Napoleon 1

Napoleon was not born in France. He was born on the island of _______________, in the Mediterranean Sea.

• Corsica

• Sardinia

• Sicily

• Malta

Napoleon went to military school in France, where he was mocked and discriminated against because of his ...

• poor quality clothes

• Italian accent and birth outside France

• bad marksmanship

• inability to ride a horse

Napoleon came to prominence during the French Revolution when he ...

• advocated for the increased use of the guillotine

• called for Robespierre's execution

• suppressed a rioting crowd using cannons with grapeshot

• wore his military uniform to civilian events

Napoleon's first great victories for France were in Italy, where he defeated the armies of ...

• Austria and the Piedmont

• Japan and Korea

• the Pope

• The Italian Republic

Napoleon's time in Egypt was his apprenticeship as a _____________.

• general

• ruler and governor

• artilleryman

• tailor

What did Napoleon use newspapers for?

• reading in the morning at breakfast

• wrapping fish

• packing his china dishes

• propaganda

How did Napoleon treat the Muslim people he ruled in Egypt?

• He forced them to give up their religion.

• He made them the cooks and bakers in his palaces in Egypt

• He respected them, and attended their celebrations. He even considered converting to Islam!

• He tried to ignore them as much as possible

The main daily food that French peasants and the urban poor ate was ...

• French Fries

• Bread

• McDonalds

• Cheese

A Midwife is a woman who is trained to ...

• cut loaves of bread exactly in half

• act as a go-between in mariage contracts

• stay awake until midnight every evening

• help women in childbirth and deliver babies