Napoleon - Sheet1

Question 1

short man who was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica; became one of history’s great military leaders

Answer 1

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 2

Mediterranean island on which Napoleon Bonaparte was born

Answer 2

Corsica

Question 3

at the age of 16, Napoleon Bonaparte finished school and became a lieutenant in the_________

Answer 3

Artillery

Question 4

Napoleon Bonaparte led an expedition here to protect French trade interests and to disrupt British trade with India; his army was pinned down

Answer 4

Egypt

Question 5

this had lost control of the political situation and it also lost the confidence of the French people by 1799

Answer 5

Directory

Question 6

French phrase meaning “blow to the state”, refers to Napoleon Bonaparte’s sudden seizure of power

Answer 6

Coup d’Etat

Question 7

comprehensive system of laws made by Napoleon Bonaparte; gave France a uniform set of laws and eliminated many injustices

Answer 7

Napoleonic Code

Question 8

Napoleon Bonaparte appointed himself to this position with the support of French voters; this signaled that he was more powerful than the Church because he took the Pope’s crown

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Emperor

Question 9

Napoleon Bonaparte sold this land to the United States for 15 million dollars in 1803; he gained money to finance operations in Europe

Answer 9

Louisiana Territory

Question 10

the only major battle that Napoleon Bonaparte lost in his drive for a European empire; it was a naval defeat that was more important than any of Napoleon Bonaparte’s land victories

Answer 10

Battle of Trafalgar

Question 11

site of the only major battle that Napoleon Bonaparte lost in his drive for a European empire

Answer 11

Trafalgar

Question 12

British naval commander who defeated Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Trafalgar; as brilliant in warfare at sea as Napoleon Bonaparte was in warfare on land

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Horatio Nelson

Question 13

a forcible closing of posts that Napoleon Bonaparte set up in November 1806 to prevent trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations

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Blockade

Question 14

policy of setting up blockades; so named because it was supposed to make continental Europe more self-sufficient

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Continental System

Question 15

war that started when the United States declared war on Britain because of Britain’s enforcement of the blockade; lasted for two years

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War of 1812

Question 16

to get Portugal to accept the continental system, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded this country

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Spain

Question 17

brother of Napoleon Bonaparte whom he named to the Spanish throne; this angered the Spanish people

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Joseph

Question 18

war in which the Spanish guerrilla struck at French armies in Spain; Napoleon Bonaparte lost about 300,000 men

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Peninsular War

Question 19

this country refused to stop selling grain to Britain; Napoleon Bonaparte decided to invade it

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Russia

Question 20

Russian policy that involved burning grain fields and slaughtering livestock so as to leave nothing for the enemy to eat

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Scorched-Earth Policy

Question 21

when Napoleon Bonaparte moved on this Russian city, it was already in flames

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Moscow

Question 22

German city outside of which Napoleon faced the allied armies of the European powers; they defeated him

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Leipzig

Question 23

a tiny island off the Italian coast to which Napoleon Bonaparte was banished

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Elba

Question 24

Napoleon Bonaparte attacked this Belgium village in 1815; after being defeated by the British and the Prussians, Napoleon Bonaparte made no more bids for power

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Waterloo

Question 25

he led the British army at Waterloo

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Duke of Wellington

Question 26

Napoleon Bonaparte’s final bid for power; ended with his defeat at Waterloo

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Hundred Days

Question 27

remote island in the South Atlantic; Napoleon spent his final six years there writing his memoirs

Answer 27

St. Helena