WorksheetsWORLD HISTORY-Chapter 18
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Paris Commune members, many of whom were called ________.
priests
sans-culottes
aristocrats
bureaucrats
One of three classes into which French society was divided before the revolution is referred to a/an ________.
taille
estate
faction
assembly
A/an ________ is a sudden overthrow of the government.
election
rebellion
coup d'état
crowning
In 1799 Napoleon headed a new government called the ________.
consulate
Reign of Terror
Glorious Revolution
Republic of Virtue
Under the Constitution of 1795, only ________ or qualified voters, could elect members to the legislative
priests
electors
aristocrats
taille
Who called a meeting of the Estates-General in 1789?
Members of the First Estate
Members of the Third Estate
King Louis XVI
Olympe de Gouges
Which right did the Third Estate demand in the Estates-General?
To have freedom of religion
To have access to the Louvre
That each deputy have one vote
To form their own militia
The Constitution of 1791 set up which form of government?
A limited monarchy
An absolute monarchy
A democracy
A republic
What did the European nations that opposed the revolution threaten to do?
Execute Louis XVI
Form a Republic of Virtue
Take away France's territories
Invade France
Thousands of people who opposed the government were executed when __________ was in power.
Louis XVI
the Estates-General
the Committee of Public Safety
Napoleon
What event happened at the end of the Reign of Terror?
The execution of King Louis XVI
The creation of the Committee of Public Safety
The execution of Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory
What is one of the principles of the Napoleonic code?
It strengthened the power of the clergy.
It furthered women's rights.
It stated all citizens were equal before the law.
It preserved traditional French society.
What was the goal of the Continental System?
Codify laws throughout Europe
Cut off trade between Britain and Europe
Conquer Russia
Create a strong, centralized bureaucracy in Europe
Where was Napoleon defeated for the final time?
Annecy in France
Waterloo in Belgium
Leipzig in Germany
Moscow in Russia
Why was the French invasion of Russia a failure?
England came to Russia's aid.
Napoleon was defeated before he could invade.
Barriers kept the French army from entering Russia.
Brutal weather and Russia's vast area made impossible.
