WorksheetsFrench Revolution Vocabulary quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What percentage of land was owned by the First Estate?
5%
10%
15%
20%
The clergy was divided between high class clergy and ______.
merchants
parish priests
soldiers
farmers
What percentage of the population was part of the First Estate?
1%
5%
10%
15%
Which group was part of the Second Estate?
Peasants
Clergy
Rich nobles
Merchants
What percentage of the population did the Third Estate comprise?
50%
75%
97%
100%
The Bastille held people imprisoned by order of the ______.
King
Parliament
Church
Military
During the Reign of Terror, who ruled France as a dictator?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVI
Maximilien Robespierre
Marie Antoinette
Who were the Sans-Culottes during the French Revolution?
A) A group of wealthy aristocrats
B) A radical group of Parisian wage-earners and small shopkeepers
C) A political party of the French monarchy
D) A military faction of the French army.
Admiral Horatio Nelson is known for his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, which occurred after the Battle of the Nile. True or False?
True
False
The Continental System was a policy implemented by which historical figure?
George Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Winston Churchill
Julius Caesar
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen guarantees citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of ______.
Assembly
Religion
Press
Movement
The top 2 estates under the Old Regime in France were privileged and could hold high offices and didn’t have to pay (a) .
Who carried the burden of the French before the Revolution?
1st estate
2nd estate
3rd estate
the King
members of the working class who made the French Revolution more radical; called such because men wore long trousers instead of the fancy knee breeches that the upper class wore.
sans-culottes
bourgeoisie
faction
ancien regime
a member of a radical political club during the French Revolution.
Whigs
Tories
Jacobin
Libertarian
time period during the French Revolution from September 1793 to July 1794 when people in France were arrested for not supporting the revolution and many were executed.
Salem Witch Trials
The Red Scare
Reign of Terror
The Tribunal
Which physical event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?
The Tennis Court Oath
The Reign of Terror
The storming of the Bastille
Napoleon's seizure of the throne
What was the goal of the Tennis Court Oath?
To create a national constitution and representative government
To overthrow Maximilien Robespierre
To sentence Napoleon to death
To start the Reign if Terror
Which Estate had the smallest population?
First
Third
Second
What was the device used during the Reign of Terror to execute thousands by beheading?
Bastille
Guillotine
Cahiers
Jacobin
