Name
Date
Period
Chapter 20
Activity
The French Revolution
59
Directions: Read the words in the Word Bank. On the line before each
sentence, write the letter of the word that correctly completes
each sentence.
a) Bastille
Word Bank
e) farmers
h) money
b) clergy
f) French Revolution
i) National Assembly
c) estates
g) land
j) Versailles
d) Estates-General
______ 1) French society was divided into three __________ .
______ 2) In France, the __________ paid no taxes to the government.
______ 3) The __________ was the French governmental body.
______ 4) Angry mobs attacked __________ on July 14, 1789.
______ 5) Members of the First Estate owned 10 percent of the __________ of
France.
______ 6) The Estates-General met at __________ on May 1, 1789.
______ 7) The Third Estate declared that they were a __________ .
______ 8) The attack on a French prison began the __________ .
______ 9) In the early 1770s, France had more __________ than any other nation
in Europe.
______ 10) __________ were part of the Third Estate.
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The French Revolution Match-Up
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Directions: Match each item in Column A with a detail from Column B
Write the letter of each correct answer on the line.
Column A
Column B
______ 1) estate
a) prison where the French Revolution began
______ 2) wealth
b) war in France
______ 3) clergy
c) class of people in France
______ 4) farmers
d) where Louis XVI and the Estates-General met
______ 5) nobles
e) a large amount of money
______ 6) mob
f) the Third Estate paid a lot of _______
______ 7) Estates-General
g) told the clergy and nobles to join the National Assembly
______ 8) National Assembly
h) part of the Third Estate
______ 9) Bastille
i) made up the First Estate
______10) French Revolution
j) nation with the most money in Europe in the 1770s
______11) France
k) governmental body of representatives from three estates
______12) taxes
l) made up the Second Estate
______13) Louis XVI
m) city where many starving people lived
______14) Paris
n) large group of people
______15) Versailles
o) what representatives of the Third Estate formed
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Revolution In France Crossword
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1
2
3
5
4
6
7
8
9
10
12
11
13
14
15
16
17
Across
1) lawmaking body
3) Reign of ______
4) has a strong opinion on an issue
6) to make sure people follow the law
8) new, democratic government of France
9) women marched on ______ in October, 1789
13) queen of France
15) French noble who fled France
16) group of people who meet to get something
done
17) radical leader during the French Revolution
Down
1) leader of Austria
2) machine the French used to execute people
4) wanted to kill anyone who opposed the
revolution
5) king of France
6) the same rights for everyone
7) branch of government that enforces laws
10) has a slight opinion on an issue
11) what Louis XVI was put on trial for
12) made up of five people
14) one who took control of French
government in 1799
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Napoleon True or False
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Directions: Read each sentence. Write T if the statement is true or F if it is
false.
______ 1) When Napoleon first came to power, he pretended he was the elected
leader of a democratic republic.
______ 2) Napoleon developed a new military tactic.
______ 3) Napoleon ruled France as a military dictator for 25 years.
______ 4) Pope Pius VII crowned Napoleon emperor of France.
______ 5) Britain, Russia, and Italy formed a military alliance against France.
______ 6) Neutral European nations turned against France because they lost trade.
______ 7) Napoleon’s retreat from Russia was a military disaster.
______ 8) In March 1814, Napoleon was removed from power.
______ 9) Troops are organized groups of soldiers.
______ 10) Napoleon was defeated at Elba.
______ 11) King Louis XVI’s soldiers supported Napoleon when he returned to
France.
______ 12) The Code of Napoleon made every man equal before the law.
______ 13) The Duke of Wellington led the German and French troops.
______ 14) Napoleon’s success had little effect on European history.
______ 15) Many of Napoleon’s soldiers died because of the cold Russian winter.
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