Deck 17: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire

Question 1

French aristocrat-led legal courts were called ___________.

Answer 1

parlements

Question 2

The French legislative councils were known as ____________.

Answer 2

Estates General

Question 3

The Third Estate was the

A) clergy.
B) royalty.
C) commoners.
D) nobles.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In which year did the Estates General bar entrance to the Third Estate, beginning the French Revolution?

A) 1777.
B) 1789.
C) 1800.
D) 1733.

Question 5

The National Assembly issued the Declaration of __________.

Question 6

The two dominant parties of the National Convention were the Girondists and the _________.

Question 7

The Girondists favored a reformed constitutional monarchy.

Question 8

In 1792 France was invaded by

A) Britain.
B) Italy.
C) Austria and Prussia.
D) The Ottoman Turks.

Question 9

Robespierre's rule was known as

A) the National Assembly.
B) the Reign of Terror.
C) the Restoration.
D) the Glorious Revolution.

Question 10

During its most radical phase the revolution criminalized Christianity.

Question 11

Napoleon staged a coup in

A) 1799.
B) 1789.
C) 1786.
D) 1805.

Question 12

Napoleon instituted the ______________ as a new legal system.

Question 13

Napoleon extended political rights to women.

Question 14

Napoleon's historical idol was

A) Pericles.
B) Genghis Khan.
C) Plato.
D) Augustus.

Question 15

Napoleon replaced mercantilism with _____________.

Question 16

The Continental System led to a rise in _______ on the Continent.

A) industrial production.
B) nationalism.
C) urbanization.
D) agriculture.

Question 17

Who wrote the Vindication of the Rights of Man?

A) Robespierre
B) Wollstonecraft
C) Napoleon
D) Burke

Question 18

Edmund Burke believed that the French Revolution was doomed to fail.

Question 19

Napoleon's Continental System failed to weaken Britain because

A) the British invaded Europe.
B) the British didn't trade with Europe anyway.
C) it caused too much political unrest.
D) the British increased trade with the rest of the world.

Question 20

Napoleon invaded __________ in 1812, which was the beginning of his downfall.