ENLIGHTENMENT-FRENCH REVOLUTION

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

 

1.       

What word means decisions based on fact and logic?       

2.       

Agreeing to give up liberty to gain security describes what idea?

3.       

Thinkers of the 1700’s who used reason to study aspects of life were called:

4.       

Who had a hard time proving anything, but finally said “I think; therefore I am”?

5.       

The Enlightenment thinker who defended freedom of speech was:

6.       

The Enlightenment thinker who defended a woman’s right to an education was:

7.       

What happened to Beethoven in his 30’s?

8.       

Bach is remembered as the Father of:

9.       

Who said people are born with a clean slate and have three natural rights?

10.   

Who said we need an absolute monarch to rule society?

11.   

Denis Diderot compiled information on sciences and other areas in creating the first what?

12.   

What is a description of Estates?  (What does it mean?)

13.   

What major problem did Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette face?

14.   

Who made up the 2nd Estate?

15.   

The 3rd Estate had 97% of the population and how many votes in the meeting of Estates General?

16.   

What event on July 14, 1789 is considered the start of the French Revolution?

17.   

Robespierre was in control during a period of time called the:

18.   

During the years of the Revolution, France went to war with whom?

19.   

What type of government was established during phase 2 of the revolution?

20.   

During which phase of the revolution did people have the fewest freedoms?