WorksheetsFrench Revolution Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed
a)
Committee of Public Safety
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
2.
Fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789
a)
Robespierre
b)
Estates General
c)
The Bastille
3.
The level of French society made up of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.
a)
Second Estate
b)
Louis XVI
c)
First Estate
4.
The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.
a)
Clergy
b)
Aristocracy
c)
Oligarchy
5.
Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Robespierre
6.
French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
a)
Robespierre
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Louis XVI
7.
Leader of the Reign of Terror
a)
Robespierre
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Louis XVI
8.
Commoners
a)
Estates General
b)
Second Estate
c)
Third Estate
9.
Church leaders
a)
Heresy
b)
Clergy
c)
Nobility
10.
This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
Women's March on Versailles
c)
Reign of Terror
11.
Attack on the prison seen as the true start of the French Revolution.
a)
Storming the Bastille
b)
Committee of Public Safety
c)
Reign of Terror
12.
An assembly that represented the entire French population through three groups, known as estates;
a)
Committee Of Public Safety
b)
Estates General
c)
First Estate
13.
King of France during the French Revolution
a)
Louis XVI
b)
Marie Antoinette
c)
Napoleon Bonaparte
14.
A vow by members of the 3rd estate not to disband until a constitution was written
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
Estates General
c)
Reign Of Terror
15.
Human and civil rights document from the French Revolution
a)
Constitution of the United States
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
16.
Powerful group, led by Robespierre, set up to defeat all enemies of the revolution.
a)
Aristocracy
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Committee of Public Safety
17.
The level of French society made up of the nobility
a)
Estates General
b)
Second Estate
c)
First Estate
18.
The traditional political and social order in Europe before the French Revolution
a)
Tennis Court Oath
b)
Aristocracy
c)
Ancien Regime
19.
The most radical political group of the French Revolution who ruled France during the Reign of Terror.
a)
Robespierre
b)
Jacobins
c)
Reign Of Terror
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