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WorksheetsFrench Revolution and Napoleonic Era Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 22mins
Noah and Aria are time-traveling to France’s old order! They want to know: which Estate did the clergy belong to?
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Fourth Estate
Abigail, Noah, and Avery are playing a history trivia game! They stumble upon this question: Which country was able to remain outside Napoleon’s European empire?
Britain
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
Emma and Michael are playing a history board game. They land on a question: What clever war tactic did the Russians use to outsmart Napoleon and win? Can you help them choose the right answer?
Scorched-earth policy
Continental System
Waterloo strategy
blockades
Imagine Grace and Mason are discussing life in the Third Estate. Who among the following would have struggled the most with poverty?
Urban workers
Bourgeois families
nuns & priests
philosophes
Imagine Hannah, Samuel, and Lily are living in France during the fall of 1792. When radicals took control of the Legislative Assembly, which group did they extend voting rights to?
All citizens
All male citizens
All male property owners
All male and female property owners
Noah, Elijah, and Isla are discussing how Robespierre thought France could become a “republic of virtue.” According to Robespierre, which method was necessary to achieve this goal?
Extending suffrage to more citizens.
Electing a strong, absolute ruler.
The use of terror.
Observing strict religious laws.
Imagine Liam, Arjun, and Grace are time travelers visiting the French Revolution! During the Reign of Terror, they witness trials & executions. Under whose authority are these dramatic events taking place?
Louis XVI
The National Assembly
The Committee of Public Safety
Napoleon
Imagine Jackson, Michael, and Aria are time travelers who just witnessed Napoleon overthrowing the Directory in 1799. They see Napoleon and his followers set up a new three-man governing board. Can you help them remember what it was called?
Revolutionaries
Assembly
Convention
Consulate
Abigail, Charlotte, and Olivia are discussing history class! Under the Napoleonic Code, which of the following was true?
Men regained complete authority over their wives.
Most enlightenment principles were abandoned.
The practice of religion was banned.
Many aspects of feudalism were restored.
Sophia and Daniel are debating in history class: The Continental System was a form of what?
Government.
Economic warfare.
Social class system.
Oppression through terror.
Avery, Ethan, and Maya are debating which famous battle marked Napoleon’s final defeat. Can you help them settle the score?
Battle of Waterloo.
Battle of the Nations.
Battle of Moscow.
Battle of Austerlitz.
Imagine Scarlett, Grace, and Anika are time travelers attending the Congress of Vienna. What was one of the main goals the decision-makers at this historic event wanted to achieve?
Restore the sans-culottes to power in France.
Divide France among the victors.
Suppress revolutionary uprisings throughout Europe.
Destroy Napoleon’s forces at Waterloo.
Michael, Aria, and Ethan are time-traveling students who land in revolutionary France. To escape the Reign of Terror, they must answer: What was the name of the group responsible for the Reign of Terror?
Committee on Public Safety
The Directory
The Consulate
The Tennis Court Foursome
Imagine James, Priya, and Hannah are time-travelers visiting the French Revolution! They meet a group of middle-class lawyers & intellectuals who boldly take over the National Assembly. Who are these daring revolutionaries?
Sans-culottes
Peasants
Nobles
Jacobins
Charlotte and Noah are discussing the group of working-class people who demanded radical reform to the national government during the French Revolution. Who were they?
Sans-culottes
Jacobins
Directory
Consul
Imagine David, Zoe, and Scarlett are living in France in 1793. They hear about the mass levy announced that year. What was the main goal of this mass levy?
To pay for the king’s defense
To abolish slavery
To erase the traces of the old order
To raise money for the war effort
Aria and Mason are debating history: A disastrous attempt to invade which country marked the beginning of Napoleon’s downfall?
Poland
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Evelyn, Michael, and Ava are time-traveling students who just landed at the Congress of Vienna! Their mission: figure out what the main goals of this historic meeting were. Can you help them choose the right answer?
Make Vienna the capital of Europe and restore peace
Preserve peace through a balance of power and restore monarchies
Divide Europe into equal parts
Establish a new European constitution
Scarlett, Abigail, and Ethan are discussing history. Scarlett asks, "What did many people see the Bastille as a symbol of?" Can you help them out?
Freedom
Tyranny
Social classes
Wealth
Avery and Abigail are debating history! When the National Assembly created the constitution of 1791, what exciting new form of government did they establish?
An absolute monarchy
A republic
A theocracy
A limited monarchy
What were the causes of the French Revolution? Explain
Do you think the actions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette contributed to their downfall? Explain.
What is nationalism? In what ways did it help Napoleon? In what ways did it hurt Napoleon?
Identify and describe the Three Estates. Who made up each estate? Briefly describe how the different social classes contributed to the French Revolution.
