French Revolution bingo

Exercise and reference answers

Clues and terms

1. Clue

   French society before 1789.

   Item

   Old Regime

2. Clue

   Church tax of one-tenth.

   Item

   Tithe

3. Clue

   Direct tax to the state.

   Item

   Taille

4. Clue

   Three orders of French society.

   Item

   Estates

5. Clue

   Where the National Assembly swore its oath.

   Item

   Tennis Court

6. Clue

   Club named after a convent.

   Item

   Jacobins

7. Clue

   Those without knee breeches.

   Item

   Sans-culottes

8. Clue

   Beheading device of the Terror.

   Item

   Guillotine

9. Clue

   Five-man executive after 1794.

   Item

   Directory

Instructions

Read each clue and tap the term it describes.

Explanation