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1
Approximately how many people were killed during the Reign of Terror?
100
100,000
25,000
40,000
2
A sudden overthrow of the government is called a...
power transition
sedan d'etat
power play
coup d'etat
3
The Directory was eventually toppled by
Robespierre.
Louis XVI.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
the Jacobins.
4
Notre Dame was known as the
building of beliefs
temple of reason
church of reason
cathedral of reason
5
The middle class
second estate
first estate
burghers
bourgeoisie
6
Louis XVI was forced to accept the National Assembly’s decrees because
the army turned against him and threatened to execute him.
it was the only way he could remain mayor of Paris.
his attempt to escape to Poland had failed.
thousands of armed Parisian women descended on the palace
7
Louis XIV's wife that loved to spend money...
Marie Curie
Olympe de Gouges
Kim Forlines
Marie Antoinette
8
The ____________________, or middle class, included merchants, bankers, and industrialists.
dissidents
nobles
bourgeoisie
Girondins
9
Maximilian Robespierre was the head of...
Second Estate
National Assembly
Third Estate
Committee of Public Safety
10
In his final battle, Napoleon was defeated by
a combined French and Swiss army.
the Duke of Wellington.
the bitter Russian winter.
the superior British navy.
11
The _______ proclaimed equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women.
Declaration of Independence
Constitution of 1789
Constitution of 1795
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
12
____ was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety.
Jean-Paul Marat
Maximilien Robespierre
Victor Hugo
Jean Valjean
13
The Russians defeated Napoleon’s superior Grand Army by
splitting their forces in half and attacking from two sides.
making an alliance with Egypt.
waiting to attack during the brutal Russian winter.
retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages.
14
The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was
a promise to destroy all of the nation’s tennis bracelets.
a promise not to rest until all clergy were executed.
a vow to continue to meet until they made a constitution
an oath of loyalty to Jean Valjean.
15
The storming of the ______ started the French Revolution.
Eiffel Tower
Palace
Versailles
Bastille
16
The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at
Annecy in France.
Waterloo in Belgium.
the Black Forest in Germany.
Moscow in Russia.
17
Napoleon’s agreement with the Catholic Church did all of the following EXCEPT
make those who had purchased church land his supporters.
return church lands to the pope and clergy.
recognize Catholicism as the majority religion of France.
restore some stability to France.
18
When Louis XVI began to lose power, _____________ threatened to use force to restore his power.
Britain and Austria
Spain and Portugal
Austria and Prussia
Germany and Mexico
19
Napoleon’s military force was called the
Napoleonic Code.
Dependent States.
Grand Army.
Coup d’État.
20
What were the two major reasons that Napoleon’s Grand Empire collapsed?
the resentment of the clergy and plotting of the accountants
Napoleon’s greed and laziness within his bureaucracy
the survival of Great Britain and the force of nationalism
France’s weak economy and the drain of Napoleon’s many wars
21
The most important of the seven legal codes established by Napoleon was
the Food Code.
the Merchant Code.
the Civil Code.
the Religious Code.
22
According to _____, bishops and priests were to be elected by the people and paid by the state.
The Civil Constitution of the Clery
Church Rules
Louis XVI
The Clergy Commandments
23
The term
sans-culottes
implied that the members of this political group were
ordinary patriots without fine clothes.
pacifists who did not use guns.
very poor and could not afford pants.
women, because they wore skirts.
24
The Paris Bastille was
a tennis court.
an armory and prison.
a restaurant.
Louis’s palace.
25
In an attempt to create a new order that reflected its belief in reason the National Convention
declared new national holidays celebrating French cuisine.
drafted a Constitution to reflect the Enlightenment.
pursued a policy of dechristianization.
ordered the building of several new libraries.
26
The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to
drain all the canals.
defend France from threats.
restore order to Brussels.
protect the Paris Commune from thieves.
27
This means a "sudden overthrow of the government".
coup d'etat
coup d'revolution
Continental System
super revolt
28
What was another name for France's chief tax?
guillotine
taille
income tax
gold coin
29
Invention used during the Reign of Terror for beheading enemies of the revolution
Guillotine
Razor Knife
Blade Basher
Catapult
30
The two dissenting groups within the National Convention were the
Dantons and the Robespierres.
Girondins and the Mountain.
Commune and the Paris mob.
Jacobins and the Marats.
31
Promotion within Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was
given to those Napoleon favored, but taken away.
designed to benefit the nobility.
based on ability only, not rank or birth.
based on height
32
Which of France’s estates was NOT exempt from the
taille
?
the Second Estate (nobility)
the Fourth Estate (middle class)
the First Estate (clergy)
the Third Estate (commoners)
33
Napoleon’s coup d’état overthrew the ____ to establish his consulate.
British government
Directory
Legislative Assembly
city mayor
34
Napoleon's army was called...
Strong Guys
Grand Militia
Grand Army
Super Forces
35
Who seized political power from the Legislative Assembly?
Marie Antoinette
National Convention
Paris Commune
Henry VIII
36
The Second Estate did all of the following EXCEPT
hold high positions in government and the military.
side with the peasants.
own from 25 to 30 percent of the land.
not pay taxes.
37
Napoleon’s Civil Code treated women
as co-owners of property with their husbands.
as legal equals to men.
equal in divorce proceedings.
as less than equal to men.
38
The National Assembly’s Constitution of 1791
set up a limited monarchy.
abolished the monarchy.
satisfied the priests and lower classes.
gave all men a vote.
39
The National Convention designated the cathedral of Notre Dame a _________ of __________.
temple of secularism
temple of reason
city of angels
dome of hope
40
The Reign of Terror set up revolutionary courts to prosecute
enemies of the republic.
Robespierre’s followers.
the sans-culottes.
Austrian prisoners.
