The French Revolution and Napoleon QUIZ REVIEW

The main reason Napoleon divorced Josephine and married Marie Louise of Austria was because

• Josephine interfered with his decisions as emperor

• he was seeking a male heir to the throne.

• he wanted an alliance with Austria.

• Marie Louise was a grandniece of Marie Antoinette.

To prevent trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations, Napoleon set up

• a plebiscite.

• a boycott.

• an embargo

• a blockade.

The Russian practice of burning fields and slaughtering livestock to prevent invading French troops from having access to them was called

• guerrilla warfare

• slash-and-burn.

• the scorched-earth policy.

• the Continental System.

All of the following were factors in Napoleon’s downfall except

• his invasion of Russia in 1812.

• his use of the Continental System.

• his war with Spain.

• the Battle of Waterloo

Napoleon’s policy called the Continental System was created to

• make continental Europe more self sufficient

• make trade between Europe and other continents easier

• control smuggling along France’s coast.

• increase trade with Great Britain.

The war between Spain and France in the early 1800s was known as the

• Thirty Years’ War

• civil war.

• Hundred Days

• Peninsular War

The Battle of Waterloo was between the French and

• the British

• the British and the Spanish.

• the British and the Prussians

• the British and the Austrians

The Hundred Days refers to

• Napoleon’s last bid for power

• the length of the Peninsular War.

• the length of time Napoleon was exiled

• the length of Napoleon’s reign.

series of meetings of European powers to ensure the security and stability of a new European order after Napoleon’s defeat

• National Assembly

• Legislative Assembly

• Estates-General

• Congress of Vienna

Napoleon’s last bid for power

• Hundred Days

• Old Regime

• Estates-General

• Great Terror