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Ch17 - People Flashcards

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Which French monarch was know for his display of pomp and splendor?

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Louis XIV

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What was the nickname for Louis XIV?

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“Sun King”

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Louis XIV was the longest reigning king in history. How many years did he rule?

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70 years

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Which Cardinal ruled for the child-king Louis XIV?

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Cardinal Mazarin

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Which Cardinal groomed Cardinal Mazarin to rule for Louis XIV?

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Cardinal Richelieu

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Who was Louis XIV’s minister of finance?

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

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Who was the “Father of New France” and founded the first permanent French colony in America?

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Samuel de Champlain

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What was the first permanent French colony in America?

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Quebec

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Who was the “Father of the Enlightenment”?

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Voltaire

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Who was the “Father of French Romanticism”?

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Who was the editor of the Encyclopedia?

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Denis Diderot

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Which grandson of Louis XIV predicted doom for France?

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Louis XV

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During whose reign did the French Revolution start?

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Louis XVI

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Who was Louis XVI’s wife that was beheaded during the Reign of Terror?

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Marie Antoinette

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Which member of the Committee of Public Safety was a prominent member of the Jacobin Club and became the most influential man in the French Government during the Reign of Terror?

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Maximilien Robespierre

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Which French dictator overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate?

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Who was the greatest naval hero that the world has ever known (the commander of the British navy at the Battle of Trafalgar).

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Lord Horatio Nelson

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Which daughter of the Austrian emperor became Napoleon’s second wife when she was 18 years old?

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Marie Louise

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Which Russian czar withdrew his country from the Continental System and began to trade with England?

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Czar Alexander I

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Which brother of Louis XVI was crowned after Napoleon was exiled?

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Louis XVIII

21
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Which English general defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?

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Duke of Wellington

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