The French Revolution and Napoleon
Quiz by Paul Bachman
Grade 9-12
Social Studies
California Public Schools Standards
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- Q1members of the Paris Commune who wore long pants to identify with common peoplesans-culottesbourgeoisieBastillecoup d’état30s
- Q2right of powerful nations to maintain order throughout Europeprinciple of interventionliberalismnationalismContinental System30s
- Q3leader of the Committee of Public Safety who enforced policies of the Reign of TerrorMaratRobespierreRousseauKlemens von Metternich30s
- Q4Napoleon’s plan to weaken the British economyContinental Systembourgeoisieprinciple of interventionBastille30s
- Q5the middle class, including professionalsbourgeoisiesans-culottescoup d’étatliberalism30s
- Q6a sudden overthrow of the governmentcoup d’étatNationalismLiberalismBastille30s
- Q7post-revolutionary leader who advocated restoring the monarchy throughout EuropeMaratRip Van WinkleRobespierreKlemens von Metternich30s
- Q8prison attacked at the outset of the French RevolutionCoup d’étatBourgeoisieBastillePrinciple of Intervention30s
- Q9belief that people should be free from government restraintLiberalismRadicalismConservatismNationalism30s
- Q10the unique cultural identity of a peoplenationalismLiberalismRadicalismConservatism30s
- Q11Reflecting Enlightenment thought, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimedequal rights for women in political lifethe importance of the Bastillean end to aristocratic privilegesa movement to restore the monarchy30s
- Q12The economic crisis that triggered the French Revolution was caused byweak demand for consumer productsbad harvests and a slowdown in manufacturing.widespread corruption in the governmentthe Revolutionary War in America30s
- Q13The threat of foreign intervention to restore Louis XVI to the throne caused the French Revolution tofail in its attempt to reform French societypursue the goal of equalitybecome more radicalspread to other countries30s
- Q14The French Revolution entered an increasingly radical phase afterthe execution of Marie Antoinettethe destruction of the Bastillethe execution of King Louis XVIthe formation of social and political clubs30s
- Q15Because it could not govern effectively after the Reign of Terror, the Directory had toagree to share power with the clergyturn to the bourgeoisie for protectionrely upon the military to enforce its authorityabolish slavery in the French colonies30s