CH23 TEST WSS QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE ANSWERS
How did Admiral Nelson defeat the French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar? -
Answer-He divided the French fleet into smaller groups and then attacked them.
How did Great Britain react to the continental system? - Answer-It organized its own
blockade.
Why did Napoleon attack Spain? - Answer-To enforce the terms of the Continental
System in Portugal
What were the Spanish peasant fighters that Napoleon could not defeat called? -
Answer-Guerrillas
What strategy did Czar Alexander 1 use to defeat Napoleon in Russia? - Answer-
Scorched-earth policy
Napoleon's last bid of power, called the Hundred Days, ended with his defeat at... -
Answer-Waterloo
About what percentage of France's population belonged to the third estate? - Answer-
97%
What happened on July 14, Bastille day? - Answer-A mob stormed a prison looking for
gun powder
Which goal was NOT stated in the "slogan of the revolution"?
A) liberty
B) equality
C) justice
D) brotherhood - Answer-C) justice
Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"? -
Answer-Declaration of the rights of man
During the reign of terror, who was safe from the guillotine? - Answer-No one
Why did the national assembly lose the support of many French peasants? - Answer-It
taxed the Bourgeoisie
Ironically, Robespierre was a head of which agency during the reign of terror - Answer-
The committee of public safety
COMPLETE ANSWERS
How did Admiral Nelson defeat the French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar? -
Answer-He divided the French fleet into smaller groups and then attacked them.
How did Great Britain react to the continental system? - Answer-It organized its own
blockade.
Why did Napoleon attack Spain? - Answer-To enforce the terms of the Continental
System in Portugal
What were the Spanish peasant fighters that Napoleon could not defeat called? -
Answer-Guerrillas
What strategy did Czar Alexander 1 use to defeat Napoleon in Russia? - Answer-
Scorched-earth policy
Napoleon's last bid of power, called the Hundred Days, ended with his defeat at... -
Answer-Waterloo
About what percentage of France's population belonged to the third estate? - Answer-
97%
What happened on July 14, Bastille day? - Answer-A mob stormed a prison looking for
gun powder
Which goal was NOT stated in the "slogan of the revolution"?
A) liberty
B) equality
C) justice
D) brotherhood - Answer-C) justice
Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"? -
Answer-Declaration of the rights of man
During the reign of terror, who was safe from the guillotine? - Answer-No one
Why did the national assembly lose the support of many French peasants? - Answer-It
taxed the Bourgeoisie
Ironically, Robespierre was a head of which agency during the reign of terror - Answer-
The committee of public safety
