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1
What famous historical figures are being compared to Napoleon in the David painting?
Julius Caesar
Charlemagne
Hannibal
Luke Skywalker
2
Where was Napoleon Bonaparte from?
Belgium
Italy
France
Corsica
3
What part of the military was Napoleon trained in?
Artillery
Infantry
Navy
Cavalry
4
Who was in the third estate?
The peasants
The nobility
The Clergy
The Bourgeoisie
5
What massive structure was built during the reign of Louis the 14th?
The Eiffel Tower
Chartes Cathedral
The Palace of Versailles
Notre Dame Cathedral
6
What was the term Rousseau used to describe the period before the social contract?
The Garden of Eden
His happy place
The Dark Age
The State of Nature
7
How did Napoleon benefit from the meritocracy of the French Revolution?
He was able to rise up the ranks because of his ability
Able to rise up the ranks despite his German heritage
He was promoted because of his status as minor nobility
He didn't benefit, this is a trick question
8
Which philosopher thought ruler and parliament must work together for good Government?
Immanuel Kant
Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
9
Who were the Sans-culottes?
They did not wear stockings like everyone else
Bourgeoisie men who supported the Jacobins
Austrians who attacked France
The peasants who became radicalized by the revolution
10
Who thought an enlightened absolute monarch was the best form of Government?
Friedrich Hegel
John Locke
Rousseau
Voltaire
11
What did Napoleon say about religion?
"It is the only way to save your soul"
"It was excellent stuff for keeping the common people quiet"
"religion is what keeps the rich from murdering the poor"
"It is necessary for the spiritual health of the nation"
12
What is egalitarianism?
A term that means the rule of law
An idea that all people deserve equality of rights
An idea that says all men deserve equality of rights
A conservation law to protect Eagles
13
Who was the leader of this slave rebellion?
Jean-Jacques Dessalines
T'ouissant L'ouverture
Frederick Douglas
Charles Emmanuel Leclerc
14
What other world event heavily influenced the French Revolution?
The Industrial Revolution
The English Civil War
The Seven Years War
The American Revolution
15
Which cultures influenced the neo-classical style of art practiced by David?
Romans and Persians
English and Spanish
Japanese and Russian
Greeks and Romans
16
What is the capital city of France
Marseilles
Paris
Lyon
Versailles
17
Immanuel Kant said that the enlightenment was "man's emergence from a self-inflicted........."?
religious beliefs
Immaturity
wounds
stupidity
18
What does the term iconoclasm mean?
The destruction of symbolic images
Creating images of propaganda
The execution of famous or notable people
Creating religious icons
19
Where was Jean-Jacques Rousseau born?
Amsterdam, Holland
Genoa, Italy
Geneva, Switzerland
Paris, France
20
What happened at the tennis court oath?
They all agreed that tennis was the best sport of them all
They made an Oath to create a Constitution for France
They decided to give in to the King's Demands
The Third Estate proclaimed themselves the National Assembly
21
Who did Napoleon bring with him on his expedition to Egypt?
archeologists and geologists
Scientists and mathematicians
Botanists and naturalists
His wife, Josephine
22
How many people were executed during the terror?
26,356 People
Around 50,000 people
789 people
Around 1.3 million people
23
Which is NOT a reason the enlightenment was a cause of the French Revolution?
The American Revolution showed these ideas could work
The Bourgeosie were learning how to read
The monarchy was beginning to follow Rousseau and Voltaire
The ideas of the Philosophes were influencing the people
24
What was Voltaire's most famous work?
The Communist Manifesto
Candide
Emile
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
25
What is significant about this painting of the 'Tennis Court Oath'?
It was a fully realized work of art
incomplete because of changes to the political landscape
It was never completed because the artist died
Many people in the painting became victims of the terror
26
What term could be applied to the upper class?
Proletariat
Nobility
Bourgeoise
aristocracy
27
What happened when the Third Estate was locked out of the Estates General by the King?
They decided to quit and give up
They started to smash the windows in Versailles
They decided to meet in the Royal Tennis Courts
They organized a big protest in Paris
28
When Napoleon was defeated and returned to France, what mistake did the allies make?
They put him on Gibraltar, too close to Spain
They put Louis the 18th onto the French throne
They put him on Elba Island, close to France
They declared Napoleon's brother the new King
29
What was the name of the emerging middle class at this time?
The Bourgeoise
The second estate
The Proletariat
The dregs of society
30
What did NOT happen at the battle of Austerlitz?
Austria had to sign a treaty surrendering to the French
Napoleon gained control of most of Europe
Napoleon defeated a larger Austrian and Russian force
Napoleon withdrew forces=the opposing army was too strong
31
In what ways is the 'Death of Marat' a "Crime against art"?
It gave a false impression of who Marat was
It showed Marat as the monster he was
It accurately portrayed Marat's skin conditions
It was a poorly executed painting
32
What did Louis XVI (16th) have to call when he ran out of money?
The House of Commons
The National Assembly
The Estates General
The Super-Parliament
33
Which change was NOT made by Robespierre after he took power?
He changed the names of the months of the years
He brought back the Catholic Church
he brought in the 'festival of the Supreme being'
He eliminated aristocratic privileges
34
How did Napoleon help save the Directory?
With the 'Whiff of grapeshot'
By invading Italy
He declared himself Emperor
He shot a cannon at the crowd in Paris
35
What did Rousseau mean by the term 'noble savage'?
That the native Americans had nobles as well
People became more noble once they had settled in cities
That people were more pure in their natural state
That being savage was cool
36
Where did Napoleon win his first military victory?
The French port of Toulon
against the Egyptians in Cairo
In Madrid, Spain
Piedmont, Italy
37
What did Napoleon name himself after he overhtrew the Directory?
First Consul
King
Emperor
President
38
What was NOT an aspect of the Napoleonic Code?
Gave enslaved people freedom
Replaced the Laws of the feudal system
It gave women more rights
It influenced many other nations law codes
39
What were the Laws of Suspects?
put in to prevent another reign of terror
Allowed arrest of anyone who was not enthusiastic the rev.
Signalled the beginning of the reign of terror
Laws that guaranteed more human rights
40
Why was Napoleon's invasion of Spain called the Spanish Ulcer?
Because the Spanish put up little resistance
Because it was an easy victory
It gave Napoleon stomach problems
Because of fierce resistance and Guerrilla war
41
When the Grand Armee retreated from Russia who were they attacked by?
The Persians
The Romanians
The Austrians
The Cossacks
42
Who was Napoleon's first wife?
Marie-Louise
Josephine
Laetitia Bonaparte
Pauline Bonaparte
43
Who said "i disagree with what you said, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?
Immanuel Kant
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
44
Who was in the 1st/2nd Estate in France?
Aristocracy/Clergy
Bourgeoisie/Lower Class
Clergy/Aristocracy
Lower Class/Aristocracy
45
Why was Louis XIV (14th) referred to as the Sun King?
He believed the sun revolved around the earth
because he had lots of sons
He said he brought light to the whole nation
He was an amateur astronomer
46
At what age did Napoleon become a General?
34
41
26
19
47
What were the three main ideas of the French Revolution?
Liberty, Egality, Fraternity
Capitalism, monarchy, terror
oligarchy, theocracy, authority
freedom, equality, brotherhood
48
Who said "man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains"?
Montesquieu
Adam Smith
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
49
What is inaccurate about the message of picture of Napoleon visiting plague victims in Jaffa?
Napoleon never went to Jaffa
Napoleon never visited the plague victims
It is making an indirect comparison to Christ (healing sick)
Napoleon actually abandoned these men, sailed back to France
50
What day do the French celebrate Bastille Day today?
June 1st
July 14th
August 1st
July 4th
51
What was the result of all the spending under Louis the 14th?
The conditions became worse for most people in France
Budget deficits for the French Government
France was able to conquer parts of England
More $ went to helping the poor in France
52
What was the Great Fear?
It was the fear of invasion of a foreign power
peasants went into a mass panic because of fears of starving
The name of an extreme political party
Peasants burnt and destroyed manor houses and feudal records
53
What did Napoleon's archaeologists discover in Egypt?
The pyramids
The lost city of Atlantis
King Tut's tomb
The Rosetta Stone
54
What was the name of Napoleon's massive army that invaded Russia?
The Legion of Honour
The HUGE Giant big bad army
The Grand Alliance
The Grand Armee
55
Why was Antoine Lavoisier a significant figure?
He was part of the Jacobins and Reign of terror
He wrote the first list of the chemical elements
He was executed by the reign of terror
He invented gravity when an apple fell on his head
56
Who was the most famous french painter of this time?
Claude Monet
Vincent Van Gogh
Henri Matisse
Jacques-Louis David
57
What is NOT and aspect of this cartoon title 'The Radical's Arms'?
It is British satire/propaganda
It is in favour of the French Revolution
It portrays the Sans Culottes as violent, godless and drunks
It is a reaction against the French Revolution
58
What was the name of the Austrian Royal family Marie Antoinette was part of?
The Windsors
The Hapsburgs
The Hohenzollerns
The Romanovs
59
Where was Napoleon finally exiled?
The Island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean
The Island of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean
Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean
The Island of St. Helena in the Pacific Ocean
60
Why did Napoleon and Tsar Alexander break their alliance?
Napoleon had bad B.O.
Napoleon married Austrian princess instead of the Tsars sis
Napoleon said the Tsar's sister was ugly
The Tsar broke the Continental system
61
Where did Napoleon face the allies for the final time?
Nuremberg, Germany
Utrecht, Holland
Lisbon, Portugal
Waterloo, Belgium
62
What did British archeologist Howard Carter find in the Egyptian Valley of the Kings in 1922?
The tomb of Pharaoh Ramses II
The Rosetta Stone
The tomb of King Tutankhamun
The Sphinx
63
What was NOT and idea Rousseau had about child raising?
A child centred education
That children needed to be put to work at an early age
children were 'fountains of wisdom'
Breastfeeding is super important to child development
64
Which environmental factors caused a poor harvest in 1788?
The coldest Summer in decades
Massive earthquakes
Severe Hailstorms
Drought
65
What was the Continental system?
A system that prevented Europe from trading with Britain
A new sewer system built for Paris
A blockade of Great Britain
A system of dietary restrictions in France
66
What is a meritocracy?
A society where your status is based on your ability
A society where status is based on birth
A society where you cannot move up your class
The type of society the Jacobins wanted to create
67
For what reasons did marriages take place in Royal families in this time?
For love and nothing else
to keep the Royal blood 'pure'
To create alliances with other nations
Because those outfits were irresistible
68
What happened at the Battle of Trafalgar?
Britain maintained dominance at Sea
Britain prevented the French from trying to invade England
France won and sunk the entire English fleet
Horatio Nelson died of the Coast of Spain
69
What happened when Napoleon's Army reached Moscow?
The city was almost deserted
They found a huge Russian army ready to fight
The Russian had burned it themselves
They burned it to the ground
70
What did Napoleon plunder during his invasion of italy?
many sculptures from the Vatican
The Statue of David
Art treasures like the Mona Lisa
The Bronze Horses of Venice
71
What kind of Government did France become after the revolution?
A Democratic theocracy
A Constitutional Monarchy
A Republic
an Oligarchy
72
What was the point of the clip we watched from the film 'Marie Antoinette'?
To show the philosophies of the enlightenment in action
To show what a difficult life Marie Antoinette had
Shows how out of touch the Royals were to the rest of France
To show how ridiculous the royal customs of Versailles were
73
Who were the Jacobins?
A party that sat on the right of the National Assembly
Believed that change should happen gradually
Wanted radical changes and took power from the Girondists
A party that sat on the left of the National Assembly
74
What is inaccurate about David' Napoleon crossing the Alps?
He crossed them on a mule
The painting is heavily romanticized
Napoleon never wore that hat
Napoleon never actually crossed the Alps
75
What did Rousseau mean by the "social contract"?
That servants were tied to the land with it
People have to abide by unwritten rules to live in a society
That money is the root of all societies problems
That we must socialize in order to be successful
76
In the passage from the textbook, how did Madame Roland characterize Louis XVI (16th)?
An honest, kind and sensible creature
A mediocre man with ordinary faculties
Extremely foolish and stupid
As a Brutish blockhead
77
Why did Napoleon go to Egypt?
For archeological reasons only
Because Egypt was threatening their empire
To cut off the British route to India
Because the pyramids looked so cool
78
Who said "I am the Nation"?
Louis XVIII (18th)
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XIV (14th)
Louis-Napoleon III
79
Why was Marie Antoinette an unpopular Queen?
She was very unattractive
It was perceived that she didn't care about the people
Propaganda made her look like a terrible Queen and a cheater
She was Austrian
80
What was King Louis renamed after he was stripped of his title?
Citizen Louis Capet
Citizen Louis the fat
The World's biggest nerd
Citizen Louis the bald
81
What happened in Madrid on the 2nd of May, 1808?
Napoleon's troops ambushed the Spanish in Madrid
Some of Napoleon's troops were ambushed in Madrid
The Spanish people surrendered to Napoleon
There was a dance party
82
Who did Napoleon fight in the Battle of the Pyramids?
The Ottoman Empire (Turks)
The Mamluks (slave soldiers who controlled Egypt)
The Army of the Pharaohs
The Ptolemaic Dynasty (Greeks)
83
For how long was Louis XIV (14th) the king?
less than a year
26 years
49 years
72 years
84
What products drove the slave trade?
Sugar
corn
Cotton
Tobacco
85
What was the 'Declaration of the Rights of Man?
An important and influential human rights document
Put into law by the Catholic Church
Written entirely by the American, Thomas Jefferson
Influenced by the American Declaration of Independence
86
What was the family name for the dynasty of Louis XIV (14th) to Louis XVI (16th)?
The Bourbons
The Romanovs
The Hapsburgs
The Tudors
87
Who was the commander of the British/Prussian forces at Waterloo?
Horatio Nelson /Otto Von Bismark
Duke of Malborough/ Field Marshal Rommel
Duke of Wellington/ Field Marshal Blucher
Duke of Edinburgh/ Kaiser Wilhelm
88
What was the Flight to Varennes?
When the King and Queen took a flight to leave France
When the King and Queen were caught escaping France
When the King and Queen successfully escaped France
A reason for the King and Queen's execution
89
What letter is France on this map?
W
V
X
Z
90
What did Rousseau think about human nature?
Evil is a product of our environment
We are a blank slate, neither good or evil
We are born evil
It was basically good
91
Why was the fall of the Bastille a significant event?
Because the Bastille was taken peacefully
It demonstrated the power of the Sans Culottes
It was symbolic of the power of the monarchy
It caused the release of hundreds of political prisoners
92
Which is NOT an aspect of Francisco Goya's 3rd of May painting?
It was one of the first paintings to show the victims of war
The executioners are shown as individuals and humanized
It has a Christ-like figure at the center of the picture
The light=metaphor for modern technology
93
How did Jean-Francois Champollion decode the Rosetta stone?
figured out that Egyptian writing was a combination of two
He figured out that the hieroglyphs were phonetic(sounds)
He used google to find out what it meant
He figured out that hieroglyphs were ideographic
94
What happened to the Bastille after it fell?
Napoleon turned it into his headquarters
It was taken down brick by brick
It was turned into a castle for the peasants
The King took it back by force
95
What did the Comitee of public safety do?
They created safety zones and safe spaces
Created to protect the Revolution from internal enemies
Responsible for the executions during the terror
Created a just and fair police force
96
This was NOT an aspect of the women's of Paris march to Versailles?
Only lower class women participated
They were angry about the price of bread
The women were armed and became violent
They wanted the King and Queen to come back to Paris
97
Why was it difficult for the Bourgeoisie to make a profit at this time?
They weren't very good at their businesses
They were being taxed heavily by the clergy and aristocracy
They spent it all on fancy hair-dos
Their money was being spent on the poor
98
What are tariffs?
Taxes on imported or exported goods
A type of sail-ship
people who wanted the King dead
A tax specifically on bread
99
During what century did the French Revolution take place?
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
100
Who were the Girondists?
A group that was purged by the Jacobins
A party more radical than the Jacobins
A party that was completely pro-monarchy
They were accused of being too moderate
101
When do you think the Marie Antoinette film was released?
1997
2006
2011
1989
102
Which Swedish pop group has a song called Waterloo?
Europe
Aqua
Abba
The Bee Gees
103
What was the Louisiana purchase?
Cost 11 million dollars
A huge area of today's United States sold by Napoleon
An area of the United States bought by Napoleon
Only the land that makes up the state of Louisiana today
104
Who influenced Rousseau's view about the state of nature?
The French Kings
The Native American tribes
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
105
In which area would Prussia have been based on the letters on this map?
W
X
Y
U
106
Which French colony had a slave rebellion?
New France
Haiti
French-Indochina
Algeria
107
What happened to Robespierre?
He tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the jaw
He remained in power until Napoleon
He declared himself King
he was named a tyrant, arrested and executed
108
What war crime was committed by Napoleon in Jaffa, Palestine?
He had every man, woman and child killed in the city
He intentionally spread plague to the city
He tortured prisoners in front of his troops for fun
He had between 4000 Ottoman prisoners executed
109
Who was Jean Paul Marat?
A guy who died when he slipped and fell into a bath-tub
Responsible for the executions of many people in the terror
A journalist and Jacobin with an awful skin condition
Was one of the more moderate revolutionary leaders
110
Where was Napoleon's fleet sunk by Nelson, stranding much of his army in the Middle East?
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Arabian Gulf
The Battle of Trafalgar
111
What did Voltaire say about Europe's new found addiction to sugar?
It was going to cause lots of tooth decay
It would lead to expansion of Empires
It was tainted with the blood of slavery
It was DE-licious!!!
112
How did Napoleon beat the British at Toulon?
He positioned his cannons on a cliff overlooking the harbour
He proceeded with a full-frontal assault
He had the Navy bomb the British ships
He used nuclear weapons
113
What were some reasons that people were executed during the terror?
Crying over a husbands execution
Criticizing the monarchy
saying anything bad about the revolution
Giving bad wine to the soldiers
