53.
What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?
a)
all the estates were taxed equally
b)
the upper classes paid the most taxes
c)
the poorest classes paid all the taxes
d)
the third estate was the wealthiest
54.
brilliant military leader who could be described as ruthlessly ambitious
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
José Bonaparte
c)
Maximilien Robespierre
d)
Martha Stewart 
55.
Revolutionaries responded to the king on July 24th by seizing this prison...
a)
Bastille
b)
Versailles
c)
Eiffel
d)
Huntsville
56.
Which of these contributed to the French Revolution?
a)
defeat and occupation by Prussian army
b)
rejection of Enlightenment ideas
c)
participation in the American Revolution
d)
the rise of Napoleon
57.
 How could the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI best be described? 
a)
democracy
b)
constitutional government
c)
limited government
d)
unlimited government
58.
Which of the following was an underlying, or deep-­rooted, cause of the French Revolution? 
a)
unequal tax burdens
b)
equal land ownership
c)
a law granting peasants more freedom 
d)
a growing French empire
59.
What was the final outcome of the French Revolution? 
a)
the declaration of the Edict of Nantes
b)
Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France
c)
unification of French city­ states
d)
the restoration of Louis XVI 
60.

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

a)

clergy

b)

nobles

c)

common people

d)

kings and queens

61.

What cause of the French Revolution is represented by this image?

a)

Weak leadership of the monarchy

b)

Unequal social class system

c)

Economic crisis

d)

Inspiration from the Enlightenment

62.

Which event is associated with this image?

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

Meeting of the Estates General

c)

Rise of Napoleon

d)

Storming of the Bastille

63.

Who came to power in France at the end of the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Robespierre

d)

Louis XVI

64.

Belief in the ideas of the Enlightenment and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the

a)

French Revolution

b)

Counter Reformation

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Spanish Reconquista

65.

The French Revolution started with the storming of the:

a)

Bastille

b)

White House

c)

Palace

d)

Guillotine

66.
What land does Napoleon sell to America?
a)
Louisiana Territory
b)
New Mexico Territory
c)
California
d)
Cuba
67.

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

a)

clergy

b)

nobles

c)

common people

d)

kings and queens

68.
The idea that reason should guide society rather than tradition helped cause the revolution and came from
a)
the Declaration of Independence
b)
the Scientific Revolution
c)
the Enlightenment
d)
all of the above
69.
The Second Estate was composed of 
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
70.

Which estate in France was made up of the clergy and the Church?

a)

the third estate

b)

the second estate

c)

the first estate

d)

the final estate

71.

Which estate was primarily made up of nobles that wanted to keep or extend their powers?

a)

the first estate

b)

the final estate

c)

the second estate

d)

the third estate

72.

What estate was primarily made up of middle class people and peasants that made up most of the population of France and paid all the taxes?

a)

the first estate

b)

the second estate

c)

the third estate

d)

the final estate

73.

What is the idea of the gov. spending more money than it is taking in?

a)

inflation

b)

deficit spending

c)

national debt

d)

defense spending

74.

What was rising in price in France that was primarily the cause for making things worse at a quicker pace?

a)

weaponry

b)

clothing

c)

food

d)

houses

75.

Why did the nobles call for the Estate General for the first time in nearly 200 years?

a)

they wanted to form a treaty with the third estate

b)

they wanted to keep, secure, and extend their power

c)

they wanted to go to war with England

d)

they wanted to excommunicate various bishops

76.

After being outvoted many times in the past, the third estate established the ________ to write a constitution and create more fair laws.

a)

National Assembly

b)

Estate General

c)

Parliament

d)

Inquisition

77.

The French people, especially the middle class, were inspired by the Enlightenment thinkers and what recent contemporary event?

a)

the War of 1812

b)

the 7 Years War

c)

the Russian Revolution

d)

the American Revolution

78.

What was the event that was the first major step in the French Revolution?

a)

the fighting in Normandy

b)

the riots of Versailles

c)

the storming of the Bastille

d)

the occupation of the Eiffel Tower

79.

Before the French Revolution, why did the representatives of the Third Estate form the National Assembly?

a)

voting in the Estates General was not fair

b)

the king had ordered them to do so

c)

they wanted an end to the Reign of Terror

d)

they demanded that the king be put on trial and executed

80.

This person claimed it was possible to build a "republic of virtue". He also lead the Reign of Terror.

a)

Napoleon

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Marie Antoinette

d)

Maximilien Robespierre

81.

The Third Estate was made up of these people.

a)

clergy

b)

nobles

c)

common people

d)

kings and queens

82.

Who came to power in France at the end of the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Robespierre

d)

Louis XVI

83.

The French Revolution started with the storming of the:

a)

Bastille

b)

White House

c)

Palace

d)

Guillotine

84.

Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their...

a)

education level

b)

geographic region

c)

social class

d)

religious beliefs

85.

This man was King of France during the Revolution.

a)

Louis the 14th

b)

Napolean

c)

Louis the 16th

d)

King George the 2nd

86.

How many groups were there represented at the Estates General?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

3

d)

5

87.

What kind of government was France prior to the revolution?

a)

Dictatorship

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Socialist

88.

This woman became Queen of France during the revolution.

a)

Cleopatra

b)

Joan of Arc

c)

Queen Elizabeth the 2nd

d)

Marie Antoinette

89.

At the first meeting of the Estates General in 170 years, the three estates promised to not disband until they had a new constitution better representing the Third Estate. What was it called

a)

The Oath Keepers

b)

The Tennis Court Oath

c)

The Preamble

d)

The Declaration of Independence

90.

After the beginning of the French Revolution, the French went to war with which foreign country (Marie Antoinette's families home)?

a)

Britiain

b)

Ottoman Empire

c)

Japan

d)

Austro-Hungary