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French Revolution Mastery Connect Practice

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What accounted for the high mortality rate of the French Army in Russia due to everything being destroyed?

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

. Scorched Earth

d)

Naval Blockade

2.

Name one reason for France’s financial crisis in 1789?

a)

National Debt

b)

Discovery of gold mines

c)

Industrial Revolution in France

d)

Colonization of America

3.

Method for carrying out executions during the Reign of Terror ____________________

a)

Hanging

b)

Firing Squad

c)

Guillotine

d)

Poison

4.

Issued by Napoleon, this domestic policy preserved many rights the revolutionaries had fought for ____________________

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Edict of Nantes

d)

Napoleonic Code

5.

Leader of the Jacobins who headed the Committee of Public Safety ____________________

a)

. Marat

b)

Danton

c)

Robespierre

d)

Lafayette

6.

He was the absolute monarch of France at the start of the French Revolution ____________________

a)

Robespierre

b)

Napoleon Bonaparte

c)

Charles X

d)

Louis XVI

7.

Radicals who saw themselves as the defender of the revolution and as the voice of the people ____________________

a)

Jacobins

b)

Girondins

c)

Royalists

d)

Sans-culottes

8.

Social class in France made up of peasants, artisans, and the middle class ____________________

a)

3rd Estate

b)

1st Estate

c)

2nd Estate

d)

Royalty

9.

A type of economic warfare developed by Napoleon to stop trade with Britain. ____________________

a)

Treaty of Tilsit

b)

Continental System

c)

Berlin Decree

d)

Peninsular Campaign

10.

Phase of the French Revolution lead by Max Robespierre ____________________

a)

Reign of Terror

b)

Age of Enlightenment

c)

The Directory

d)

Napoleonic Era

11.

11. A meeting of delegates representing each social class ____________________

a)

Estates General

b)

National Assembly

c)

Parliament

d)

Senate

12.

Term for the French middle class ____________________

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Proletariat

c)

Bourgeoisie

d)

Clergy

13.

He would take over the Directory in 1799 and eventually name himself Emperor of France ____________________

a)

Lafayette

b)

Robespierre

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Napoleon

14.

A possible solution to France’s financial problem would be tax the ________ and _________. ____________________ and ____________________

a)

1st Estate and 2nd Estate

b)

1st Estate and 3rd Estate

c)

2nd Estate and 3rd Estate

d)

3rd Estate and clergy

15.

When radicals took control of the Legislative Assembly in the fall of 1792, they extended voting rights to

a)

all citizens.

b)

all male citizens.

c)

all male property owners.

d)

all male & female property citizens

16.

The Reign of Terror gave way to the Directory phase of the revolution & soon after Napoleon rose to power by

a)

a. a coup d'etat

b)

b. a Plebiscite

c)

c. a consulate

d)

d. a war

17.

Which country was able to remain outside Napoleon’s European empire?

a)

Britain

b)

Belgium

c)

Italy

d)

the Netherlands

18.

Participants in the Tennis Court Oath swore to continue meeting until they were able to bring about

a)

a. a reduction in taxes.

b)

b. the overthrow of Louis XVI.

c)

c. a just constitution.

d)

d. the fall of the Bastille.

19.

Napoleon’s final defeat was at the

a)

Battle of Austerlitz.

b)

Battle of the Nations

c)

Battle of Moscow

d)

Battle of Waterloo

20.

Which of the following was a NOT a mistake made by Napoleon?

a)

The Invasion of Russia

b)

The Peninsular War

c)

The Coup de'tat

d)

The Continental System

21.

What was the purpose of the Committee for Public Safety?

a)

Protect France from outside attacks and internal rebellion

b)

Protect France from the King's army

c)

Protect France from spies

d)

Protect France from public health problems

22.

What did the members of the National Assembly swear during the Tennis Court Oath?

a)

They would not rest until they used the guillotine

b)

They would meet anywhere until they drafted a Constitution.

c)

They would behead Louis XVI.

d)

They would not rest until the monarchy was abolished.

23.

What one is not apart of the Napoleonic Code?

a)

A comprehensive system of laws.

b)

It limited liberty and individual rights.

c)

Freedom of speech and press were limited.

d)

Education became less important

24.

A french word for a popular vote by ballot.

a)

a coup d'etat

b)

a Plebiscite

c)

a consulate

d)

a war