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- 1. Open EndedWhy do you think Louis XIV believed he needed to build the Palace of Versailles? Explain what practical and symbolic purposes Versailles might have served.
- 2. Open EndedEdict of Nates
- 3. Open EndedCardinal Richelieu
- 4. Open EndedSkepticism
- 5. Open EndedLouis XIV
- 6. Open EndedIntendents
- 7. Open EndedJean Baptist Colbert
- 8. Open EndedWar of the Spanish Succession
- 9. Open EndedConsider the amount of money and effort that went into the construction of the Palace of Versailles. What does this reveal about the way 17th-century French society viewed its king?
- 10. Open EndedBoyars
- 11. Open EndedIvan the terrible
- 12. Open EndedPeter the Great
- 13. Open EndedWesternization
- 14. Open EndedWhat were the major conflicts in the Thirty Years' War?
- 15. Open EndedWhat did Frederick the great do that made Prussia a leading power?
- 16. Open EndedHermaphrodite
- 17. Open EndedWho was Frederick William?
- 18. Open EndedWhat were Frederick William's ambitions for his son?
- 19. Open EndedWhat was the religion of Frederick William?
- 20. Open EndedWhere was Frederick headed when he tried to run away?
- 21. Open EndedWhat was the pressure that Frederick and his sister felt?
- 22. Open EndedCharles I
- 23. Open EndedEnglish Civil War
- 24. Open EndedOliver Cromwell
- 25. Open EndedRestoration
- 26. Open EndedHabeas Corpus
- 27. Open EndedGlorious Revolution
- 28. Open EndedConstitutional Monarchy
- 29. Open EndedCabinet
- 30. Open EndedWhat events influenced Thomas Hobbes and John Locke to come up with different theories about natural law?
- 31. Open EndedGeocentric Theory
- 32. Open EndedScientific Revolution
- 33. Open EndedHeliocentric Theory
- 34. Open EndedGalileo Galilei
- 35. Open EndedScientific Method
- 36. Open EndedJohn Locke
- 37. Open EndedVoltaire
- 38. Open EndedRousseau
- 39. Open EndedMary Wollstonecraft
- 40. Open EndedMontesquieu
- 41. Open EndedHow did the purpose of the meeting of the Estates-General in 1789 change?
- 42. Open EndedLegislative Assembly
- 43. Open EndedÉmigré
- 44. Open EndedSans-culotte
- 45. Open EndedJacobins
- 46. Open EndedGuillotine
- 47. Open EndedMaximilien Robespierre
- 48. Open EndedReign of Terror
- 49. Open EndedEstates General
- 50. Open Ended1st Estate
- 51. Open Ended2nd Estate
- 52. Open Ended3rd Estate
- 53. Open EndedLouis XVI
- 54. Open EndedMarie Antoinette
- 55. Open EndedOld Regime
- 56. Open EndedNational assembly
- 57. Open EndedEmmanuel-Joseph Sieyes
- 58. Open EndedBourgeoisie
- 59. Open EndedTennis Court Oath
- 60. Open EndedThe Great Fear
- 61. Open EndedLeft-wing
- 62. Open EndedRight-wing
- 63. Open EndedOlympe de Gouges
- 64. Open EndedJean-Paul Marat
- 65. Open EndedNational Convention
- 66. Open EndedWhich headlines best reflects the following statements: 1. Peasants have to pay corvée 2. City workers suffer from hunger 3. The Nobles and Clergy avoid taxes 4. Marie Antoinette buys luxurious gowns a) "France Develops a Market Economy b) "Income Gap Narrows in France" c) Old Regime Benefits the Privileged d) "Economic Equality Grows in France"
- 67. Open EndedWhich statement best reflects the sentiments of the author of the poem?: If the High-ups still make trouble Then the devil confound them And since they love gold so much May it melt in their traps That's the sincere wish Of the women who sell fish a) Women who work in fish markets are cruel b) The First Estate in France is treated unjustly c) The wealthy in France deserve to be hated d) Gold is not food to use as bait in fish traps.
- 68. Open EndedWhich is the correct chronological order of the events listed below? 1. The directory takes over in France. 2. Louis XVI calls for an Estates-General 3. The Reign of Terror begins 4. The Tennis Court Oath is taken a) 4, 3, 1, 2 b) 3, 1, 2, 4 c) 2, 4, 3, 1 d) 1, 2, 3, 4,
- 69. Open EndedThe Old Regime in France refers to a) The period of the French Revolution b) pre-1789 French society and social structure c) The time prior to the regime of Louis XIV d) When the Directory took power in 1789
- 70. Open EndedThe French monarchy prior to 1789 believed in: a) Constitutional democracy b) Absolute rule c) Constitutional monarchy d) Legislative power
- 71. Open EndedLouis XVI was unable to resolve France's financial crisis during his reign because a) The second Estate was only willing to pay limited taxes b) The First Estate wanted to increase the labor tax c) The peasantry and workers refused to lend money to the monarchy d) The First and Second blocked all taxation reform affecting them.
- 72. Open EndedThe National Assembly was responsible for which of the following: a) The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen b) The petition to call up the Estates-General in 1789 c) The establishment of the Directory system of government d) The writing of the Constitution of 1795.
- 73. Open EndedBase answers on passage: During the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work... Every aristocrat was a traitor... For two hundred years now the people had sweated, and toiled, and starved to keep a lustful court in lavish extravagance; now the descendants of those who had helped to make these courts brilliant had to hide for their lives. Which event is referred to in this passage? a) Reign of terror b) Tennis Court Oath c) Directory takes power d) Coronation of Louis XVI
- 74. Open EndedBase answers on passage: During the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work... Every aristocrat was a traitor... For two hundred years now the people had sweated, and toiled, and starved to keep a lustful court in lavish extravagance; now the descendants of those who had helped to make these courts brilliant had to hide for their lives. Which generalization best summarizes the views of the author of this passage? a) The common people of the nation deserved to be punished for violating countries laws. b) The goals of fraternity, liberty, and equality were achieved during this period c) The nobility was being punished for bringing benefits to the nation d) Because of past abuses by the nobility, the common people staged a bloody revolt.
- 75. Open EndedA primary cause of the French Revolution in 1789 was the: a) Increasing dissatisfaction of the Third Estate b) Rise to power of Napolean Bonaparte c) Execution of Louis XVI d) Unhappiness of the First and Second Estates
- 76. Open EndedOne important result of the French Revolution was that: a) France enjoyed a lengthy period of peace and prosperity b) The Church was restored to its former role and power in the French government. c) Political power shifted to the bourgeoisie. d) France lost its spirit of nationalism
- 77. Open EndedWhich idea is described in the following passage: God hath power to create and destroy, make or unmake, at his pleasure: to give life or send death; to judge...and to be judged by non...and like the power of Kings. a) Theory of divine right b) Enlightened despotism c) Constitutional monarchy d) Democratic plurality
- 78. Open EndedThe radical Jacobins wanted a a) Limited Monarchy b) Republican form of government c) Return to absolute rule d) Coalition with the Girondists
- 79. Open EndedDuring the first stage of the French Revolution a) The Estates-General became the National Assembly. b) The Jacobins gained control of the Legislative Assembly. c) The Reign of Terror began in the French countryside d) The Directory took charge of the French government
- 80. Open EndedThe Reign of Terror refers to the time when a) Jacobin radicals persecuted all suspected opposition b) King Louis XVI sought to crush the National Assembly c) The Directory hunted down the radical Jacobins d) Peasants revolted against the Directory.
- 81. Open EndedThe Constitution of 1795 established a) A Directory of five men to rule the nation b) A constitution and limited monarchy c) Universal manhood suffrage in France. d) A military dictatorship to run France.
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