Chapter 6

Question 1

In France’s old order, the clergy belonged to the ________

Answer 1

First Estate

Question 2

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was modeled on the _______

Answer 2

American Declaration of Independence

Question 3

When the new National Convention met in 1792, what form of government did the radicals create?

Answer 3

a republic

Question 4

Which country was able to remain outside Napoleon’s European empire?

Answer 4

Britain

Question 5

What war tactic helped the Russians defeat Napoleon?

Answer 5

scorched-earth policy

Question 6

The Congress of Vienna promoted the principle of legitimacy by ________

Answer 6

restoring hereditary monarchies

Question 7

In France’s old order, which of the following groups were members of the bourgeoisie?

Answer 7

merchants

Question 8

In 1789, the delegates to the Estates-General that broke away and declared themselves to be the National Assembly were from the _______

Answer 8

Third estate

Question 9

The poorest members of the Third Estate were ______

Answer 9

urban workers

Question 10

Robespierre believed that France could achieve a “republic of virtue” only through_____

Answer 10

the use of terror

Question 11

During the Reign of Terror, trials and executions were carried out under the authority of _______

Answer 11

The National Assembly

Question 12

Under the Napoleonic Code, __________

Answer 12

men regained complete authority over their wives

Question 13

The Continental System was a form of ________

Answer 13

economic warfare

Question 14

Napoleon’s final defeat was at the _________

Answer 14

Battle of Waterloo

Question 15

A major goal of the decision-makers at the Congress of Vienna was to _______

Answer 15

suppress revolutionary uprisings throughout Europe