Indiana Academic Super Bowl
Social Studies Round
2017 – Senior Division - Invitational 1
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SD-I1-SS-1
Napoleon Bonaparte’s family heritage
was Italian. He was born into the minor
nobility of which of the following Italian
areas ruled by France?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Corsica
Piedmont
Sardinia
Savoy
SD-I1-SS-1
Napoleon Bonaparte’s family heritage
was Italian. He was born into the minor
nobility of which of the following Italian
areas ruled by France?
A.
Corsica
SD-I1-SS-2
Moore writes that, as France stood on the precipice
of revolution, the people had come to regard
Jacques Necker, Germaine de Staël’s father, as which
of the following?
A.
an admired advocate of reform who had
defied the king
B.
an aristocratic military hero of the recent wars
with England
C.
the fashionable owner of the Palais Royal, the
center of popular opposition to royal abuse
D.
an incompetent finance minister who
mismanaged the royal treasury
SD-I1-SS-2
Moore writes that, as France stood on the precipice
of revolution, the people had come to regard
Jacques Necker, Germaine de Staël’s father, as which
of the following?
A.
an admired advocate of reform who had
defied the king
SD-I1-SS-3
The National Constituent Assembly’s effort to reform the
French military alienated numerous noble military officers,
many of whom eventually became émigrés. The mass
exodus occurred, according to Sylvia Neely, after which of
the following events convinced them to flee to foreign
countries?
A.
the recognition of the National Guard and its elected
officers in August, 1789
B.
the abolition of noble titles by the Constituent
Assembly in June, 1790
C.
the bloody suppression of the mutiny at Nancy in
August, 1790
D.
the royal family’s failed attempt to leave France in
June, 1791
SD-I1-SS-3
The National Constituent Assembly’s effort to reform the
French military alienated numerous noble military officers,
many of whom eventually became émigrés. The mass
exodus occurred, according to Sylvia Neely, after which of
the following events convinced them to flee to foreign
countries?
D.
the royal family’s failed attempt to leave France in
June, 1791
SD-I1-SS-4
In 1787 and 1788, as the public finance crisis deepened,
Louis XVI installed Archbishop Loménie de Brienne (the
Queen’s favorite) and Chrétien François Lamoignon (a leader
in the Parlement of Paris) as his most important ministers.
Which of the following phrases most accurately describes
their time in office?
A.
adamant in their defense of absolutism, they blocked
all significant reforms
B.
in order to maintain the loyalty of the army and its
officers, they increased military spending
C.
though opposed by many courtiers, they worked
tirelessly to institute wide-ranging reforms
D.
with the support of the parliaments, they instituted
new stamp and land taxes
SD-I1-SS-4
In 1787 and 1788, as the public finance crisis deepened,
Louis XVI installed Archbishop Loménie de Brienne (the
Queen’s favorite) and Chrétien François Lamoignon (a leader
in the Parlement of Paris) as his most important ministers.
Which of the following phrases most accurately describes
their time in office?
C.
though opposed by many courtiers, they worked
tirelessly to institute wide-ranging reforms
SD-I1-SS-5
Moore explains that after their marriage, Éric
Magnus de Staël was a virtual nonentity to Germaine
de Staël, although for the first few years she did try
to treat him kindly. So why did she marry him?
A.
for social status; without being married even
wealthy French women had little influence
B.
for his money; her family was of the bourgeois
and he was one of the richest men in Europe
C.
for political influence; he was a well-known
advocate of reform and popular with the
people
D.
for his title; her father was Swiss, while his was
one of the oldest aristocratic families of France
SD-I1-SS-5
Moore explains that after their marriage, Éric Magnus
de Staël was a virtual nonentity to Germaine de Staël,
although for the first few years she did try to treat him
kindly. So why did she marry him?
A.
for social status; without being married even
wealthy French women had little influence
SD-I1-SS-6
Why, when Juliette Récamier’s husband went
catastrophically bankrupt in 1805, did
Napoléon refuse to authorize the Bank of
France to bail him out?
A. He had refused to loan money to Napoléon to
finance his conquests
B. She had rejected Napoléon’s amorous advances
and offers of a position at his court
C. She and her husband had been meeting secretly
with the secretary of the Austrian embassy
D. Her salon had become the focus of opposition to
Napoléon’s regime
SD-I1-SS-6
Why, when Juliette Récamier’s husband went
catastrophically bankrupt in 1805, did
Napoléon refuse to authorize the Bank of
France to bail him out?
B. She had rejected Napoléon’s amorous advances
and offers of a position at his court
SD-I1-SS-7
On June 27, 1789, an English visitor wrote in his diary,
“The whole business now seems over, and the revolution
complete.” He was describing what action taken by
Louis XVI just 10 days after the Third Estate declared
itself to be the National Assembly and 7 days after the
Tennis Court Oath?
A.
formation of the Paris militia and the Fall of the
Bastille
B.
instruction to members of the First and Second
Estates to meet with the National Assembly
C.
presentation of a compromise that combined
recommendations by Jacques Necker and more
conservative advisors
D.
use of the military to close the National Assembly
and arrest its leaders
SD-I1-SS-7
On June 27, 1789, an English visitor wrote in his diary,
“The whole business now seems over, and the
revolution complete.” He was describing what action
taken by Louis XVI just 10 days after the Third Estate
declared itself to be the National Assembly and 7 days
after the Tennis Court Oath?
B.
instruction to members of the First and Second
Estates to meet with the National Assembly
SD-I1-SS-8
Pauline Leon was always suspicious of, and swore
eternal hatred of, which one of the following
revolutionaries, who she regarded as one of the
internal enemies of France?
A.
Claire “Rose” Lacombe, co-founder of the
Société des Republicaines-Révolutionnaires
B.
The Marquis de Lafayette, the commander of
the National Guard
C.
Théophile Leclerc, the radical énrage
D.
Jean-Paul Marat, the fanatical writer and
publisher
SD-I1-SS-8
Pauline Leon was always suspicious of, and swore
eternal hatred of, which one of the following
revolutionaries, who she regarded as one of the
internal enemies of France?
B.
The Marquis de Lafayette, the commander of
the National Guard
SD-I1-SS-9
Which of the following statements best describes
the events that precipitated the Massacre of the
Champ de Mars that occurred on July 17, 1791?
A.
a chaotic and violent celebration of the
anniversary of the Fall of the Bastille
B.
a disorderly demonstration against the
Assembly’s decision to retain the monarchy
C.
a mutiny by the National Guard which
refused to obey orders of the Assembly
D. a violent attack on republican sans culottes
by monarchists and aristocrats
SD-I1-SS-9
Which of the following statements best describes
the events that precipitated the Massacre of the
Champ de Mars that occurred on July 17, 1791?
B.
a disorderly demonstration against the
Assembly’s decision to retain the monarchy
SD-I1-SS-10
In the spring of 1792, Germain de Staël plotted with her
lover, Louis de Narbonne, to make him prime minister.
However, he was dismissed from office by the Feuillant
leadership and rumors circulated that he was about to
be arrested for using government funds to avoid
personal bankruptcy. Who saved Narbonne from ruin
by paying his debts?
A.
Germain de Staël, using the proceeds from the
sale of her Caribbean estates
B.
Lafayette and his allies in the National Assembly
C.
Eric Magnus de Staël, Germain’s husband
D.
Jean-Marie Roland, the new Minister of the
Interior
SD-I1-SS-10
In the spring of 1792, Germain de Staël plotted with her
lover, Louis de Narbonne, to make him prime minister.
However, he was dismissed from office by the Feuillant
leadership and rumors circulated that he was about to
be arrested for using government funds to avoid
personal bankruptcy. Who saved Narbonne from ruin
by paying his debts?
C.
Eric Magnus de Staël, Germain’s husband
SD-I1-SS-11
In most respects, Manon Roland’s childhood
was typical of the daughter of a bourgeois
Parisian artisan. Which one part of her
upbringing was much more like the
experience of an aristocratic girl?
A. her convent education
B. her feminist beliefs
C. her fascination with Versailles
D. her lack of housekeeping skills
SD-I1-SS-11
In most respects, Manon Roland’s childhood
was typical of the daughter of a bourgeois
Parisian artisan. Which one part of her
upbringing was much more like the
experience of an aristocratic girl?
A. her convent education
SD-I1-SS-12
In 1791, the play The Intrigues of Mme. de
Staël attacked Germaine de Staël, and the
gossip sheet Chronique Scandaleuse mocked
Thérésia Cabarrus de Fonteny for being which
of the following?
A. counter-revolutionary aristocrats
opposed to reform
B. immoral women with improper political
influence
C. radical revolutionaries responsible for
violence and chaos
D. wealthy and frivolous salonniéres
SD-I1-SS-12
In 1791, the play The Intrigues of Mme. de
Staël attacked Germaine de Staël, and the
gossip sheet Chronique Scandaleuse mocked
Thérésia Cabarrus de Fonteny for being
which of the following?
B.
immoral women with improper political
influence
SD-I1-SS-13
During the horrific September Massacres of 1792,
Lucy Moore writes, “women were a particular focus
of the killings because … they were seen as
inherently counter-revolutionary and suspected of
involvement in the most sinister conspiracies.”
During the massacres, she notes that which one of
the following groups of women were ruthlessly
targeted by violent mobs because their very
existence seemed to undermine revolutionary
ideals?
A.
aristocrats
B.
nuns
C.
prostitutes
D.
salonnierés
SD-I1-SS-13
During the horrific September Massacres of 1792,
Lucy Moore writes, “women were a particular focus
of the killings because … they were seen as
inherently counter-revolutionary and suspected of
involvement in the most sinister conspiracies.”
During the massacres, she notes that which one of
the following groups of women were ruthlessly
targeted by violent mobs because their very
existence seemed to undermine revolutionary
ideals?
C.
prostitutes
SD-I1-SS-14
When they first met, this young inexperienced man
possessed none of the looks, influence, or wealth that
distinguished the men of Thérésia Cabarrus Tallien’s
fashionable salon at La Chaumierre. Who was this
man who Thérésia mocked when he declared his
“unconquerable passion” for her?
A.
Paul Barras, the future director throughout the
Directory
B.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the future emperor of
France
C.
The Marquis de Mirabeau, the future
mastermind behind the coup d’ état of Floréal
D.
James Monroe, the future president of the
United States
SD-I1-SS-14
When they first met, this young inexperienced man
possessed none of the looks, influence, or wealth
that distinguished the men of Thérésia Cabarrus
Tallien’s fashionable salon at La Chaumierre. Who
was this man who Thérésia mocked when he
declared his “unconquerable passion” for her?
B.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the future emperor of
France
SD-I1-SS-15
After the September Massacres, when the Girondins
sought to reconfirm Jean-Marie Roland as Minister
of the Interior, one of the following Jacobins
claimed to be his friend but mocked him for
allowing Manon Roland to run his ministry. Who
was this man, loathed by Manon from the early
months of the revolution, who worked incessantly
to undermine the Rolands, and would himself be
sent to the guillotine by Robespierre?
A.
Georges Danton
B.
Jean-Paul Marat
C.
Antoine Saint-Just
D.
Jean-Lambert Tallien
SD-I1-SS-15
After the September Massacres, when the Girondins
sought to reconfirm Jean-Marie Roland as Minister
of the Interior, one of the following Jacobins
claimed to be his friend but mocked him for
allowing Manon Roland to run his ministry. Who
was this man, loathed by Manon from the early
months of the revolution, who worked incessantly
to undermine the Rolands, and would himself be
sent to the guillotine by Robespierre?
A.
Georges Danton
SD-I1-SS-16
In the summer of 1792, who vainly attempted
to rally support to save The Constitution of
1791, first as panic spread throughout Paris in
the wake of military defeats and again
following the attack on the Tuileries in August?
A. the Jacobins (aka the Friends of the
Constitution)
B. the king’s Girondin ministers
C. the Marquis de Lafayette
D. the sans-culottes of the various sections
of Paris
SD-I1-SS-16
In the summer of 1792, who vainly attempted
to rally support to save The Constitution of
1791, first as panic spread throughout Paris in
the wake of military defeats and again
following the attack on the Tuileries in August?
C.
the Marquis de Lafayette
SD-I1-SS-17
In November of 1792, the French occupation
of Brussels and what is now Belgium, as well
as the potential danger to Holland, threated
the national security of which of the following
European powers who began to assemble an
international alliance to stop French
expansion?
A. Austria
B. Great Britain
C. Prussia
D. Russia
SD-I1-SS-17
In November of 1792, the French occupation
of Brussels and what is now Belgium, as well
as the potential danger to Holland, threated
the national security of which of the following
European powers who began to assemble an
international alliance to stop French
expansion?
B.
Great Britain
SD-I1-SS-18
At the end of May in 1793, the Committee on
Public Safety was determined to arrest and
execute Manon Roland’s husband, JeanMarie Roland, and her lover Francois Buzot,
as well as other Girondin leaders. Which man
escaped Paris and avoided arrest?
A. Buzot
B. Roland
C. Both Buzot and Roland
D. Neither Buzot nor Roland
SD-I1-SS-18
At the end of May in 1793, the Committee on
Public Safety was determined to arrest and
execute Manon Roland’s husband, JeanMarie Roland, and her lover Francois Buzot,
as well as other Girondin leaders. Which man
escaped Paris and avoided arrest?
C.
Both Buzot and Roland
SD-I1-SS-19
Until it surrendered to a republican army in October
of 1793, this inland city on the Rhone River, and one
of the four largest in Revolutionary France,
supported the federalists and fiercely opposed the
radical government in Paris. What was the name of
this city which survived the Convention’s order to
destroy it and the execution of 2,000 residents
during the Reign of Terror?
A.
Caen
B.
Bordeaux
C.
Lyon
D.
Marseilles
SD-I1-SS-19
Until it surrendered to a republican army in October
of 1793, this inland city on the Rhone River, and one
of the four largest in Revolutionary France,
supported the federalists and fiercely opposed the
radical government in Paris. What was the name of
this city which survived the Convention’s order to
destroy it and the execution of 2,000 residents
during the Reign of Terror?
C.
Lyon
SD-I1-SS-20
At an old-fashioned ball in January, 1798,
Germaine de Staël confronted Napoleon
Bonaparte by asking who was the greatest
woman in history. He responded that it was
the woman with what?
A. the greatest number of children
B. the happiest husband
C. the most profound intelligence and wit
D. the noblest patriotism
SD-I1-SS-20
At an old-fashioned ball in January, 1798,
Germaine de Staël confronted Napoleon
Bonaparte by asking who was the greatest
woman in history. He responded that it was
the woman with what?
A. the greatest number of children
SD-I1-SS-21
During the “Great Terror” between June 10 and July
27, 1794, more than 30 individuals were executed
under orders of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Sylvia
McNeely cites the historian Hugh Gough who has
concluded that the Revolution had by this time
evolved into which of the following?
A.
a political witch-hunt against the Jacobins’
political opponents
B.
a religious crusade against Roman Catholics
and other Christians
C.
a social war against the rich and religious
D.
an extremely violent combination of all of the
above
SD-I1-SS-21
During the “Great Terror” between June 10 and July
27, 1794, more than 30 individuals were executed
under orders of the Revolutionary Tribunal. Sylvia
McNeely cites the historian Hugh Gough who has
concluded that the Revolution had by this time
evolved into which of the following?
C.
a social war against the rich and religious
SD-I1-SS-22
According to Lucy Moore, which of the following
phrases accurately describes the scene in the Place
de la Revolution as Montagnard Jacobins
guillotined their victims?
A.
the atmosphere around the scaffold
resembled a lively and unruly carnival
B.
a majority of the ghoulish spectators tended
to be women
C.
most of the victims became hysterical and
begged for mercy
D.
radical women, known as “The Furies”, sang
macabre chansons de guillotine
SD-I1-SS-22
According to Lucy Moore, which of the following
phrases accurately describes the scene in the Place
de la Revolution as Montagnard Jacobins
guillotined their victims?
B.
a majority of the ghoulish spectators tended
to be women
SD-I1-SS-23
In January 1789, the women of the Third Estate
petitioned the king with a list of demands similar to
the cahiers submitted by men. Which one of the
following was a demand of the women as the first
phase of the French Revolution began?
A.
that wives be given property rights equal to
their husbands and the right to divorce their
husbands
B.
that women’s trades, such as dressmaking and
embroidery, be reserved exclusively for women
C.
that free public schools be established to teach
math and science to girls
D.
that women be granted the right to vote
SD-I1-SS-23
In January 1789, the women of the Third Estate
petitioned the king with a list of demands similar to
the cahiers submitted by men. Which one of the
following was a demand of the women as the first
phase of the French Revolution began?
B.
that women’s trades, such as dressmaking and
embroidery, be reserved exclusively for women
SD-I1-SS-24
The events of the summer of 1789 convinced
members of which one of the following groups that
they themselves had saved the Revolution from the
hostile designs of the king and the nobility, and had
given them an unrealistic expectation of future
influence that would lead to instability and
violence?
A.
the delegates of the National Assembly
B.
the professional soldiers of the National
Guard
C.
the people of Paris
D.
the wealthy urban bourgeoisie
SD-I1-SS-24
The events of the summer of 1789 convinced
members of which one of the following groups that
they themselves had saved the Revolution from the
hostile designs of the king and the nobility, and had
given them an unrealistic expectation of future
influence that would lead to instability and
violence?
C.
the people of Paris
SD-I1-SS-25
Montesquieu’s influential The Spirit of
the Law reflected an almost obsessive
fear in pre-revolutionary France of what
form of political and social instability?
A. foreign influence
B. peasant insurrection
C. religious persecution
D. royal despotism
SD-I1-SS-25
Montesquieu’s influential The Spirit of
the Law reflected an almost obsessive
fear in pre-revolutionary France of what
form of political and social instability?
D.
royal despotism
End of Social Studies Round
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