Global Studies 2

Question 1

Social classes in France were called

Answer 1

estates

Question 2

The third estate was made up of middle-class workers known as the

Answer 2

bourgeoisie

Question 3

The name of Louis XVI’s financial advisor who was dismissed after suggesting the first and second estates should have their tax-exempt status revoked

Answer 3

Jacques Necker

Question 4

What was the one condition that allowed French men to vote during the time of the revolution?

Answer 4

propertied men

Question 5

When the third estate vowed not to separate and reassemble whenever necessary until a just Constitution is established, this was known as the

Answer 5

Tennis Court of Oath

Question 6

When revolutionaries stormed a medieval fortress and political prison, allowing a handful of prisoners to escape, this was known as the

Answer 6

Storming of Bastille

Question 7

This individual was head of the National Guard in France and fought alongside George Washington in the Revolutionary War

Answer 7

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 8

The French document that modeled the American Declaration of Independence and proclaimed all male citizens were equal before the law and had natural rights to “liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression”

Answer 8

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Question 9

When a group of women marched 13 miles from Paris to Versailles to confront Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, they demanded they move their royal residence where?

Answer 9

Paris

Question 10

People who fled France during the revolution were called

Answer 10

emigres

Question 11

Who was the head of the Committee of Public Safety in France?

Answer 11

Maximilien Robespierre

Question 12

The period of time from September 1793 to July of 1794 in which people in France were arrested in large numbers, and many were executed for not supporting the revolution

Answer 12

Reign of Terror

Question 13

The machine used to conduct beheadings was called the

Answer 13

guillotine

Question 14

A strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country is called

Answer 14

nationalism

Question 15

The three-man governing board in France under Napoleon was called

Answer 15

Consulate

Question 16

Lasting reforms and new laws made under Napoleon were commonly known as

Answer 16

Napoleonic Code

Question 17

How did Napoleon aim to weaken Britain?

Answer 17

closing off ports to British ships

Question 18

The Spanish conducted hit-and-run attacks against the French, which are known as

Answer 18

guerilla warfare

Question 19

As Napoleon’s army pursued the Russians, they burned villages and crops as they retreated, this policy was known as the

Answer 19

scorched earth policy

Question 20

European leaders meeting at a conference to try and restore stability and order to Europe following the reign of Napoleon was called the

Answer 20

Congress of Vienna