Definitions

Question 1

Lavishly

Answer 1

In an expensive manner, spending or owning much more than is necessary

Question 2

Illiterate

Answer 2

Unable to read

Question 3

Privileged

Answer 3

Having special rights and and benefits that’s not giving to everyone

Question 4

Philosophes

Answer 4

Educated people who had theories about society and government

Question 5

Tithe

Answer 5

One tenth of an annual income or produced

Question 6

Artisan

Answer 6

A craftsperson

Question 7

Inflation

Answer 7

A situation in which the price of goods rises quickly

Question 8

Monopoly

Answer 8

The exclusive right to sell a product to a group of people

Question 9

Tariff

Answer 9

A tax

Question 10

Toll

Answer 10

A charge to use a road or bridge

Question 11

Infrastructure

Answer 11

The roads or canals and other means of communication and travel within a community

Question 12

Bourgeois

Answer 12

Middle class

Question 13

Calvinist

Answer 13

Protestants who followed strict philosophy of John Calvin

Question 14

Deficit

Answer 14

The money the government is short each year after it pays its bills

Question 15

Catalyst

Answer 15

Something that helps other things change

Question 16

Salon

Answer 16

A place where philosophes would meet up and talk

Question 17

Bloc

Answer 17

A group

Question 18

Mercenary

Answer 18

A paid soldier

Question 19

Cockade

Answer 19

And ornament on the top of a hat

Question 20

Château

Answer 20

The mansions and great estates of the rich

Question 21

Constitution

Answer 21

A document that sets out the major laws and principles of a government

Question 22

Emigrés

Answer 22

People who leave one country for another

Question 23

Radical

Answer 23

Someone who wants major change quickly

Question 24

Spectacular

Answer 24

A person who deals in a product and hopes to take advantage of a sudden rise or drop in prices

Question 25

Allegiance

Answer 25

A formal declaration of loyalty