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French Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Causes of the French Revolution
Movies
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This was a medieval fortress in Paris that was used as a prison - it was stormed by revolutionaries in 1789.
What is the Bastille
100
Napoleon's family had sent him to school in France to become this.
What is a soldier (or artillery commander)
100
This Eastern European nation recently ousted their president because of his close ties to Russia.
What is the Ukraine
100
The Third Estate was angry with the king because this staple food was in short supply.
What is bread
100
In this movie, an ordinary construction worker saves the universe from an evil tyrant, Lord Business
What is the Lego Movie
200
During this event, an angry group of thousands of peasant women marched from Paris to the royal palace in Versailles to demand bread from the king.
What was the Women's March
200
This was the name of the island off the west coast of Italy where Napoleon was born.
What is Corsica
200
Flight 370 was a commercial plane that disappeared carrying 239 passengers and crew that left from this country.
What is Malaysia
200
The Third Estate was tired of paying this to the King, to the Nobles, and to the Church.
What are taxes
200
this film tells the story of a fearless princess who sets off on an epic journey alongside a rugged, thrill-seeking mountain man, his loyal pet reindeer, and a hapless snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
What is Frozen
300
This was a period in France during which the Jacobin leadership under Maximilian Robespierre turned France into a police state and ordered the execution of thousands of people considered enemies of the revolution.
What is The Reign of Terror
300
During the battle of Austerlitz in 1804, Napoleon achieved his greatest military victory against this nation - which would also later hand him his greatest defeat.
What is Russia
300
Astronomers recently discovered ripples in space- time that were evident in the moments after this major event that is believed to have started our universe.
What is the Big Bang
300
This revolution is credited with helping to inspire the French Revolution
What is the American Revolution
300
This 1980's movie involves a group of paranormal investigators, a green "spud", and a giant marshmallow man - by the way, a third movie is coming out in 2015.
What is Ghostbusters
400
Queen Marie Antoinette was born a princess in this European nation, which was also an enemy of France's during the Revolution.
What is Austria
400
This was Napoleon's final battle, in which he had tried to regain his leadership but ultimately failed.
What is the Battle of Waterloo
400
This southern portion of the country of Ukraine, bordering the Black Sea, recently held a referendum in which the citizens overwhelmingly voted to join Russia.
What is Crimea
400
These ideas used science, reason, and logic to explain the world instead of beliefs in superstition and magic - they shown a light into the beliefs of the Dark Ages.
What is the Enlightenment ideas
400
This director directed such movies as Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy, and Pacific Rim.
Who is Guillermo del Toro
500
This was the name of the new government that was formed after the execution of Maximilian Robespierre - it was eventually overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte.
What is the Directory
500
This was a series of legal reforms instituted by Emperor Napoleon that forms the basis of France's legal system to this day - it's not the Da Vinci Code!
What is the Napoleonic Code
500
This South American country was struck by the strongest earthquake ever recorded.
What is Chile
500
This college-level word means that there is a huge difference between the wealthy and the poor.
What is socioeconomic disparity
500
This movie monster first appeared in 1954, and has starred in nearly 30 movies.
What is Godzilla