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French and Haitian Revolutions

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Most of the people of France belonged to the 
a)
1st 
Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
4th Estate
2.
The Second Estate was composed of 
a)
Church leaders
b)
Nobility
c)
Peasants
d)
none of the above
3.

The different social groups in France were called

a)

Feud

b)

Social classes

c)

Estates

4.

What does the word revolution mean?

a)

change

b)

war

c)

stagnation

d)

purpose

5.
The First Estate was made up of this group.
a)

clergy

b)
common people
c)
nobles
d)
kings and queens
6.
Only this group paid taxes in pre-revolutionary France.
a)
1st Estate
b)
2nd Estate
c)
3rd Estate
d)
1st and 3rd Estates
7.
The motto of the French Republic was:
a)
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
b)
life, equity, equality
c)
liberty, equity, brotherhood
d)
life, liberty, property
8.

July 14, 1789, a French mob stormed a prison. The mob successfully captured the gunpowder they were after.

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

The Great Fear

c)

Storming of Pompei

d)

Sandstorm

9.
What basic food item was extremely expensive in France as the Revolution started? 
a)
Eggs
b)
Pizza
c)
Vegetables
d)
Bread
10.

Which of the following were reasons for France's economic issues?

a)

tax issues

b)

spending money on wars

c)

monarchy spending money

11.

The __________ introduced ideas about people being equal and having a voice in government.

a)

Reformation

b)

Industrialization

c)

Enlightenment

12.

Which social class in pre-revolutionary France made up 98% of the population?

a)

A) 1st Estate

b)

B) 2nd Estate

c)

C) 3rd Estate

d)

D) Nobility

13.
The Haitian Revolution took place between ______?
a)
1791-1804
b)
1776-1781
c)
1789-1804
d)
1804-1808
14.
What country did Haiti gain its independence from ___?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
 Spain
d)
The United States
15.
When did the Spaniards begin sugar production on Hispaniola?
a)
1492
b)
1500
c)
1516
d)
1522
16.
What did the French call Haiti?
a)
Saint Domingue
b)
Santo Domingo
c)
Hispaniola
d)
New Spain
17.
Sugar plantations were introduced to Haiti in 1700, this _____ the demand for slaves?
a)
Increased
b)
Decreased
c)
Demand was unchanged
d)
All of the above
18.
The Code Noir established rules for regulating slavery. These laws resulted in…
a)
Food rations for slaves
b)
Limits on physical punishment
c)
Jail time for mistreating slaves
d)
Slaves being worked to death
19.
The grand blancs were ____.
a)
Plantation owners
b)
British
c)
Large Shopkeepers
d)
Traders
20.
How many times more blacks than whites lived in Haiti by 1789?
a)
5
b)
10
c)
15
d)
20
21.
In November 1803 a slave army finally defeated Europe’s greatest military power, in their new Constitution the Haitians inserted a quote from the American Revolution _____. 
a)
Free at last, free at last
b)
Don’t tread on me
c)
No taxation without representation
d)
Live free, or die
22.

Saint-Domingue (Haiti) was a colony of what country?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugal

23.

The number of enslaved Africans on Haiti was about ________ people, whereas the white/European population was about 30,000.

a)

2,000

b)

150

c)

500,000

d)

30,0000

24.

The Haitian Revolution was influenced mainly by which revolution?

a)

French

b)

American (United States)

c)

Mexican

d)

Columbian

25.

Who led the successful slave revolt on the island of Haiti in beginning in 1791 ending in 1804?

a)

Toussaint L’Overture

b)

Jose de San Martin

c)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Simon Bolivar

26.

What significant event occurred in Haiti on January 12, 2010?

a)

A hurricane

b)

An earthquake

c)

A volcanic eruption

d)

A flood

27.

Approximately how many Haitians were left homeless after the earthquake in 2010?

a)

Over a million

b)

500,000

c)

100,000

d)

50,000

28.

The ability to do what you want

(a)  

29.

The American Revolution did not gain liberties for these two groups

a)

Rich Men

b)

Women

c)

Educated Men

d)

Slaves