Unit 18: Paper 3 (HL) — History of Europe
Topic 18.8: The French Revolution and Napoleon I (1774–1815) Questions
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Choose the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815.
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What event on 9-10 Thermidor (27-28 July 1794) marked the end of the Terror?
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Which body was created in April 1793 and given sweeping emergency powers to defend the Republic?
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Which event directly forced Louis XVI to summon the Estates-General in May 1789?
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What was the outcome of the Flight to Varennes in June 1791?
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Approximately how many people were officially executed during the Reign of Terror?
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Choose the event that directly triggered the establishment of Napoleon's Consulate in France.
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Choose the term Napoleon used to describe the prolonged guerrilla conflict in Spain and Portugal that drained his army of around 300,000 troops.
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Examine the causes of the French Revolution of 1789.
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Evaluate the impact of the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1799) on the course of the Revolution within France.
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Analyse the reasons for the fall of Robespierre in July 1794.
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Analyse the reasons why Napoleon's Grande Armée was destroyed during the invasion of Russia in 1812.
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Choose the agreement in which Napoleon and Pope Pius VII resolved the religious conflict caused by the French Revolution.
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Evaluate the view that Napoleon's downfall was primarily caused by his own mistakes rather than by his enemies' actions.
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Choose the battle in October 1813, described as the largest battle in history before 1914, that ended French control of Germany.
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Examine the reasons why guerrilla resistance in Spain during the Peninsular War (1808–1814) proved so damaging to Napoleon's empire.
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To what extent was the Reign of Terror a necessary response to the crises facing France in 1793?
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Discuss the reasons why the National Assembly was able to abolish the Ancien Regime so rapidly between May and August 1789.
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Compare and contrast the methods used by Napoleon Bonaparte in France and Benito Mussolini in Italy to consolidate personal power.
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To what extent was the use of the military the decisive factor in the rise to power of both Napoleon Bonaparte in France and Francisco Franco in Spain?
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