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Directions: Locate and label the following places: France, Great Britain, Russia, Austria,Elba, Spain, Waterloo, and Cape Trafalgar. Of the two specific battle sites, use symbols toindicate which was a water battle and which was a land battle. In the blank box, create a keyfor your finished map. You may use any map in the textbook chapter, unit opener, or Atlasfor reference.

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A. Terms, People, and PlacesMatch the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the letter of thecorrect answer in the blank provided. Not all the words, names, and places will be used. Eachanswer can be used only once.

Column I Column II

1. he proposed taxing the nobles and clergy

2. a notebook listing grievances

3. the name for the old order of French society

4. term for a social class in France

5. the middle class in France

B. Main IdeasWrite the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.

6. Many people saw the Bastille as a symbol ofa. freedom. c. social classes.b. tyranny. d. wealth.

7. The Third Estate wasa. made up of nobles and soldiers. c. the smallest of the estates.b. not required to pay taxes. d. the largest of the estates.

8. The economic crisis in France was caused bya. the failure of several economic reforms.b. the policies of Jacques Necker.c. bad harvests, deficit spending, and costly wars.d. the policies of the Estates-General.

9. What effect did the national debt have on France?a. It made French people dislike the British.b. It caused bad harvests and soaring food prices.c. It helped to worsen the economic crisis.d. It led to improvements in government.

10. What happened after the Tennis Court Oath?a. The king attacked the Bastille.b. The National Assembly demanded weapons and gunpowder.c. Royal troops gathered around Paris.d. The cahiers were published.

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a. ancien régimeb. estatec. bourgeoisied. deficit spendinge. Louis XVIf. Jacques Neckerg. Estates-Generalh. cahier

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A. Terms, People, and PlacesFill in the blank in each sentence with the letter of the correct word or phrase from the box.Not all the words and names in the box will be used. Each word can be used only once.

1. was a role model for moderates.

2. The radicals in the Legislative Assembly were called the .

3. fanned flames of opposition to the French Revolution abroad.

4. A variety of with differing views competed for power in revolutionary Paris.

5. spoke out in favor of women’s rights.

B. Main IdeasWrite the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.

6. Who resisted the ideas of the Declaration of the Rights of Man?a. Marquis de Lafayette c. Louis XVIb. the Legislative Assembly d. the sans-culottes

7. What kind of government did the Constitution of 1791 set up?a. a republic c. an absolute monarchyb. a democracy d. a limited monarchy

8. How did European monarchs and nobles feel about the French Revolution?a. They opposed it because they feared revolution would spread.b. They supported it because it weakened France.c. They supported it because they held Enlightenment ideals.d. They supported it because they wanted Europe to be democratic.

9. How did the National Assembly hope to pay off the national debt?a. by borrowing money c. by taxing breadb. by selling royal palaces d. by selling Church lands

10. How were sans-culottes different from Jacobins?a. They were radicals; Jacobins supported the king.b. They were working class; Jacobins were middle class.c. They demanded a republic; Jacobins wanted a limited monarchy.d. They were middle class; Jacobins were working class.

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a. factions

b. Marquis de Lafayette

c. Olympe de Gouges

d. Marie Antoinette

e. émigrés

f. sans-culottes

g. republic

h. Jacobins

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A. Terms, People, and PlacesMatch the descriptions in Column I with the terms in Column II. Write the letter of thecorrect answer in the blank provided. Not all the words, names, and places will be used. Eachword can be used only once.

Column I Column II

1. pride in one’s country

2. a word meaning “not religious”

3. became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety

4. the right to vote

5. a popular military hero

B. Main IdeasWrite the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.

6. Why did the revolutionaries want to abolish the monarchy?a. They wanted to establish the French Republic.b. They knew the king supported the Reign of Terror.c. They disliked the king’s criticism of Robespierre.d. They thought the king was a threat to Napoleon’s rule.

7. What was the goal of the mass levy of early 1793?a. to pay for the king’s defense c. to erase traces of the old orderb. to abolish slavery d. to raise money for the war effort

8. To deal with threats to France, the Convention createda. the Directory. c. the Committee of Public Safety.b. the Revolutionary Assembly. d. the National Assembly.

9. One way the government tried to de-Christianize France was toa. create a secular calendar. c. make all people citizens.b. send priests out of the country. d. take away titles of nobility.

10. Which of the following took place in revolutionary France?a. The king became a constitutional monarch.b. Nationalism replaced loyalty to rulers.c. Women gained the right to vote.d. State schools were replaced by religious ones.

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a. suffrageb. Robespierrec. guillotined. Napoleone. nationalismf. Marseillesg. secular

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A. Terms, People, and PlacesWrite a short definition for each term.

1. plebiscite

2. annex

3. scorched-earth policy

4. abdicate

5. legitimacy

B. Main IdeasWrite the letter of the correct answer in the blank provided.

6. Which of the following helped Napoleon rise to power?a. his great speaking abilityb. his strong belief in republican governmentc. his military successesd. his revision of the tax laws

7. The Napoleonic Code was a reform of the nation’sa. legal system.b. economic system.c. political system.d. educational system.

8. Which of the following European powers was Napoleon unable to conquer?a. Spain c. Austriab. Italy d. Britain

9. A disastrous attempt to invade which country was the beginning ofNapoleon’s downfall?a. Poland c. Austriab. Russia d. Prussia

10. The chief goals of the Congress of Vienna were toa. make Vienna the capital of Europe and restore peace.b. preserve peace through a balance of power and restore monarchies.c. promote legitimacy and increase trade on the Rhine River.d. strengthen the British navy and create a balance of power in Europe.

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