Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna

Question 1

Calls for the break of France at the Congress of Vienna were silenced because it would upset…

Answer 1

The balance of power

Question 2

What is the name of Napoleon’s government run school?

Answer 2

Lycees

Question 3

Napoleon intended to eliminate corruption and incompetence by by expanding…

Answer 3

Education

Question 4

How did Napoleon expect to defeat the British?

Answer 4

Economic war

Question 5

Napoleon was defeated by civilian Spanish farmers during which war?

Answer 5

The Peninsular War

Question 6

What was the surprising tactic employed by Russians as Napoleon’s

Answer 6

Scorched-Earth

Question 7

What helped to better ensure a stable French currency?

Answer 7

The National Bank of France

Question 8

Despite restrictions to individual freedom, people largely embraced which of the following Napoleonic reforms?

Answer 8

The Napoleonic Code

Question 9

Which was key to the containment of France?

Answer 9

Having stronger countries surround france

Question 10

What appeased french catholics

Answer 10

Concordat of 1801

Question 11

What strategy at the Congress of Vienna wanted to combine small states on France’s border?

Answer 11

Containment of France

Question 12

Which restored traditional European monarchs to their thrones?

Answer 12

Legitimacy

Question 13

Which of the following refused to follow Napoleon’s Continental System?

Answer 13

Portugal

Question 14

Where did Napoleon’s troops suffer a defeat, in large part because they were poorly prepared for the harsh conditions?

Answer 14

Russia

Question 15

What was the priority for those participating in the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 15

Long term peace

Question 16

It makes sense that the most influential/powerful delegate at the Congress of Vienna was the foreign minister of ______.

Answer 16

Austria

Question 17

Where did Napoleon suffer a humiliating defeat to Britain’s naval hero Horatio Nelson?

Answer 17

The Battle of Trafalgar

Question 18

One of the economic reforms Napoleon put in place was to tax the people of France…

Answer 18

Based on a percentage of their income

Question 19

Which would explain why many people in France were ok with restrictions Napoleon made to their rights?

Answer 19

They were exchanging some of their rights for stability

Question 20

Legitimacy was necessary after Napoleon primarily because

Answer 20

Napoleon had put his family on several thrones

Question 21

Which describes what happened to France after the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 21

it was returned to pre-napoleonic borders

Question 22

One reason Napoleon’s continental system failed was because

Answer 22

The british imposed a better blockade

Question 23

Which was one of Napoleon’s achievements as Emperor of France?

Answer 23

creating a uniform code of laws

Question 24

Which former Napoleonic ally then fought against him when he put his brother on their throne?

Answer 24

Spain

Question 25

Which describes a reason why the Peninsular War contributed to Napoleon’s downfall?

Answer 25

He lost 300,000 soldiers