The French Revolution Test Study Guide
1.
Base your answer on the drawing and on your knowledge of social studies.
This drawing illustrates conditions that contributed primarily to the beginning of the
1.
Protestant Reformation
2.
French Revolution
3.
Napoleonic Wars
4.
European Renaissance
2.
Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their
1.
education level
2.
geographic region
3.
social class
4.
religious beliefs
3.
What was a major cause of the French Revolution?
1.
inequalities in the tax structure
2.
economic success of mercantilism

3.
failure of the Congress of Vienna
4.
Continental System in Europe
4.
Base your answer to the question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Which revolution resulted from the division of society shown in this diagram?
1.
Puritan (1642)
2.
French (1789)
3.
Mexican (1910)
4.
Russian (1917)
5.
Which revolution was caused by the factors shown in this partial outline?
I. ______________________________
A. Bankruptcy of the treasury
B. Tax burden on the Third Estate
C. Inflation
D. Abuses of the Old Regime
1.
Russian
2.
Mexican
3.
French

4.
Cuban
6.
“Angry Mob Destroys Bastille”
“Robespierre’s Execution Ends Reign of Terror”
“Napoleon Seizes Power”
Which country’s revolution is referred to in these headlines?
1.
Spain
2.
Austria
3.
France
4.
Russia
7.
“The French Revolution is most important for having changed subjects to citizens.”
This statement emphasizes the shift from
1.
religious traditions to secular values
2.
divine right rule to people’s participation in government
3.
rural lifestyles to urban lifestyles
4.
private property ownership to government ownership
8.
Which issue was a cause of the French Revolution?
1.
ineffective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte
2.
nationalization of the Church
3.
outrage over the use of the guillotine by the Committee of Public Safety
4.
demand of the Third Estate for more political power
9.
Which person is credited with saying “L’état, c’est moi” (I am the state)?
1.
Louis XIV
2.
John Locke
3.
Karl Marx
4.
Queen Isabella

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