World History Reading Guide Chapter 3 Section 2

What was the 'Great Fear'?

• A period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an aristocratic conspiracy during the French Revolution.

• A treaty signed to end the French Revolution.

• A famous speech given by Napoleon.

• A law passed to abolish the monarchy.

Marquis de Lafayette was:

• a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War

• the first President of the United States

• a famous British general during the American Revolution

• an inventor of the steam engine

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was modeled after which document?

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

• The American Declaration of Independence

• The French Civil Code

Olympe de Gouges wrote:

• The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen

• The Social Contract

• The Spirit of the Laws

• Emile

The National Assembly did what to the church's lands to pay off a huge debt?

• Sold the lands

• Gave the lands to the king

• Destroyed the lands

• Left the lands untouched

The Emigres were:

• French nobles who fled the country during the Revolution

• Supporters of Napoleon

• Members of the Third Estate

• Leaders of the Jacobins

The Declaration of Pillnitz was:

• A statement by Austria and Prussia supporting the French monarchy and warning against harm to the royal family.

• A treaty between France and Britain to end the Napoleonic Wars.

• A declaration of war by Austria against France.

• A proclamation of the French Republic.

The Sans-Culottes were:

• members of the French nobility

• radical working-class revolutionaries during the French Revolution

• supporters of the monarchy

• leaders of the Catholic Church

The National Assembly declared war on which country and for what reason?

• Austria, to spread the revolution

• Britain, to gain territory

• Spain, to control trade routes

• Prussia, to form an alliance

What was the main reason for the French Revolution?

• The king's decision to invade England

• Discontent among the lower classes due to inequality

• A desire to establish a new religion

• The influence of the American Revolution