WorksheetsChapter 12 Sections 6-8 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was king of pre-revolutionary France that failed to support his ministers, who tried to reform France's finances and social institutions?
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
2.
Which of the following was a French noble who upon his return to France, he led the call for reform and in 1789 presented a draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man to the National Assembly?
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
3.
Which of the following was the director of the French treasury before the revolution, he attempted to reform the country's finances, but his calls for reform were thwarted by Louis XVI?
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Marquis de Lafayette
c)
Jacques Necker
d)
Henry VIII
4.
Which type of government did the Constitution of 1791 establish?
a)
a constitutional monarchy
b)
an absolute monarchy
c)
a totalitarian system
d)
a republic
5.
Which of the following was most responsible for Napoleon's rise to power?
a)
his reputation as a military leader
b)
his devotion to republican ideals
c)
his use of absolute power
d)
the support given to him by the pope
6.
What did the Concordat of 1801 accomplish?
a)
It punished the clergy who supported the monarchy in pre-revolutionary France.
b)
It kept the Church under state control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics.
c)
It took away all the rights gained by women during the Revolution.
d)
It kept the peace between France, Austria, Great Britain, and Prussia.
7.
Which statement best describes the impact of the Napoleonic Wars on many of the nations France conquered?
a)
Napoleon’s armies brought economic ruin to most of the conquered nations.
b)
Napoleon’s armies helped install new monarchs in many of the conquered nations.
c)
Napoleon’s armies terrorized conquered nations, leaving many in ruins.
d)
Napoleon’s armies backed liberal reforms in the lands they conquered.
8.
How did nationalism impact Napoleon’s conquest of Europe?
a)
Many Europeans saw Napoleon and his armies as foreign oppressors and fought back to save their countries.
b)
Most nations became more nationalistic after welcoming Napoleon and the ideas of the French Revolution.
c)
France became less nationalistic despite Napoleon’s success on the battlefield.
d)
Nationalism across most of Europe waned as Napoleon’s armies conquered many nations.
9.
Which of the following is a blockade designed by Napoleon to hurt Britain economically by closing European ports to British goods; it was ultimately unsuccessful?
a)
Concert of Europe
b)
Continental System
c)
Napoleonic Wars
d)
Napoleonic Code
10.
Which of the following is an assembly of European leaders that met after the Napoleonic era to piece Europe back together; met from September 1814 to June 1815?
a)
Concert of Europe
b)
Congress of Vienna
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Continental System
11.
Which of the following is a ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue?
a)
Napoleonic Code
b)
plebiscite
c)
annex
d)
abdicate
12.
Which of the following a series of wars from 1804 to 1805 that pitted the French empire against the major powers of Europe?
a)
30 Years War
b)
War of Austrian Succession
c)
Napoleonic Wars
d)
Concert of Europe
13.
Which is a principle by which monarchies that had been unseated by the French Revolution or Napoleon were restored?
a)
legitimacy
b)
abdicate
c)
annex
d)
plebiscite
14.
Which of the following body of French civil laws introduced in 1804; served as a model for many nations' civil codes?
a)
Congress of Vienna
b)
Concert of Europe
c)
Napoleonic Wars
d)
Napoleonic Code
15.
Which of the following means to give up or step down from power?
a)
annex
b)
plebiscite
c)
abdicate
d)
guerilla warfare
16.
Which of the following is fighting carried on through hit-and-run raids?
a)
annex
b)
plebiscite
c)
abdicate
d)
guerilla warfare
17.
Which of the following countries did Napoleon invade?
a)
Austria
b)
Spain
c)
Russia
d)
all of the above
18.
What strategy did the Russian used when France invaded with the Grand Army?
a)
Blockade
b)
Scorched Earth
c)
Guerilla Warfare
d)
None of the above
19.
In what way did the Congress of Vienna try to limit French ambition?
a)
It surrounded France with strong countries.
b)
It created a multinational army to stop future French aggression.
c)
It let France keep the territory it had conquered during the Napoleonic Wars.
d)
It kept France from participating in the Congress.
20.
Why was Napoleon unable to successfully establish a French empire in Europe?
a)
Most nations' people resented the imposition of French culture.
b)
Most nations were allies of Great Britain.
c)
Most European governments welcomed Napoleon's armies, but their people did not.
d)
Most nations wanted to establish a system of joint rule, but Napoleon did not.
21.
What was the significance of the Paris Commune?
a)
It could distribute food to the poor.
b)
It could directly challenge the king’s power.
c)
It could rally the citizens of Paris for protests.
d)
It could imprison aristocrats and other government supporters.
22.
Besides financial reform, what else drove the Third Estate to declare itself a National Assembly?
a)
The Third Estate wanted the king and ministers to leave their positions.
b)
The Third Estate wanted more appointments to bureaucratic positions.
c)
The Third Estate wanted more of a say in foreign affairs.
d)
The Third Estate wanted political and social reform.
23.
Many nobles resented the bourgeois because
a)
the bourgeoisie had more money.
b)
the bourgeoisie won government positions that had once been reserved for nobles.
c)
the bourgeoisie held all of the political power.
d)
the bourgeoisie did not pay taxes.
24.
What is the old order system of government in pre-revolutionary France called?
a)
estate
b)
ancien regime
c)
cahiers
d)
bourgeoisie
25.
Which word means middle class?
a)
Bastille
b)
estate
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
cahiers
26.
What is the name of the fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789?
a)
Bastille
b)
estate
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
cahiers
27.
What are the notebooks used in pre-revolutionary France to record grievances?
a)
Bastille
b)
estate
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
cahiers
28.
What are French social classes?
a)
Bastille
b)
estates
c)
bourgeoisie
d)
cahiers
29.
Which person's frivolous ways, conduct, and various scandals helped discredit the monarchy? She told her husband, Louis XVI, to resist reform demands by the National Assembly. Like Louis, she was branded a traitor and executed.
a)
Olympe de Gouges
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Maria Teresa
d)
Catherine the Great
30.
Which of the following is the legislative body made up of the representatives of the three estates in pre-revolutionary France?
a)
National Assemly
b)
Estates General
c)
Parliament
d)
Congress
31.
What was the main goal of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
a)
to end the French monarchy
b)
to assure equality of all male citizens
c)
to abolish all wealth and private property
d)
to establish the National Assembly
32.
Jacques Necker angered the First and Second Estates by proposing that
a)
taxes on clergy and nobles be raised.
b)
the government borrow more money.
c)
clergy and nobles be stripped of their political power.
d)
the Third Estate be given a voice in government.
33.
What did the National Assembly do to pay off France's debts?
a)
give men the right to vote
b)
execute the king
c)
sell the land owned by the Roman Catholic Church
d)
wage war against Great Britain
34.
When the delegates of the 3rd estate walked out of the Estates General in 1789, what oath did they take?
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
Pledge of Allegiance
c)
Versailles Oath
d)
Bastille Oath
35.
After the women's march on Versailles, where did Louis and his family go?
a)
England
b)
Tuilieries
c)
they did not leave Versailles
d)
Lyon
36.
Who were the Jacobins?
a)
members of the clergy who sought to restore the power of the Catholic Church
b)
aristocrats who fled France as the Revolution became more radical
c)
radical members of the Legislative Assembly who supported republican principles
d)
working-class men and women who wanted to abolish the monarchy
37.
Name one example of social reform during the French Revolution.
a)
The military was disbanded.
b)
Slavery was abolished in France’s colonies.
c)
Government pensions were instituted.
d)
New religious schools were built.
38.
How did France change under the National Assembly?
a)
The French countryside dissolved into violence.
b)
Order and peace were restored in Paris.
c)
France became a republic.
d)
France became a constitutional monarchy.
39.
What stirred the sans-culottes to riot?
a)
rising bread prices
b)
attempts to restore the monarchy
c)
the emergence of Napoleon Bonaparte
d)
the return of the émigrés
40.
How did radicals such as Robespierre justify the use of terror?
a)
They sought to preserve the republic from its enemies.
b)
They were afraid the king would attempt to seize power again.
c)
They feared the growing power of the Jacobins and sans-culottes.
d)
They wanted to recruit people to fight against foreign invaders.
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