Download Chapter 6 - The French Revolution and Napoleon

Chapter 6 - The French Revolution and Napoleon
1) The Church exerted (displayed) great influence throughout Christian Europe.
a) True
b) False
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2) The bulk of the Third Estate, in the French social system, were wealthy bankers, merchants,
and other
professionals.
a) True
b) False
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3) The Bastille was a medieval fortess used as a prison for political and other prisoners.
a) True
b) False
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4) The National Assembly place control of the French Catholic Church under state control.
a) True
b) False
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5) The Constitution of 1891 established a new French government.
a) True
b) False
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6) Among Jacobins, his selfless dedication to the revolution, earned Jean-Paul Marat the
nickname "the
Incorruptible."
a) True
b) False
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7) Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena, from which he escaped and returned, for a
short time, to power in France.
a) True
b) False
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8) Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba, after his defeat at the Battle of the Nations in 1813.
a) True
b) False
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9) Napoleon's worst defeat at the hands of the British and Prussian armies was at the Battle of
Waterloo.
a) True
b) False
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10) When a government is spending more money than it takes in, as was the case in France, this is
known as
deficit spending.
a) True
b) False
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11)
a
Olympe de Gouges
12)
d
Bourgeoisie
13)
b
Continental System
14)
e
Plebiscite
15)
c
Guerrilla Warfare
a) executed for demanding equal rights for
French women
b) war tactic in which Napoleon closed European
ports to British goods
c) war tactic involving hit-and-run raids
d) French middle class
.
e) popular vote by ballot
.
16)
e
Napoleonic Code
17)
a
Marquis de Lafayette
a) head of the French National Guard who fought
alongside George Washington
18)
b
Robespierre
b) one of the main leaders in the Reign of Terror
19)
c
Ancien Régime
20)
d
Guillotine
c) the old order in which France was divided into
three social classes
d) method for carrying out executions during the
Reign of Terror
.
e) group of laws that reflecting Enlightenment
principles
.
21) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was modeled on the
a) United States Constitution.
b) British Magna Carta.
c) United States Bill of Rights.
d) American Declaration of Independence.
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22) Which country was able to remain outside Napoleon's European empire?
a) Britain
b) Belgium
c) Italy
d) the Netherlands
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23) In France's old order, which of the following groups were members of the bourgeoisie?
a) nobles
b) clergy
c) peasants
.
d) merchants
24) In 1789, the delegates to the Estates-General that broke away and declared themselves to be
the National
Assembly were from the
a) First Estate.
b) Second Estate.
c) Third Estate.
d) Fourth Estate.
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25) After overthrowing the Directory in 1799, Napoleon and his followers set up a three-man
governing board
called the
a) Revolutionaries.
b) Assembly.
c) Convention.
d) Consulate.
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26) Napoleon's final defeat was at the
a) Battle of Waterloo.
c) Battle of Moscow.
b) Battle of the Nations.
d) Battle of Austerlitz.
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27) Thinkers during the Age of Reason challenged the established social order by
a) calling for an end to government.
b) denying the existence of heaven.
c) calling for a just society based on
reason.
d) supporting peasant rebellions.
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28) Which city was considered to be the heart of the Enlightenment?
a) London
b) Rome
c) Paris
d) Prussia
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29) The Declaration of Independence clearly reflects the ideas of
a) Catherine the Great.
b) John Locke.
c) George III.
d) Thomas Hobbes.
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30) Which of the following areas did Napoleon annex to France?
a) Russia
b) the Netherlands
c) Poland
d) Britain
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31) Why did the Congress of Vienna redraw the boundaries of some European countries?
a) to encircle France with strong countries b) to create more countries
c) to distribute land more fairly
.
d) to prevent the growth of nationalism
32) Which of the following statements about France's social structure is true?
a) The Third Estate was made up entirely of peasants.
b) The Second Estate was content with the social structure.
c) There was inequality among the three estates.
d) Most people belonged to the First Estate.
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33) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen stated that
a) all men were born free and equal.
b) all male citizens had the right to vote.
c) male and female citizens were equal before the law.
d) all citizens had to pay equal taxes.
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34) Before the revolution, to what social class did the clergy belong?
a) the First Estate
b) the Second Estate
c) the Third Estate
d) the Fourth Estate
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35) One important result of the Estates-General was
a) tax reform.
b) the National Assembly.
c) an agreement to close the Bastille.
d) the abolishing of serfdom.
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36) The National Assembly voted to pay off the huge government debt by
a) selling Church lands.
b) selling lands owned by Louis XVI.
c) raising taxes on property.
d) instituting an income tax.
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37) When the new National Convention met in 1792, what form of government did the radicals
create?
a) a constitutional monarchy.
b) a republic.
c) a dictatorship.
d) an absolute monarchy.
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38) The Reign of Terror gave way to the Directory phase of the revolution in which the dominant
political force was the
a) Jacobins.
b) Girondins.
c) bourgeoisie.
d) Council of Virtue.
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39) What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?
a) scorched-earth policy
b) Continental System
c) Waterloo Strategy
.
d) blockades
40) The Congress of Vienna promoted the principle of legitimacy by
a) restoring Napoleon to the throne.
b) restoring hereditary monarchies.
c) establishing a republic in France.
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d) combining France and Belgium.