Test 8

Question 0

the first Protestant king of France

Answer 0

Henry IV

Question 1

John Calvin was a Protestant leader from what country?

Answer 1

France

Question 2

In France, what class paid most of the taxes?

Answer 2

peasants

Question 3

The First Estate was comprised of which class?

Answer 3

clergy

Question 4

Those on which side of the National Assembly were radicals who wanted the Revolution to go further.

Answer 4

the Left of the National Assembly

Question 5

Napoleon established the Continental System to shut off trade to which country?

Answer 5

England

Question 6

Napoleon died on which island?

Answer 6

St. Helena

Question 7

What revolution forced Charles X to flee to England?

Answer 7

The July Revolution

Question 8

Was France victorious or defeated in the Franco-Prussian War?

Answer 8

defeated

Question 9

Louis Napoleon proclaimed himself Emperor what?

Answer 9

Emperor Napoleon III

Question 10

“the sun King”

Answer 10

Louis XIV

Question 11

Russian czar who defied Napoleon

Answer 11

Alexander I

Question 12

leader during the Reign of Terror

Answer 12

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 13

ruthless queen who ruled for her weak sons

Answer 13

Catherine de Medicis

Question 14

issued the Edict of Nantes

Answer 14

Henry IV

Question 15

The French term for middle class

Answer 15

bourgeoisie

Question 16

The influential spokesman known as the “Prince of Diplomats” at the Congress of Vienna

Answer 16

Prince von Metternich

Question 17

Louis XIV reigned for over how many years, one of the longest reigns of any king in history.

Answer 17

70

Question 18

Name three famous thinkers of the Enlightment.

Answer 18

Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire

Question 19

French monarch who was beheaded after the “flight of Varennes”

Answer 19

Louis XVI

Question 20

About how many people died during the bloody “Reign of Terror”?

Answer 20

40,000

Question 21

An election in which the people express their will

Answer 21

plebiscite

Question 22

In 1813, the forces of Europe defeated Napoleon at the Battle of ?, also called the Battle of Nations.

Answer 22

Leipzig

Question 23

The Duke of Wellington was the famous ??? at the Battle of Waterloo.

Answer 23

British commander

Question 24

The Congress of Vienna attempted to surround what country with powerful nations?

Answer 24

France

Question 25

the pre-revolutionary monarchy in France

Answer 25

"old regime"

Question 26

National Assembly's vow to write a constitution

Answer 26

Tennis Court Oath

Question 27

granted some toleration to the Huguenots

Answer 27

Edict of January

Question 28

reign of Louis Philippe

Answer 28

July Monarchy

Question 29

French version of Parliament

Answer 29

Estates-General

Question 30

What are French Calvinist Protestants called?

Answer 30

Huguenots

Question 31

What name was given to the massacre of thousands of French Protestants on August 24, 1572?

Answer 31

St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Question 32

What magnificent palace did Louis XIV build to keep the aristocracy occupied?

Answer 32

Versailles

Question 33

Which French king is known to have said "Apres moi le deluge"?

Answer 33

Louis XV

Question 34

Which estate was made up of the middle class and peasants?

Answer 34

Third

Question 35

Name the French castle stronghold stormed by the people of Paris in 1789.

Answer 35

Bastille

Question 36

Who commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 36

Lord Nelson

Question 37

What was Napoleon's worst enemy in the Russian campaign?

Answer 37

winter

Question 38

Where did Napoleon meet his final defeat?

Answer 38

Waterloo

Question 39

What country did Prince von Metternich represent at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 39

Austria

Question 40

Compare the French Revolution with the American War for Independence. How were they different?

Answer 40

The French REvolution was an attempt to give men rights without responsibility. In France, the people who disagreed with the Revolution were imprisoned or killed. Atheism was at an all-time high, resulting in the bloody Reign of Terror. The American War for Independence, on the other hand, was firmly grounded in principles--not selfish desires. America had no "peasants" the demanded equality, and the War for Independence was not for equality but for freedom

Question 41

Know these locations on a map.

Answer 41

``` Pyrenees Mts. Switzerland Corsica Monaco Belgium Seine River Bay of Biscay Paris Geneva English Channel ```