French Revolution
In France, this parliamentary
body comprised mostly of the
nobility?
Estates General
In France, this leader began a
reign of terror in which those
suspected of opposing the
revolution were executed?
Maximilian Robespierre
This ambitious general claimed
to be the true son of the
revolution, he set up a military
dictatorship, declared himself
“Emperor of France”, and
brought an end to the
revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
An alliance led by England’s
Duke of Wellington defeated
Napoleon at the battle of
________ near Brussels,
Belgium, in 1815.
Waterloo
This group wanted to return
things to the way they were
before the French Revolution
and Napoleon, complete with
class distinctions and special
privileges?
Congress of Vienna
This person led the Congress of
Vienna?
Metternich
179. Which group made up the majority of
the French population?
a) First Estate
b) Second Estate
c) Third Estate
#183 The Estates–General was an
assembly of the representatives from
which three estates.
a)
b)
c)
d)
1st
2nd
3rd
All of the
above
#184 A clergyman named Abbe Seiyes
suggested that their delegates name themselves
the ________________ and pass laws and
reforms in the name of the French people.
a) Estates
General
b) National
Assembly
c) Philisophes
d) Hugenots
#185 The third estate found them locked out
of the meeting room. They broke down the
doors of an indoor tennis court and pledged to
stay their until they finished drafting up a
constitution. This pledge was called the
a) Glorious
Revolution
b) Edict of
Nantes
c) Tennis Court
Oath
d) Declaration
of
Independence
#186. All of the following were causes of the
French Revolution EXCEPT…
a) Enlightenment
Ideas
b) Representative
Government
c) Harvest Failures
d) Failing Economy
#187. The period at the beginning of the French
Revolution where peasants broke into homes through
France was known as…
a) Reign of
Terror
b) Great Fear
c) Napoleonic
Wars
d) The Directory
#188 The taking of the __________ became
the symbolic act of revolution for the French
people.
a) City of
Paris
b) Versailles
Palace
c) Windsor
Palace
d) Bastille
#189. In 1793, King Louis XVI and Marine
Antoinette were…
a) executed
b) deported to
England
c) returned to the
throne
d) saved from the
mob by
Lafayette
#190 His rule became known as
the Reign of Terror.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Voltaire
Robespierre
Louis XVI
Napoleon Bonaparte
191. The Reign of Terror was imposed and
controlled by the…
a) Second Coalition
b) National
Assembly
c) Committee of
Public Safety
d) King’s Swiss
Guards
192. What is a coup d’état?
a) France’s
Directory
b) A ruler with
absolute power
c) The overthrow
of a government
d) A vote of the
people
This famous leader of France
established a Code of Laws while
he was in power?
Napoleon
193. What was the name of Napoleon’s
system of laws?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Concordat
Coup d’état
Continental System
Napoleonic Code
194. What was the purpose of the Congress
of Vienna?
a) to punish
England
b) to create a
lasting peace
c) to create
united France
d) to strengthen
Germany
195. Who was the main leader of the
Congress of Vienna?
a) Czar Alexander of
Russia
b) Emperor Francis of
Austria
c) King Frederick
William III of
Prussia
d) Klemens von
Metternich of
Austria
#1 Who led the Congress of Vienna?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Louis-Philippe
Alexander II
Louis XVIII
Klemens von
Metternich
#2 What was the purpose of the Congress
of Vienna
a) To determine how all of the European countries could
eliminate both the monarchy and noble system.
b) To restore the old monarchies and territorial divisions that had
existed before the French Revolution.
c) To raise money in the war effort against the Ottoman Empire.
d) To elect a general to take on Napoleon Bonaparte.