Who am I?
I'm the absolute monarch of France who was executed during the Revolution.
King Louis XVI (16th)
This is the term for a class in pre-revolutionary France.
estate
- capital of France
- home to Notre Dame cathedral
- origin of much of the French Revolution
Paris
separation of powers / checks and balances
Dracula and his vampire friends might have heliophobia, a fear of this.
the Sun
I'm the English philosopher who came up with the idea of natural rights.
John Locke
This is the term for the freedom to do what you'd like to do.
liberty
- largest country in the world, by area
- invaded by Napoleon in 1812
- rather cold...
Russia
This is the term for the movement to end slavery.
abolitionism
Which of these happened FIRST?
- Barack Obama is elected
- the first iPhone is released
- Justin Bieber's first album
iPhone (January 2007)
Obama (November 2007)
Justin Bieber (2010)
I'm the French revolutionary who ran the Reign of Terror.
Maximilien Robespierre
This is the term for a government system in which the ruler inherits their position, claims complete power, and cannot be overruled.
absolutism
- an archipelago
- made up largely of mountains
- practiced isolation from the 1600s to the 1800s
Japan
This document, published in August 1789, listed all of the things that French citizens were allowed to do in the new government and the government's responsibility to protect them.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man (and of the Citizen)
AB Negative and O Positive are two examples of...
blood types
I'm the French philosopher who said, "I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
This is the term for the power of the mind to think, understand, and make sense of the world.
reason/logic
- Mediterranean country
- home to major historical figures such as Socrates and Aristotle
- had a major influence on another Mediterranean empire later on
Greece
This was the meeting, called by the king of France in 1789, where representatives of the French people came together to give him advice.
the Estates-general
Stefani Germanotta is the actual name of this musician.
Lady Gaga
I'm the English feminist who wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women, arguing that women needed to be included in the Enlightenment.
Mary Wollstonecraft
This was the promise, sworn by members of the 3rd estate, to continue pushing for change until they got France a new constitution.
the Tennis Court Oath
- country in central Asia
- mostly made up of a vast grassland known as the steppe
- birthplace of one of history's greatest conquerors
Mongolia
The July 14th, 1789, attack on this prison serves as the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
the Bastille
If you have 3, you have 3.
If you have 2, you have 2.
If you have 1, you have 0.
What am I?
choices