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Nationalism in Europe bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Bastille was stormed on:Read the answer and worked solution →How many prisoners were found in the Bastille when it was stormed?Read the answer and worked solution →Louis XVI ascended the French throne in:Read the answer and worked solution →Louis XVI was married to the Austrian princess:Read the answer and worked solution →In eighteenth-century France, which estate alone paid taxes to the state?Read the answer and worked solution →Peasants made up about what share of the French population?Read the answer and worked solution →The Church's tax on peasants, one-tenth of produce, was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The direct tax paid by the third estate to the state was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which philosopher's Two Treatises of Government refuted the divine right of monarchs?Read the answer and worked solution →Before 1789, the Estates General had last been called in:Read the answer and worked solution →Louis XVI convened the Estates General on:Read the answer and worked solution →The third estate sent how many members to the Estates General of 1789?Read the answer and worked solution →Who wrote the pamphlet What is the Third Estate?Read the answer and worked solution →The National Assembly abolished the feudal system of obligations and taxes on the night of:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Constitution of 1791, active citizens had to be men above what age?Read the answer and worked solution →The Jacobin club took its name from the former convent of:Read the answer and worked solution →The Jacobins who wore long striped trousers were known as:Read the answer and worked solution →France abolished the monarchy and became a republic on:Read the answer and worked solution →The Reign of Terror covers the years:Read the answer and worked solution →Robespierre was convicted and guillotined in:Read the answer and worked solution →After the Jacobins fell, executive power passed to a Directory of how many members?Read the answer and worked solution →Women in France finally won the right to vote in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the revolutionariesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Old Regime wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the RevolutionRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Revolution wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Estate or symbolRead the answer and worked solution →Sort thinkers, taxes and eventsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →

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Nationalism in Europe bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    German customs union of 1834.
    Item
    Zollverein
  2. Clue
    Prussian large landowners.
    Item
    Junkers
  3. Clue
    Secret society Mazzini joined.
    Item
    Carbonari
  4. Clue
    Mazzini's underground society.
    Item
    Young Italy
  5. Clue
    Garibaldi's volunteers.
    Item
    Red Shirts
  6. Clue
    Allegory of France.
    Item
    Marianne
  7. Clue
    Allegory of Germany.
    Item
    Germania
  8. Clue
    Rule with no restraints on power.
    Item
    Absolutist
  9. Clue
    Abstract idea shown as a person.
    Item
    Allegory
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 1, The Rise of Nationalism in Europe._

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The Bastille was stormed on:

  1. 14 July 1789
  2. 5 May 1789
  3. 4 August 1789
  4. 20 June 1789
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Correct answer: A. 14 July 1789

1. Paris feared the king would fire on citizens. 2. The Bastille fell on 14 July 1789. 3. It stood for the despotic power of the king. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 1, The French Revolution._

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How many prisoners were found in the Bastille when it was stormed?

  1. Sixteen
  2. Seven
  3. Eleven
  4. Twelve
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Correct answer: B. Seven

1. The crowd hoped to find ammunition. 2. Only seven prisoners were released. 3. The fortress was demolished and its stones sold. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World I, Chapter 1, The French Revolution._

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