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Enlightenment and French Revolution

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.
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
5.
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 
6.
Which enlightenment thinker wrote about natural rights?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
John Locke
d)
Thomas Paine
7.

The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

a)

Unalienable Rights

b)

Essential Rights

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Original Rights

8.

The painting shows Catherine the Great in the Russian national costume, circa 1780.  The Empress became a patron of women’s education in Russia throughout the 18th century and created separate boarding schools for both boys and girls. 

Which Enlightenment thinker protested for equal education for girls and boys?

a)

A. John Locke 

b)

B. Montesquieu 

c)

C. Mary Wollstonecraft 

d)

D. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

9.

Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu

a)

argued that people are born with certain rights that no one can take away.

b)

thought that to keep any one person from becoming too powerful, the government should be divided into 3 separate branches.

c)

thought that if a government does not treat its citizens fairly, it can get get rid of that government and get a new one.

d)

All of these possible answers.

10.

Which of the following best describes France under the Reign of Terror?

a)

A time of freedom of speech and the press

b)

A time when people were free to voice their opinions

c)

A time of open discourse as to the future of the French government

d)

A time when anyone against the government was killed or put in jail

e)

A time of peace and prosperity

11.

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

12.
What was the purpose of the Tennis Court Oath?
a)
To raise taxes of the the Third Estate
b)
Write a constitution for France and limit the king's power
c)
To make plans to storm the Bastille
13.
 What is the name of the document passed by the National Assembly?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
US Constituion
c)
Tennis Court Oath
d)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens
14.
Napoleon's Code of Laws he instituted to consolidate power throughout Continental Europe
a)
Shariah Law
b)
English Common Law
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Code of Hammurabi
15.
What was the result of Napoleon's invasion of Russia?
a)
None of these
b)
Napoleon conquered Russia, but while he was invading the British invaded France
c)
Napoleon retreated to focus on the Haitian Revolution
d)
Napoleon lost 95% of his army, and retreated back to France
16.
When Napoleon became the supreme leader in France what popular legal system did he enact (put in place)?
a)
Napoleonic Code
b)
Catholic Code
c)
French Bill of Rights
d)
Equal Rights Legislation
17.

According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government?

a)

to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual

b)

to build a wall

c)

to create laws that everyone agree on

d)

to open Chic Fil A on Sundays

18.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
19.
Which European ruler conquered the dark shaded areas on this map in the early 1800s?
a)
King Louis XVI
b)
Simon Bolivar
c)
Otto von Bismarck
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
20.
Why did the Congress of Vienna return absolute monarchs to power in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?
a)
to restore order and the balance of power
b)
to encourage the spread of nationalism
c)
to promote the spread of Enlightenment ideas
d)
to protect the power of the Catholic Church