Chapter 7

Question 1

How did Admiral Nelson win the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 1

He divided the French fleet and attacked smaller groups of ships

Question 2

Which of the following was an important goal of the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 2

To establish a balance of power in Europe

Question 3

Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?

Answer 3

His fellow revolutionaries

Question 4

What was the main goal of the participants in the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 4

To establish security and stability for the nations of Europe

Question 5

What issue arose after the king called for the Estate-General to meet?

Answer 5

How many votes each estate would get

Question 6

Which of the following did Napoleon NOT accomplish?

Answer 6

An expansion of freedom of speech

Question 7

How did Admiral Nelson defeat the French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 7

He divided the French fleet into smaller groups and then attacked them

Question 8

Which of the following traits did Napoleon NOT possess?

Answer 8

Humility

Question 9

What did Klemens von Metternich NOT want to accomplish at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 9

Create the beginnings of a European democracy

Question 10

What was on important effect resulting from the political changes made at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 10

Nationalistics feelings grew in countries placed under foreign rule

Question 11

Which goal was NOT stated in the “slogan of the Revolution”?

Answer 11

justice

Question 12

Why did Napoleon attack Portugal?

Answer 12

To enforce the terms of the Continental System

Question 13

Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?

Answer 13

The bourgeoisie

Question 14

What issue led to the first meeting of the estates general in 175 years?

Answer 14

Proposed taxation of 2nd estate

Question 15

Which group imposed the Reign of Terror?

Answer 15

The Committee of Public Safety

Question 16

About what percentage of France’s population belonged to the 3rd Estate?

Answer 16

98%

Question 17

What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?

Answer 17

A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder

Question 18

Which document stated that “men are born and remain free and equal” in rights?

Answer 18

Declaration of Rights of Man

Question 19

During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?

Answer 19

No one

Question 20

What was Napoleon able to accomplish during peacetime?

Answer 20

All of the above (set up schools, set up system of laws, and established a fairer tax code)

Question 21

Who was the most influential leader at the Congress of Vienna?

Answer 21

Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria

Question 22

About what percent of France’s population belonged to the First and Second estates?

Answer 22

2%

Question 23

Why did the National Assembly lose the support of many French peasants?

Answer 23

It took away the Catholic Church’s lands and independence

Question 24

Which of the following was NOT a reason for Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 24

to punish the sugar growers in Saint Domingue

Question 25

What was one important consequence of the Battle of Trafalgar?

Answer 25

Napoleon gave up his plans of invading Britain

Question 26

How did Great Britain react to the Continental System?

Answer 26

It organized its own blockade

Question 27

Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years preceding the French Revolution?

Answer 27

The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes

Question 28

In what way did the bourgeoisie differ from other members of the Third Estate?

Answer 28

They believed in Enlightenment ideals

Question 29

What does the word plebiscite mean?

Answer 29

A vote of the people

Question 30

What strategy did Czar Alexander l use to defeat Napoleon in Russia?

Answer 30

scorched- earth policy