Napoleon Review

Early Napoleon

100

Island where Napoleon was born.

What is Corsica?

200

When Napoleon was in the French Military, he specialized in what?

Artillery (Cannons)

300

Name of the object Napoleon's army discovers in Egypt. It became vital to translating hieroglyphics.

Rosetta Stone

400

The military helped Napoleon seize power in France by overthrowing the government, which is called what?

Coup (Military coup)

500

The European powers such as Britain, Austria, and Prussia often formed temporary alliances against France when Napoleon was in power. What are these temporary alliances called?

Coalitions

Napoleon Reforms

100

Napoleon enacted a lot of changes to the French government, legal system, and army. What were these changes called?

Napoleonic Code

200

Napoleon crowned himself this position in 1804. What was that position called?

Emperor 

300

Name one change in French law due to the Napoleonic Code

Makes all Frenchman equal before the law

Allowed religious freedom

Institutes public education in the form of the secondary education lycées

Revises taxes, destroyed noble privileges (esp. primogeniture)

All adult men could have any job and own property

Established fathers/husbands as powerful heads of household

Unified the Law in France, ended regional practice

400

Number of laws simplified by the Napoleonic Code

14,000

500

Name of the common practice among nobles (that Napoleon abolished) where titles/positions were passed down to their heirs

primogeniture

Rise of Napoleon

100

Though Napoleon was very successful in fighting with armies on the ground, he often struggled when directing his navy. Which battle saw him lose both his fleet and the Spanish fleet against the British?

Battle of Trafalgar

200

Since he had lost most of his navy, Napoleon intended to hurt the British economically by making the decree that no European port would accept British ships. What was this strategy called?

Continental System

300

The French were forced to fight the Spanish militias, who used tactics such as hit and run raids and ambushes against the French. These tactics were also known as what?

Guerrilla Warfare

400

Name the Battle which took place in 1805 where Napoleon defeated a combined Russian and Austrian force. Hailed as his "Perfect Battle"

Battle of Austerlitz

500

Which two countries did not follow the continental blockade against Britain?

Portugal and Russia

Napoleon in Russia

100

Napoleon invaded Russia with how many men initially?

600,000

200

The Russians were heavily outnumbered by Napoleon's army. What tactic did the Russians use to slow the French down and struggle to get supplies?

Scorched-Earth Tactic

300

Name of the Russian city Napoleon fought hard to occupy, but was shocked to find it empty/burned when the French captured it?

Moscow

400

What disadvantages did Napoleon's army have in Russia? (need at least 2)

Slow moving, need a massive amount of supplies

Not used to Russia climate (cold and heat)

Disease

Scorched-Earth tactic

500

War between the French and the Portuguese, funded by the British that would exhaust French supplies/men while Napoleon would be campaigning in Russia 

Peninsular War 

Fall of Napoleon

100

Napoleon is forced to leave France and go to the island of Elba in 1814. What is is called when you are forced to leave your home country?

Exile

200

Napoleon escapes Elba and rallies the French against their enemies. The French do well initially, but Napoleon is finally defeated by the British and Prussians at what battle?

Battle of Waterloo

300

Secret meeting where the Powers of Europe decide what to do with the former territory of Napoleon?

Congress of Vienna

400

Island where Napoleon is exiled for the second time and eventually dies.

St. Helena

500

Name every delegate at the Congress of Vienna (all 5)

 Prince Clemens von Metternich of Austria

 Viscount Castlereagh of Great Britain

 Marquis de Talleyrand of France

 Tsar Alexander I of Russia

 King Frederick William III of Prussia