social 20-1 French revolution

98% of the population of france before the revolution were

a. the first estate

b. the second estate

c. the third estate

c. the third estate

the roman catholic clergy were known as the

a. the first estate

b. the second estate

c. the third estate

a. the first estate

the aristocracy/ nobles were known as the

a. the first estate

b. the second estate

c. the third estate

b. the second estate

health care, education and welfare was largely provided by the government

a. true

b. false

b. false

the french revolution was sparked by

a. a war

b. hatred of the monarchy

c. a financial crisis

d. a fire in paris

c. a financial crisis

a three estates were welcomed to versailles equally

a. true

b. false

b. false

each estate received

a. one vote

b. vote proportional to their number of representatives

c. a vote based on their percent of the popluation

d. a vote based on the number districts they represented

a. one vote

on june 17, 1789, the 3rd estate declared itself the

a. duma

b. national assembly

c. parliament

d. congress

b. national assembly

when forced to leave versailles they moved to

a. a gym

b. a ballroom

c. palace

d. tennis court

d. tennis court

the revolutionaries called themselves

a. the patriots

b. sans-culottes

c. the loyalists

d. pomme de terre

b. sans-culottes

the first major act of the french revolution was

a. an attack on the bastille

b. attack on versailles

c. the execution of the royal family

d. the destruction of noble estates

a. an attack on the bastille

the french flag was designed by

a. louis xvi

b. roespierre

c. the marquis de lafayette

d. dantion

c. the marquis de lafayette

a bread riot on october 4 lead to an attack on versailles and

a. the royal family was killed

b. the death of many women when the royal guards opened fire

c. the creation of new national anthem

d. the royal family's being forced to move to paris

d. the royal family's being forced to move to paris

assignats were

a. people loyal to the monarchy

b. another name for swiss mercenaries

c. bonds guaranteed by church land

d. moderate revolutionaries

c. bonds guaranteed by church land

priests who would not take on oath to the new constitution were referred to as

a. refractory priests

c. constituent clergy

c. girondins

d. huguenots

a. refractory priests

the jacobins sat to the right of the speaker of the legislative assembly

a. true

b. false

b. false

the second french revolution in august was led by

a. the marseilles

b. the nobles

c. the paris commune

d. monarchists

c. the paris commune

marie antoinette was referred to as

a. madam gateau

b. madam deficit

c. the ostrich

d. her hated majesty

b. madam deficit

marie antoinette was

a. french

b. german

c. austrian

d. english

c. austrian

which of the following was not a jacobin

a. marat

b. danton

c. fersen

d robespierre

c. fersen

what was the most famous method of execution in th french revolution

a. burning at the stake

b. being shot

c. the guillotine

d. being drowned

c. the guillotine

'a revolution devours its own' is shown in the death of

a. louis xvi

b. marie antoinette

c. robepierre

d. lafayette

c. robepierre

napoleon was born in

a. paris

b. provence

c. marseilles

d. corsica

d. corsica

his family were

a. peasants

b. nobles

c. merchants

d. royalty

b. nobles

napoleon was a poor student who was expelled from military academy

a. true

b. false

b. false

napoleon supported the _____ during the french Revolution

a. jacobins

b. girondins

c. monarchy

d. tories

a. jacobins

napoleon attacked egypt to

a. gain access for french archaeologists

b. cut off britain's trade with india

c. gain control of the nile river

d. starts an african empire

b. cut off britain's trade with india

in egypt, the french discovered

a. the rosetta stone

b. priam's treasure

c. alexander the great's diaries

d. th elost city of mycenae

a. the rosetta stone

______ was in charge of the british navy which fought napoleon at aboukir bay

a. the duke of wellington

b. the count of sutherland

c. lord nelson

d. king george III

c. lord nelson

which did napoleon not name himself

a. king

b. emperor

c. first consul

d. consul for life

a. king

napoleon divorced josephine and married

a. marie antoinette

b. marie-louise

c. catherine the great

d. queen jezebel

b. marie-louise

lord nelson died fighting napoleon at

a. waterloo

b. trafalgar

c. moscow

d. austerlitz

b. trafalgar

the continental system successfully limited britain's ability to control napoleon

a. true

b. false

b. false

when napoleon invaded russia he

a. lost 500,000 soldiers

b. forced alexander i to sign a peace treaty

c. was supported by the cossacks

d. burned st petersburg to the ground

a. lost 500,000 soldiers

napoleon was sent into exile

a. to ekaterinburg in siberia

b. on the island of elba

c. on the island of st. kilda

d. with josephone

b. on the island of elba

during napoleon's first exile france was ruled by

a. louis xvii

b. louis xviii

c. geroge iii

d. napoleon ii

b. louis xviii

napoleon was defeated by ______ at the battle of waterloo

a. arthur wellesly, the duke of wellington

b. geroge ii, king of england

c. kaiser wilhelm of germany

d. general patton

a. arthur wellesly, the duke of wellington

napoleon's final exile was to

a. elba

b. st. helena

c. seychelles

d. french polynesia

b. st. helena

napoleon thought that he was equal to all the following except

a. jesus christ

b. alexander the great

c. julius caesar

d. charlemagne

a. jesus christ

at the beginning of the 10th century the population increased because

a. due to improvements in medicine and agriculture

b. there were ess monks and nuns

c. increased trade brought new foods

d. there was less capital punishment offenses

a. due to improvements in medicine and agriculture

peasants washed their clothes only 2-3 times a year because

a. wood to boil water was scarce

b. they had nothing else to wear while their clothes were being washed

c. it made them last longer

d. people who washed too often were shunned as snobs

c. it made them last longer

although family bonds were strong, vulgar and even brutal behaviour was common

a. true

b. false

a. true

the upper classes would be more likely to

a. take a bath

b. use lots of perfume

b. use lots of perfume

the french upper classes were very opposed to adultery

a. true

b. false

b. false

john locke believed that man was

a. basically good

b. basically evil

a. basically good

locke believed that it was never permissible to revolt against your king

a. true

b. false

b. false

tabula rasa refers to

a. a special table the upper classes sit at to raise them above those of lesser social status

b. a french law code

c. a child's mind at birth

d. an encyclopedia written by the philosophes

c. a child's mind at birth

which of these was not one of the philosophes

a. rousseau

b. diderot

c. frederick of prussia

d. montesquieu

c. frederick of prussia

montesquieu believed that republics could only work in areas with a ______ climate

a. hot

b. wet

c. cold

d. moderate

c. cold

the goal of a constitution was

a. proper economic system

b. to limit the power of the monarch

c. set up a proper exchange between political parties

d. establish a fair legal system

b. to limit the power of the monarch

deism believed that

a. god planned each person's life

b. man had the ability to choose his own eternal destiny

c. god created the world with certain natural laws and then left it to run on its own

d. mircles were a regular part of life on eart

c. god created the world with certain natural laws and then left it to run on its own

jean calas was charged with

a. blasphemy

b. theft

c. murder

d. adultery

c. murder

calas was convicted based on solid evidence

a. true

b. false

b. false

'man is born free, and is everywhere in chains.' is a statement by

a. locke

b. voltaire

c. rousseau

d. newton

c. rousseau

rousseau believed that people without civilization would be

a. ignorant

b. evil

c. innocent

d. resourceful

c. innocent

rousseau believed the best education was

a. in school

b. with a tutor

c. no education

d. paid by the government

b. with a tutor

laissez-faire economics

a. leave the economy on run on its own

b. require the government to carefully manage the economy

c. takes wealth from the rich and gives it to the poor

d. pours government money into make work projects

a. leave the economy to run on its own

adam smith was

a. an advisor to the king of england

b. an economist who argued for private property

c. an early proponent of deism

d. an alias used by james bond

b. an economist who argued for private property

cesare beccaria believed punishment should

a. use torture to frighten people into obeying the law

b. be designed to rehabilitate the criminal

c. use capital punishment only for severe crimes

d. swift and severe

b. be designed to rehabilitate the criminal

mozart died

a. in an accident

b. rich

c. of food poisoning

d. poor

d. poor