FRANCE & NAPOLEON
Unit Terms List and Essential Questions
Directions: Use Chapter 11, Section 3 (pp. 360-367) of your textbook (or other outside sources) to DEFINE and
UNDERSTAND each term. Your terms and definitions WILL NOT be collected as an assignment, but, there will be a
terms quiz at the beginning of the unit.
Civil Code
Consulate
Continental System
Elba
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nationalism
St. Helena
Directions: Use Chapter 11, Section 3 (pp. 360-367) of your textbook, your class notes and assignments to
completely and thoroughly answer each essential question (in COMPLETE SENTENCES – think ‘short answer’ or
‘essay’). Your essential questions and answers WILL be collected as an assignment at the END OF EACH UNIT (on a
separate sheet of paper).
1.) “What personal qualities gained Napoleon so much support throughout France? Explain.”
2.) “Why was it a change for France to form a bureaucracy? Explain.”
3.) “What was the overall effect of Napoleon’s Civil Code?”
4.) “What was Napoleon’s Continental System? How did Napoleon think the system would help defeat the
British?”
5.) “Explain the circumstances surrounding Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Make sure to include the outcome of
the invasion, as well.”
FRANCE & NAPOLEON
Unit Terms List and Essential Questions
Directions: Use Chapter 11, Section 3 (pp. 360-367) of your textbook (or other outside sources) to DEFINE and
UNDERSTAND each term. Your terms and definitions WILL NOT be collected as an assignment, but, there will be a
terms quiz at the beginning of the unit.
Civil Code
Consulate
Continental System
Elba
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nationalism
St. Helena
Directions: Use Chapter 11, Section 3 (pp. 360-367) of your textbook, your class notes and assignments to
completely and thoroughly answer each essential question (in COMPLETE SENTENCES – think ‘short answer’ or
‘essay’). Your essential questions and answers WILL be collected as an assignment at the END OF EACH UNIT (on a
separate sheet of paper).
6.) “What personal qualities gained Napoleon so much support throughout France? Explain.”
7.) “Why was it a change for France to form a bureaucracy? Explain.”
8.) “What was the overall effect of Napoleon’s Civil Code?”
9.) “What was Napoleon’s Continental System? How did Napoleon think the system would help defeat the
British?”
10.) “Explain the circumstances surrounding Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Make sure to include the outcome of
the invasion, as well.”