History Chapter 5

Question 1

Third estate:

Answer 1

every French citizen who did not possess a noble title or was not a clergyman

Question 2

Bourgeoisie

Answer 2

professional people in the third estate, such as doctors, lawyers and townsmen of the guilds

Question 3

Estates-General

Answer 3

a meeting in which representatives of the three estates together discussed important matters

Question 4

Revolution

Answer 4

a change from one – often political – system to another, in a relatively short period of time

Question 5

National Assembly

Answer 5

in 1789, a meeting was established by disappointed members of the third estate; several members of the lower nobility and clergy also joined

Question 6

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 6

a pledge of the third estate and it’s sympathisers not to break-up the National Assembly until a new constitution for France had been written

Question 7

National Guard:

Answer 7

an army formed by the French people that eventually stormed the Bastille in Paris

Question 8

The Bastille:

Answer 8

a state prison where the government also stored ammunition

Question 9

The Great Fear:

Answer 9

a revolt from peasants against their landlords on the countryside

Question 10

Ancien Régime:

Answer 10

a period of time in which the French king had absolute power

Question 11

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the citizen

Answer 11

in 1789, a declaration was written by the National Assembly, stating that everyone is born free and is equal in the eyes of the law

Question 12

March on Versailles

Answer 12

in October 1789, thousands of angry people went to the Palace of Versailles for a violent confrontation with the Royal court

Question 13

Reign of Terror

Answer 13

a period of violence in French Revolution marked by mass executions using the guillotine

Question 14

Jacobines

Answer 14

a political group that dominated the National Assembly and started the Reign of Terror; Robespierre was one of them

Question 15

Guillotine

Answer 15

a quick method of execution by beheading

Question 16

Directoire

Answer 16

a committee which governed France after the Reign of Terror

Question 17

First Coalition War

Answer 17

a military conflict between France and European countries that did not agree with the French Revolution

Question 18

Coup

Answer 18

when a government is overthrown by another government

Question 19

Battle of the Nile:

Answer 19

a battle between the French navy and the British Royal Navy, in which the French lost their hegemony at sea

Question 20

Referendum

Answer 20

when people can vote about an issue, for example about a new constitution

Question 21

Emperor

Answer 21

in 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte gave himself this title when he became a powerful ruler

Question 22

Napoleonic Wars:

Answer 22

seven wars between France and other European countries between 1804 and 1815

Question 23

Code Napoleon:

Answer 23

political and legal system introduced by Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 24

Civil Code

Answer 24

a collection of laws, designed to deal with the most important areas of private law