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WorksheetsFrench Revolution Vocabulary
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
"a political regime in which the monarch (king or queen) holds all the political power"
Democracy
Absolute Monarchy
Communism
Timocracy
"the political organization of France before the revolution of 1789. It was characterized by the monarchy and social orders"
Political Regime
The Republic
The Ancien Regime
L'Ordre de Temps Passe
"an inhabitant of a country who has political rights"
citizen
subject
serf
peasant
"the document that provides the basis for the political organization of a country and defines its form of government"
Primary Document
Political Regime
Constitution
Cahier Doleance
"all of the institutions and practices that characterize the political and social organization of a state"
Constitution
Ancien Regime
Estates-General
Political Regime
"a political system in which the people participate in political decisions by electing government officials"
Democracy
Monarchy
Socialism
Liberalism
"assembly of representatives of the three estates in the Ancien Regime"
Political Regime
Estates-General
Nobility
Clergy
"the state of not working and spending all one's time in recreation"
Laziness
Recess
Uselessness
Idleness
"politics based on individual freedom"
Democracy
Philosophy
Liberalism
The Enlightenment
"an assembly with the power to make laws"
Parliament
Philosophy
The Clergy
The nobility
"a line of thought, a particular way of understanding the world, society, and humans"
Idleness
Parliament
Constitution
Philosophy
"a rapid and sometimes violent change of the social and political order"
Upheaval
Riot
Revolution
Rampage
"a political regime in which power is held by many people - unlike a monarchy - and the position of head of state is not hereditary"
Republic
Ancien Regime
Democracy
Parliament
"noble landowner in France"
Lord
Seigneur
Monsieur
Parapluie
"the grouping of the members of a society according to their degree of power, wealth or influence"
Pecking Order
Rank
Human Resources
Social Hierarchy
"a state with colonies or overseas territories"
Empire
Mother-Country
Home-Country
Mother-Empire
"recognition and respect for the rights of individuals"
Executive Power
Legislation
Justice
Revolution
"a person who is under the authority of a king"
Subject
Citizen
Third Estate
Serf
"the money a government collects to pay for public expenses"
Rent
Insurance
Donations
Tax
