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French Revolution Content Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Maximilian Robespierre is most closely associated with which part of the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleonic Code

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

Tennis Court Oath

2.

Despite the execution of the king and queen of France, the Reign of Terror mostly killed...

a)

clergy in the First Estate

b)

poor people from the Third Estate

c)

slaves in Haiti

d)

nobility in the Second Estate

3.

Which choice below is NOT an example of the Enlightenment influencing the French revolution?

a)

Napoleon's rule as emperor

b)

Tennis Court Oath

c)

Creating the National Assembly

d)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

4.

When a king has 100% control over his government, it is known as...

a)

Absolutism

b)

Divine Right

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Age of Exploration

5.

Choose THREE of the choices below that represent how kings maintained absolute power.

a)

Divine Right

b)

Centralized Power

c)

Militarism

d)

Social Contract

e)

Columbian Exchange

6.

The era of Enlightenment was DIFFERENT than the Age of Revolutions because the Enlightenment was...

a)

a time of war against the king.

b)

based on philosophical talk, not action.

c)

the creation of a new government.

d)

believing that your king represented god.

7.

The THREE ESTATES can be best desribed as..

a)

social classes in France after the Revolution.

b)

common jobs available in Europe.

c)

social classes in France before the revolution.

8.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was created during the French Revolution to represent...

a)

Natural Rights.

b)

Separation of Powers.

c)

Social Contract.

d)

Absolutism.

9.

The ___ made up roughly 97% of the French population.

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

Church officials

10.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?

a)

Only peasants and the clergy paid taxes.

b)

Only about 2 percent of the nobility paid any taxes.

c)

The nobility paid taxes only on land, not on income.

d)

The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes.

11.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Revolution?

a)

An unfair tax system among the Estates

b)

Government debt from wars

c)

An increase in the cost of living

d)

Frequent attacks from the British

12.

Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?

a)

The Second Coalition

b)

The Committee of Public Safety

c)

The National Assembly

d)

The King's Swiss guard

13.

Who was Maximilien Robespierre?

a)

army general

b)

King of France

c)

priest

d)

Leader of the Committee of Public Safety

14.

French Congress established by representatives of the Third Estate on June 17, 1789, to enact reforms and laws in the name of the French people

a)

Estates General

b)

National Assembly

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

Congressional Assembly

15.

A committee established during the French Revolution to identify "enemies of the republic."

a)

Committee of Public Safety

b)

National Assembly

c)

Legislative Assembly

d)

Estates General

16.

Napoleon failed the principles of Enlightenment because...

a)

he protect France from foreign invasion.

b)

he made himself emperor of France.

c)

he conquered North Africa.

d)

he failed to defeat Russia.

17.

Which choice below best represents the Reign of Terror in France?

a)

National Assembly

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

Death by guillotine

d)

Starvation of the Third Estate

18.

Identify TWO OTHER COUNTRIES that had revolutions similar to France.

a)

Haitian Revolution 🇭🇹

b)

Britain 🇬🇧

c)

United States 🇺🇸

d)

Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

19.

The examples of "life," "liberty," and "property," best represent which Enlightenment idea?

a)

Natural Rights

b)

Consolidation of Power

c)

Social Contract

d)

Separation of Power

20.

The National Assembly best represents which Enlightenment idea?

a)

Militarism

b)

Divine Right

c)

Separation of Powers

d)

Social Contract