World History, chapter 11 test.

Question 1

Who were the members of the Third Estate?

Answer 1

Peasants and farmers

The Third Estate represented the common people of France.

Question 2

Where was Napoleon’s army defeated by European forces?

Answer 2

Leipzig, Germany

Question 3

What did the Third Estate form?

Answer 3

The National Assembly

Question 4

What position did Napoleon Bonaparte hold in Germany?

Answer 4

First Consul

Question 5

What institution did Napoleon found to stabilize French currency?

Answer 5

The Bank of France

Question 6

Why did Belgium rebel against Dutch authorities?

Answer 6

Religious and economic differences

Question 7

What day do the French celebrate their independence?

Answer 7

July 14

Question 8

What is the Tennis Court Oath?

Answer 8

The oath taken by the members of the Third Estate in the king’s tennis court

Question 9

What was the Risorgimento?

Answer 9

A nationalist movement in Italy

Question 10

What type of support did countries that achieved independence receive?

Answer 10

Help from other European countries

Question 11

Who united the German territories into one country?

Answer 11

Bismarck

Question 12

What was Napoleon Bonaparte’s role in France?

Answer 12

Army general who became dictator

Question 13

Who was the prime minister of Sardinia that helped unite Italy?

Answer 13

Cavour

Question 14

Who was the first king of united Italy?

Answer 14

Emmanuel II

Question 15

Who founded the ‘Red Shirts’ in Italy?

Answer 15

Garibaldi

Question 16

Who was the King of France during the French Revolution?

Answer 16

Louis XVI

Question 17

Who was the Queen of France during the French Revolution?

Answer 17

Marie Antoinette

Question 18

Who founded Young Italy?

Answer 18

Mazzini

Question 19

Who appointed Bismarck chancellor of Prussia?

Answer 19

Wilhelm I

Question 20

What did Voltaire endorse?

Answer 20

Enlightenment ideas

Question 21

What was the only political body in France that could reform the tax system?

Answer 21

The Estates-General

Question 22

Where was Napoleon finally defeated?

Answer 22

Waterloo

Question 23

Which empire did Greece obtain independence from?

Answer 23

The Ottoman Empire

Question 24

What was the Reign of Terror?

Answer 24

The period of mass executions in France

Question 25

What happened to eastern Poland after the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 25

Russia controlled and annexed it

Question 26

What was the Directory?

Answer 26

The five-man committee that governed France before Napoleon

Question 27

What does nationalism describe?

Answer 27

Intense devotion and loyalty to one’s own people and country

Question 28

What was the Zollverein?

Answer 28

An economic union that led to the unification of Germany

Question 29

When was Poland partitioned and when did it regain independence?

Answer 29

Partitioned by powerful neighboring countries and regained independence only after WW1

Question 30

What was Napoleon's contribution to French law?

Answer 30

The Code Napoleon

Question 31

Which class did French aristocrats and nobles belong to?

Answer 31

The Second Estate

Question 32

Was splitting groups of common culture a motivation for nationalism?

Answer 32

No

Question 33

What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

Answer 33

An important document in France

Question 34

Was equal rights for women an effect of the French Revolution?

Answer 34

No

Question 35

Why did Napoleon lose a majority of his men in Russia?

Answer 35

Enemy soldiers and harsh weather

Question 36

Was the position of First Power a reason Napoleon was able to seize power?

Answer 36

No

Question 37

Who revolted against Austria?

Answer 37

Hungary

Question 38

Who led France’s revolutionary government?

Answer 38

The Committee of Public Safety

Question 39

List three contrasts between the French Revolution and the American Revolution.

Answer 39

1. Motivations 2. Outcomes 3. Social changes