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50 Cards in this Set
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What government directly preceded the Consulate in France?
(A) Empire (B) Hegemony (C) Directory (D) City-State |
c
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The Consulate was:
(A) A front for Napoleonic dictatorship (B) A group of oligarchic rulers (C) A corrupt business cartel (D) A constitutional monarchy with a parliament |
a
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Which country did NOT join the Third Coalition?
(A) Russia (B) Austria (C) Prussia (D) Britain |
c
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Which country did NOT join the First Coalition?
(A) Russia (B) Austria (C) Britain (D) France |
d
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Which of the following was a French consul during the consulate?
(A) Marat (B) Robespierre (C) Sieyes (D) David |
c
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Which of the following ended up briefly ruling the Kingdom of Naples?
(A) Marat (B) Murat (C) Talleyrand (D) Sieyes |
b
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Which royal family did Napoleon remove from the throne of Spain, replacing them with his brother Joseph?
(A) Tudor (B) Medici (C) Bourbon (D) Hapsburg |
c
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Francis II was Emperor of what?
(A) Austria (B) France (C) Prussia (D) Franzia |
a
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Napoleon's Polish state was called what?
(A) The Cisalpine Republic (B) The Republic of Poland (C) The Grand Duchy of Warsaw (D) "Congress Poland" |
c
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Which landmark agreement reorganized Europe after the Napoleonic Wars?
(A) The Congress of Venice (B) The Congress of Ventnor Ave (C) The Congress of Venetia (D) The Congress of Vienna |
d
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Who of the following was a prominent Spanish artist during the Napoleonic era?
(A) Dali (B) Picasso (C) Goya (D) Da Vinci |
c
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What style did Jacques-Louis David paint in?
(A) Neoclassical (B) Rococo (C) Empire Revivalist (D) Mannerism |
a
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What did Napoleon call his grouping of German States?
(A) The Republic of Austerlitz (B) The Holy Roman Empire (C) The Confederation of the Rhine (D) The Grand Duchy of Saxony |
c
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Which of the following was not a German Romantic thinker?
(A) Herder (B) Fichte (C) Hegel (D) Voltaire |
d
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German nationalism was predicated on the existence of what special characteristic unique to each nation (according to Romanticism)?
(A) Mis-en-scene (B) Bildungsroman (C) Volksgeist (D) Weltenschaung |
c
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What was Napoleon's legal system called?
(A) Napoleonic Codex (B) Napoleonic Code (C) Napoleonic Codon (D) Napoleonic Coddle |
b
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Who led a slaves' rebellion in Haiti?
(A) Che Gueverra (B) Joachim Murat (C) Toussaint l'Ouverture (D) Maximillian Robespierre |
c
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At which nation's economy was the Continental System aimed?
(A) Britain (B) Austria (C) Russia (D) United States |
a
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Which Prussian reformer is often credited with "Freeing the Serfs"?
(A) Scharnhost (B) Hardenberg (C) Baron Stein (D) Gneisenau |
c
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Who was Napoleon's Chief of Police?
(A) Talleyrand (B) Marat (C) Murat (D) Fouche |
d
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Who was Austria's representative at the Congress of Vienna?
(A) Talleyrand (B) Hardenberg (C) Metternich (D) Castlereagh |
c
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Who was France's delegate to the Congress of Vienna?
(A) Talleyrand (B) Hardenberg (C) Metternich (D) Castlereagh |
a
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Who was Prussia's delegate to the Congress of Vienna?
(A) Baron Stein (B) Castlereagh (C) Hardenberg (D) Talleyrand |
c
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Who was Britain's delegate to the Congress of Vienna?
(A) Talleyrand (B) Hardenberg (C) Metternich (D) Castlereagh |
d
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On what island was Napoleon born?
(A) Elba (B) Saint Helena (C) Corsica (D) Gattaca |
c
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On what island did Napoleon die?
(A) Elba (B) Saint Helena (C) Gattaca (D) Corsica |
b
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Who ruled Prussia during the Napoleonic Era?
(A) Otto von Bismarck (B) Frederick the Great (C) Frederick William III (D) Francis II |
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Who was Napoleon's second wife?
(A) Marie Louise (B) Marie Walewska (C) Josephine (D) Catherine the Great |
a
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What was Napoleon's son known as?
(A) The Dauphin (B) The Infante (C) The King of Rome (D) The Prince of Europe |
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In 1802, what treaty ended formal hostilities between France and Britain for about a year?
(A) Pressburg (B) Versailles (C) Luneville (D) Amiens |
d
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What agreement did Napoleon sign with the Pope to end the religious schism between France and the Church stemming from the Revolution?
(A) Babylonian Captivity Apologia (B) Donation of Constantine (C) Concordat (D) Golden Bull |
c
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At which battle was Napoleon's Navy decimated?
(A) Trafalgar (B) Aboukir (C) Midway (D) Austerlitz |
a
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This 1813 battle, called the "Battle of Nations", ultimately resulted in Napoleon's exile to Elba:
(A) Marengo (B) Waterloo (C) Leipzig (D) Austerlitz |
c
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Who led the British force at Waterloo?
(A) Nelson (B) Pitt (C) Blucher (D) Wellington |
d
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What was Napoleon's return from Elba to make a last run for power called?
(A) The Finale (B) The Empire Strikes Back (C) The Hundred Days (D) Return from Elba |
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This guerilla war gave the French forces some of its first defeats, as well as being a costly diversion of Napoleon's resources:
(A) War of 1812 (B) Peninsular War (C) War of Liberation (D) War of Devolution |
b
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Who published Ideas on the Philosophy of the History of Mankind in 1784?
(A) Hesse (B) Hegel (C) Herder (D) Hanson |
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How did Napoleon refer to Britain?
(A) "That nation of shopkeepers" (B) "That naval hegemony" (C) "Those fancy-pants industrialists" (D) "That cartel of merchants" |
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What destroyed the Grand Army?
(A) Poisoned Water (B) A Russian-Austrian Alliance (C) A Russian Winter (D) Explosive Mines |
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Which exiled Napoleon to Elba?
(A) Chaumont (B) Paris (C) Versailles (D) Fontainebleau |
d
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In which treaty did Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Britain agree to stand together against France if it should become too powerful in the next 20 years?
(A) Versailles (B) Fontainebleau (C) Chaumont (D) Pressburg |
c
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Who was made French king after Napoleon's exile to Elba?
(A) Louis XVIII (B) Francis II (C) Henry IV (D) Jacques I |
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Which former Prussian administrator served in Czar Alexander I's court?
(A) Bismarck (B) Hardenberg (C) Baron Stein (D) Gneisenau |
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What proclamation announced the Continental System in 1806?
(A) Vienna Decree (B) Venice Decree (C) Milan Decree (D) Berlin Decree |
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On Christmas Eve, 1800, a bomb almost killed Napoleon. Which group was blamed for the bombing?
(A) Chartists (B) Royalists (C) Jacobins (D) Romantics |
c
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Which country had the world's dominant navy in 1810?
(A) France (B) Britain (C) Austria (D) United States |
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What was the name of the first French-controlled state in Northern Italy that Napoleon created (by the treaty of Campo Formio)?
(A) Kingdom of Naples (B) Italian Republic (C) Cisalpine Republic (D) Grand Duchy of Italy |
c
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On December 2, 1805, Napoleon's army defeated the Russians and Austrians at what major battle?
(A) Austerlitz (B) Leipzig (C) Waterloo (D) Trafalgar |
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Before railroads, what was the most efficient way to move goods internationally in Europe?
(A) By horseback (B) By wagon (C) By ship (D) By postal service |
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Which of the following issues did the Congress of Vienna address as a side issue?
(A) Minimum wages (B) Maximum working hours (C) Gambling (D) Slave-trading |
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