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Enlightenment
Causes of the Revolution
Important People and Events
Consequences of the Revolution
Vocabulary / Miscellaneous
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Fill in the blank: The Enlightenment is also known as the _________.
Age of Reason.
100
Lack of a specific type of food that constitutes the basis of French daily nutrition increased popular disatisfaction. What type of food was it?
Bread.
100
Name the king and queen beheaded by the revolutionaries.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
100
Secularism is the division between ______ and ______.
Church and State.
100
Define absolutism.
Political system of unlimited centralized power in one individual.
200
Montesquieu argued that government powers should be separated. How should the division be?
Executive Legislative Judicial
200
How was society divided before the Revolution?
1st Estate: Nobles 2nd Estate: Clergy 3rd Estate: Commoners
200
Who was the leader during the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre.
200
The slogan made famous by the Revolution was...
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité Freedom, Equality, Fraternity
200
What phrase is Marie Antoinette falsely accused of saying?
"Let them eat cake!"
300
Who wrote the book "The Social Contract"?
Rousseau.
300
During the meeting of the Estates General, what estates had the most representatives?
1st and 2nd: Nobility and Clergy.
300
Explain what went on during the Reign of Terror.
This period of time was marked by violence often committed by those in power that produced widespread terror, famous for mass executions of political suspects.
300
France became the first country in Europe to change its political system. What was the new political system?
Republic.
300
Define positivism.
Philosophical system that says that all human knowledge should be based on Facts. Science and Technology are the most important features in human life.
400
This thinker believed in absolute monarchy because men are naturally evil.
Thomas Hobbes.
400
Fill in the blank: France's contributions to the American Revolution, contributed to the country's increasing __________.
National debt.
400
Name 3 things that make the fall of the Bastille important.
1. They had weapons that the revolutionaries needed. 2. It was a prison. 3. It was a symbol of the Ancien Regime.
400
Why is the French Revolution considered one of the most important events in human history?
It changed the ideas people had about government, freedom, equality and justice. It was the main influence for many independence movements.
400
What elements are included in working conditions?
-Amenities -Physical environment -Stress and noise levels -Degree of safety or danger -Salary
500
According to John Locke, government should take care of the 3 basic rights. What are they?
Life, Liberty and Property.
500
How was the Revolution influenced by the Enlightenment ideas?
New ideas about government, new ideas about freedom and equality. People's vision of religion was also affected.
500
What happened during the Tennis Court Oath?
After the 3rd Estate was locked out of the meeting of the Estates General, they had their own meeting, at a Tennis Court, where they vowed to create a Constitution.
500
Because of the beginning of the Revolution, this date is considered the National Day of France. What day is it?
July 14th, 1789.
500
Where does the Declaration of Rights of Citizen and Man say that sovereignty lies?
With the people.