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French Revolution Vocabulary quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of land was owned by the First Estate?

a)

5%

b)

10%

c)

15%

d)

20%

2.

The clergy was divided between high class clergy and ______.

a)

merchants

b)

parish priests

c)

soldiers

d)

farmers

3.

What percentage of the population was part of the First Estate?

a)

1%

b)

5%

c)

10%

d)

15%

4.

Which group was part of the Second Estate?

a)

Peasants

b)

Clergy

c)

Rich nobles

d)

Merchants

5.

What percentage of the population did the Third Estate comprise?

a)

50%

b)

75%

c)

97%

d)

100%

6.

The Bastille held people imprisoned by order of the ______.

a)

King

b)

Parliament

c)

Church

d)

Military

7.

During the Reign of Terror, who ruled France as a dictator?

a)

Napoleon Bonaparte

b)

Louis XVI

c)

Maximilien Robespierre

d)

Marie Antoinette

8.

Who were the Sans-Culottes during the French Revolution?

a)

A) A group of wealthy aristocrats

b)

B) A radical group of Parisian wage-earners and small shopkeepers

c)

C) A political party of the French monarchy

d)

D) A military faction of the French army.

9.

Admiral Horatio Nelson is known for his victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, which occurred after the Battle of the Nile. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Continental System was a policy implemented by which historical figure?

a)

George Washington

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Julius Caesar

11.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen guarantees citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of ______.

a)

Assembly

b)

Religion

c)

Press

d)

Movement

12.

The top 2 estates under the Old Regime in France were privileged and could hold high offices and didn’t have to pay (a)   .

13.

Who carried the burden of the French before the Revolution?

a)

1st estate

b)

2nd estate

c)

3rd estate

d)

the King

14.

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.

a)

sans-culottes

b)

bourgeoisie

c)

faction

d)

ancien regime

15.

a member of a radical political club during the French Revolution.

a)

Whigs

b)

Tories

c)

Jacobin

d)

Libertarian

16.

 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. 


a)

Salem Witch Trials

b)

The Red Scare

c)

Reign of Terror

d)

The Tribunal

17.

Which physical event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?

a)

The Tennis Court Oath

b)

The Reign of Terror

c)

The storming of the Bastille

d)

Napoleon's seizure of the throne

18.

What was the goal of the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

To create a national constitution and representative government

b)

To overthrow Maximilien Robespierre

c)

To sentence Napoleon to death

d)

To start the Reign if Terror

19.

Which Estate had the smallest population?

a)

First

b)

Third

c)

Second

20.

What was the device used during the Reign of Terror to execute thousands by beheading?

a)

Bastille

b)

Guillotine

c)

Cahiers

d)

Jacobin