L2_U3_AOS1_The Political Order in France

Identify strands of Royal Authority (select all correct answers).

• Competence

• Dynastic Lineage

• Divine Right

• Benevolence

• Absolutism

Identify who could vote in the Ancien Regime.

• Second Estate - Nobles

• Just the rich

• Nobody

• Third Estate - Commoners

• First Estate - Clergy

Identify how much land in France was owned by the First Estate (Clergy/Church).

• 10%

• 5%

• 15%

• 35%

• 25%

Identify how many Parlements (provincial courts) there were in France during the Ancien Regime.

• 10

• 33

• 3

• 13

• 23

Identify the expected role of the Parlements (provincial courts) in the Ancien Regime. (select all correct answers).

• To register laws

• To protect noble privileges

• To delay laws

• To block laws

• To change the wording of laws (remonstrances)