French Revolution

Question 1

About what percentage of France’s population belonged to the Third Estate?

Answer 1

97% or 98%

Question 2

What happened on July 14, 1789 which today is celebrated in France as Bastille Day?

Answer 2

The storming of the Bastille.

Question 3

What was the “slogan of the French Revolution”?

Answer 3

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Question 4

During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?

Answer 4

Nobody was safe .

Question 5

What were the important goals of the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 5

Compensation
Legitimacy
Balance of Power

Question 6

Who was the leader at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 6

Klemens von Metternich

Question 7

What issue led to the first meeting of the Estates-General in 175 years?

Answer 7

An unprecendented finacial crisis.

Question 8

Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?

Answer 8

The Committee of Public Safety

Question 9

Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?

Answer 9

His own people

Question 10

How did Great Britain react to the Continental System?

Answer 10

They blocked all trade to Europe

Question 11

Describe the tax system in France in the years before the French Revolution?

Answer 11

France largely exempted the nobles and the clergy from taxes.

Question 12

Name three of Napoleon’s accomplishments?

Answer 12

The Napoleonic Code
Stabilized the economy of Europe
He spread free public education for kids

Question 13

What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia?

Answer 13

The Scorch Earth Policy

Question 14

Name three accomplishments of Klemens von Metternich at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 14

Reperation
Legitimacy
Strengthening countries so they don’t get overthrown

Question 15

Define nationalism.

Answer 15

Loyalty and devotion to a nation.

Question 16

Besides the scorched-earth policy, what was major factor in Napoleon’s failure to defeat
Russia.

Answer 16

Insufficient access to resources
Harsh winters
No shelter
Troops were continually attacked by Russian forces

Question 17

Name three groups that belonged to the Third Estate

Answer 17

Anybody that doesn’t fit in to the role of the church
A noble

Question 18

Who was the first King of France after the end of the French Revolution?

Answer 18

Louis XVIII

Question 19

King Louis XVI left Versailles for Paris when his palace was surrounded by what group?

Answer 19

Angry women.

Question 20

Name three facts about the guillotine

Answer 20

Named after the person who invented it
Supposed to be a humane way to execute
Equality

Question 21

What group took the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 21

Third Estate
National Assembly

Question 22

What was the Great Fear?

Answer 22

A wave of violence throughout France.

Question 23

Name three things that contributed to the French financial crisis

Answer 23

They were running out of money because the 1st and 2nd Estate didn’t pay taxes
France was desperate to get back at England with the American Revolution
The selfish spending of the the queen and king

Question 24

Who did Napoleon overthrow to take control of France?

Answer 24

The French Directory

Question 25

What was the main purpose of the Committee for Public Safety?

Answer 25

To defend the nation agaisnt foreign and domestic enemies, as well as to oversee the new functions of the executive government.

Question 26

Where was Napoleon's last battle fought?

Answer 26

Waterloo

Question 27

What came to an end with the death of Maximilien Robespierre?

Answer 27

The Reign of Terror

Question 28

Which European country did Napoleon Bonaparte not conquer?

Answer 28

Britain

Question 29

Name the three islands associated with Napoleon Bonaparte’s life

Answer 29

Corsica, Elba, and St.Helena

Question 30

Louis XVI was executed after being accused of what?

Answer 30

Treason

Question 31

Why did Napoleon Bonaparte decide to invade Russia?

Answer 31

In an attempt to force Tsar Alexander I to cease trading with Britain.

Question 32

Name three similarities between Napoleon Bonaparte and Adolf Hitler

Answer 32

They both conquered almost all of Europe Both invaded Russia and got defeated Were continously opposed from Britain

Question 33

What are buffer states?

Answer 33

A neutral country serving to prevent the outnreak of war

Question 34

What is legitimacy?

Answer 34

Comformity to the law or to the rules

Question 35

Who was the King of France at the start of the French Revolution?

Answer 35

Louis XVI

Question 36

What did the Concordat of 1801 do?

Answer 36

It sought national reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics and soldified the Roman Catholic Church as an official religion of France.

Question 37

What was the attack on the Paris prison by the enraged citizens called?

Answer 37

The Storming of the Bastille.

Question 38

What is conscription?

Answer 38

Compulsory enrollment for service in a country's armed forces.

Question 39

Define tithe

Answer 39

A tithe is a portion (10%) of your income given to your local church.

Question 40

Why was the voting system of the Estates-General unfair?

Answer 40

The Estates-General was composed of three estates: the First Estate (clergy), the Second Estate (nobility), and the Third Estate (commoners). Each estate had one vote, which was unfair to the Third Estate as they represented the majority of the population.

Question 41

Name three groups that led France during the French Revolution

Answer 41

Clergy, nobility and commoners

Question 42

Name three things that the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens did

Answer 42

Freedom, ownership, security, resistance to oppression

Question 43

What did Marie Antoinette never say that made her famous?

Answer 43

“Let them eat cake”

Question 44

Which document established The Directory?

Answer 44

The Constitution of 1795

Question 45

What is an emigre?

Answer 45

A person who has left their own country in order to settle in another

Question 46

Which French group helped to define the U.S. political spectrum of left, right, and center?

Answer 46

Nation Convention

Question 47

Who killed Jean Paul Marat in the hopes of ending the executions of so many French citizens?

Answer 47

Charlotte Corday

Question 48

Why did Napoleon’s Continental system backfire on him?

Answer 48

Because the British had an overwhelming superiority at sea

Question 49

Name three reasons why the Russians were able to defeat Napoleon’s army

Answer 49

Insufficient access to resources, unfamiliar, freezing terrain, and the strategic efforts of the French military leaders

Question 50

What was one of the main purposes of the Concert of Europe?

Answer 50

To maintain peace on the continent after the Napoleonic Wars