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French Revolution Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"a political regime in which the monarch (king or queen) holds all the political power"

a)

Democracy

b)

Absolute Monarchy

c)

Communism

d)

Timocracy

2.

"the political organization of France before the revolution of 1789. It was characterized by the monarchy and social orders"

a)

Political Regime

b)

The Republic

c)

The Ancien Regime

d)

L'Ordre de Temps Passe

3.

"an inhabitant of a country who has political rights"

a)

citizen

b)

subject

c)

serf

d)

peasant

4.

"the document that provides the basis for the political organization of a country and defines its form of government"

a)

Primary Document

b)

Political Regime

c)

Constitution

d)

Cahier Doleance

5.

"all of the institutions and practices that characterize the political and social organization of a state"

a)

Constitution

b)

Ancien Regime

c)

Estates-General

d)

Political Regime

6.

"a political system in which the people participate in political decisions by electing government officials"

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Socialism

d)

Liberalism

7.

"assembly of representatives of the three estates in the Ancien Regime"

a)

Political Regime

b)

Estates-General

c)

Nobility

d)

Clergy

8.

"the state of not working and spending all one's time in recreation"

a)

Laziness

b)

Recess

c)

Uselessness

d)

Idleness

9.

"politics based on individual freedom"

a)

Democracy

b)

Philosophy

c)

Liberalism

d)

The Enlightenment

10.

"an assembly with the power to make laws"

a)

Parliament

b)

Philosophy

c)

The Clergy

d)

The nobility

11.

"a line of thought, a particular way of understanding the world, society, and humans"

a)

Idleness

b)

Parliament

c)

Constitution

d)

Philosophy

12.

"a rapid and sometimes violent change of the social and political order"

a)

Upheaval

b)

Riot

c)

Revolution

d)

Rampage

13.

"a political regime in which power is held by many people - unlike a monarchy - and the position of head of state is not hereditary"

a)

Republic

b)

Ancien Regime

c)

Democracy

d)

Parliament

14.

"noble landowner in France"

a)

Lord

b)

Seigneur

c)

Monsieur

d)

Parapluie

15.

"the grouping of the members of a society according to their degree of power, wealth or influence"

a)

Pecking Order

b)

Rank

c)

Human Resources

d)

Social Hierarchy

16.

"a state with colonies or overseas territories"

a)

Empire

b)

Mother-Country

c)

Home-Country

d)

Mother-Empire

17.

"recognition and respect for the rights of individuals"

a)

Executive Power

b)

Legislation

c)

Justice

d)

Revolution

18.

"a person who is under the authority of a king"

a)

Subject

b)

Citizen

c)

Third Estate

d)

Serf

19.

"the money a government collects to pay for public expenses"

a)

Rent

b)

Insurance

c)

Donations

d)

Tax