French Revolution Review

Before the French Revolution, France's economy had been growing and poverty was decreasing.

• True
• False

How did the Enlightenment and the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?

• the people of France overthrew their absolute monarchy
• absolute monarchy was strengthened
• support for absolute monarchy increased
• France was divided into three estates

What do these pie charts reveal about the causes of the French Revolution?

• all the estates were taxed equally
• the upper classes paid the most taxes
• the poorest classes paid all the taxes
• the third estate was the wealthiest

What is the significance of the event depicted in this painting?

• it started the Enlightenment
• it started the American Revolution
• it started the Scientific Revolution
• it started the French Revolution

What is the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?

• it led to a new constitution for France
• it started the French Revolution
• it was the beginning of the Reign of Terror
• it marked the beginning of the rule of Napoleon

Which estate had the largest population?

• First
• Second
• Third
• The Royalty

Why do women march to the palace in 1789?

• To demand bread
• To demand Marie Antoinette's head
• To demand the King give up his throne
• To demand equality before the law.

The Reign of Terror was lead by which political group?

• The Royalists
• The Girondists
• The Jacobins
• The Draconians

Who among the following was the first to argue that the Sun, not the Earth, was the center of the universe?

• Martin Luther 
• Johannes Kepler
• Ptolemy
• Nicholas Copernicus

Which of the following was guillotined on July 28, 1794

• Robespierre
• Marat
• Danton
• Hugo