Monday, March 10, 2025

Napoleon Review Sheet: Socials 9

TEST DATE:  FRIDAY March 14th 

Chapter 4 Review Sheet:  Napoleon


Vocabulary:  be able to define and relate to the unit on Napoleon

Reactionary                            revolutionary                         tariff
Civil law                                  censorship                             nationalism
League (distance)                 Civil Code                                 nepotism
Primary Source                     Secondary Source                 Continental System
Topography                           Topographic Map                  Contour line
Contour Interval                   Patriotism                              Guerrilla Warfare
Abdicate                                 Exile                                    propaganda   
                                                         
                                          
People and Places:
Napoleon                                Josephine                               Duke of Wellington               
Waterloo                                Austerlitz                                Elba
Saint Helena                          King Louis XVIII                    Grand Armee
Old Guard                              Moscow                                  Borodino
Toulon

Ideas and questions to consider: (make sure you read the conclusion on p. 122!)

-Positives and Negatives of Napoleon’s rule
-How did Napoleon change Europe?
-How did Napoleon use Nationalism?
-When is Nationalism a positive force versus and Negative force?
-Positives and Negatives of Napoleon as a General
-Explain how Napoleon helped fuel the first successful slave revolt in history? (110-101)
-How did Napoleon use censorship?  When is censorship a good thing…. a bad thing?
-What were the things that led to Napoleon’s downfall/demise?
-Why would Nationalism have been a new force for Europe at this time?
-Know what happened in Egypt, Italy, Spain, Russia and Waterloo (Belgium)
-Why do you think the Napoleonic Code was one of Napoleon’s greatest achievements?
-Relate Historical Significance, Change & Continuity and Evidence and Interpretation to the Napoleonic Era.
-What are the lasting effects of the Napoleonic Era?  (Cause and Consequence)
-Understand the Continental System and the pros and cons of this.
-Know what happened at the Congress of Vienna.
-Napoleon’s tactics
Do you think Napoleon betrayed the French when he crowned himself Emperor of France?
-Do you think Napoleon’s rule reflected that of the revolution or that of the ancient regime?
-How did Napoleon become popular?
-Was Napoleon justified in using censorship and propaganda at this time?