Reign of Terror - French Revolution

1.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

The two main political clubs that dominated the National Convention were...

The Mountain

Girondins

Republicans

Royalists

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which form of government has no king?

Constitutional monarchy

Absolute monarchy

Republic

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Which political club in the National Convention was most influential in passing the decree to execute King Louis XVI?

Girondins

The Mountain

4.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Who is shown beheaded in this painting?

King Louis XVI

Queen Marie Antoinette

Maximilien Robespierre

Napoleon Bonaparte

5.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Faced with peasant rebellion & foreign invasion, the Nat'l Convention gave broad powers to a special committee of 12 called the...

Committee of Public Safety

National Assembly

Jacobin Club

Dechristianization

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Committee of Public Safety adopted policies known as the ___________, which led to the deaths of 40,000 French people.

Reign of Terror

League of Nations

Constitutional Convention

National Convention

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What method was the most often used means of execution during the Reign of Terror in France?

Guillotine

Hanging

Electric chair

Firing squad

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What label did Robespierre use for the new social order he aimed to create through the Reign of Terror?

The Republic of Virtue

The Cathedral of Notre Dame

The Committee of Public Safety

The Temple of Reason

9.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which of these describes the goals of the de-Christianization policy?

Eliminate religion in France as superstition

Encourage more religious devotion

Anyone hoarding grain would be killed

Win the wars against Austria & Prussia

10.

Multiple Select

2 mins

1 pt

Which of these were examples of the policy of de-Christianization in France? [mark 3]

Notre Dame was converted to a "temple of reason"

The Catholic calendar was replaced

The new Republican Calendar eliminated Christian holidays like Christmas & Easter

The punishment for "monopolizing" was death

Many citizens joined political clubs like the Mountain

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

With the "Decree Against Profiteers," the Committee of Public Safety tried to force merchants to sell their goods by using the threat of _____.

death

fines

higher taxes

patriotism

12.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

The "Law of Suspects" established revolutionary courts to try anyone suspected of ...

treason against the revolution.

monopolizing essential merchandise.

being executed by guillotine.

being a foreign spy.

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What country is highlighted on this map?

England

France

Germany

Canada

14.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

T/F: Only members of the clergy & nobility were killed during the Reign of Terror.

TRUE

FALSE

15.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

T/F: King Louis XVI was executed on Christmas Day in 1793.

TRUE

FALSE

16.

Multiple Select

45 sec

1 pt

In September 1791, what actions did the National Convention take?

Abolished the monarchy

Established a republic

Executed the king

Began a Reign of Terror

17.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

What action by King Louis XVI in June 1791 caused the National Convention to declare him a traitor & eventually condemn him to death?

King Louis tried to flee France & reverse the Revolution.

King Louis invented a new execution machine - the guillotine.

King Louis decreed that each Estate would have one vote.

King Louis ordered his guards to fire on the crowds.

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