chapter 23

Question 1

French society was organized into ____ estates since medieval days.

Answer 1

three estates

Question 2

The Third Estate met here to draw up a new constitution in 1789.

Answer 2

Tennis Court

Question 3

Large palace of the French monarchs.

Answer 3

Versailles

Question 4

This was the large prison in Paris where political prisoners were held until executed.

Answer 4

Bastille

Question 5

The Declaration of the _______ included ideas of liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.

Answer 5

Rights of Man

Question 6

The National Assembly believed that the ______ should lose its political power in the new revolutionary France.

Answer 6

Church

Question 7

In June 1791, _____ tries to escape France but was apprehended and returned under guard to Paris.

Answer 7

Louis XVI

Question 8

Of the three factions in the Legislative Assembly, the _____ was most opposed to monarchy rule.

Answer 8

Radicals

Question 9

This machine was used for quick executions during the Reign of Terror.

Answer 9

Guillotine

Question 10

Nobles who escaped Revolutionary France and hoped to foster a counter revolution were called _____

Answer 10

Emigres

Question 11

Radical group who called for death to all who supported the monarchy.

Answer 11

Jacobins

Question 12

Jacobin leader in 1793 who called for Committees of Public Safety and supported a Reign of Terror.

Answer 12

Robespierre

Question 13

Committee of five men who acted as the executive of France in 1795.

Answer 13

Directory

Question 14

Military commander born in Corsica.

Answer 14

Napoleon

Question 15

A _____ d’Etat is a sudden seizure of power in a country.

Answer 15

Coup

Question 16

This a vote by the people to approve a new constitution.

Answer 16

Plebiscite

Question 17

The Napoleonic ______ was a uniform set of laws that it was hoped to eliminate many injustices.

Answer 17

Code

Question 18

The _____ was to crown Napoleon Emperor in 1804, but instead Napoleon crowned himself emperor demonstrating that he was more powerful than the church leaders.

Answer 18

Pope

Question 19

This was a key battle where Napoleon won fame and notoriety.

Answer 19

Austerlitz

Question 20

Naval battle where the English became dominant on the open seas.

Answer 20

Trafalgar

Question 21

The French Empire stretched across ______ from 1807-1812.

Answer 21

Europe

Question 22

Napoleon’s ______ system intended to destroy Britain’s economy and create a self-sufficient Europe which would need little overseas trading empire.

Answer 22

Continental

Question 23

Spanish and Portuguese peasant fights during the Peninsular War were called this.

Answer 23

Guerrillas

Question 24

When Napoleon invaded ______, Tsar Alexander called for a scorched-earth policy of resistance.

Answer 24

Russia

Question 25

Leader of Prussia in 1814.

Answer 25

Frederick William

Question 26

Leader of Russia in 1814.

Answer 26

Alexander

Question 27

Napoleon was exiled to ____ off the Italian coast in 1814.

Answer 27

Elba

Question 28

This was Napoleon’s last battle during which he was decisively defeated and then exiled to St Helena, later to die in 1821.

Answer 28

Waterloo

Question 29

Austrian prince that organized and led the alliance of the Great Powers in 1815.

Answer 29

Metternich

Question 30

The Congress of ______ established a balance of power of the leading European countries in 1815.

Answer 30

Vienna

Question 31

The war in ______ was the first time the Great Powers would fight against each other in the 1850s.

Answer 31

Crimea

Question 32

Alexander, Francis I, and Frederick William agreed to form the _____ to fight against revolutionary forces opposed to Christian principles.

Answer 32

Holy Alliance

Question 33

In _____ America, many Creoles attempted to wrestle control of colonial governments from European imperialism.

Answer 33

Latin

Question 34

Reforms sprouting from the French Revolution led to _______ spreading throughout Europe including Italy, Germany, and Greece.

Answer 34

Nationalism