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French Revolution

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Main Taxes paid by French People are called

a)

Estates

b)

Taille

c)

Absolutism

d)

Devine Right

2.

A system in which one ruler holds total power is

a)

Nationalism

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Absolutism

d)

Creole

3.

Who traveled throughout Europe to learn new ways to modernized Russia?

a)

John Locke

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Jean-Paul Marat

d)

Peter the Great

4.

Which Enlightenment thinker/philosopher believed in the social contract?

a)

John Locke

b)

Maximillian Robsepierre

c)

Voltaire

d)

Thomas Hobbs

5.

Which estate is known as the clergy?

a)

First Estate

b)

Second Estate

c)

Third Estate

d)

None

6.

The idea of ruling/becoming king is based off of God's decision.

a)

Absolutism

b)

Monarchy

c)

Divine Right to Rule

d)

Church

7.

Who called the Estates-General and was eventually beheaded?

a)

John Locke

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Robespierre

8.

The Napoleonic Code was a turning point because.....

a)

European nation states become modernized

b)

Many nations began to guarantee freedom of speech

c)

Many countries began to adopt civil codes which unified all laws

9.

Marie Antionette was....

a)

the wife of Napoleon who loved lavish things

b)

the wife of Louis VXI who loved lavish things

c)

the wife of Louis XVI who helped the third estate

d)

The wife of Robespierre

10.

The Sun King was....

a)

Peter the Great

b)

Voltaire

c)

John Locke

d)

Louis XIV

11.

A coup d'etate is....

a)

an Absolute Monarchy

b)

Slave Trade

c)

gathering of the Estates General

d)

A violent overthrow of the government

12.

Where was Napoleon defeated?

a)

Waterloo

b)

Ulm

c)

Palace of Versailles

d)

Storming the Bastille