Trace France’s story from medieval dynasties to modern republics. Test your knowledge of people, reforms, and turning points across the centuries.
Which king’s election in 987 founded the Capetian dynasty?
Philip II Augustus
Hugh Capet
Charles the Bald
Louis IX
Which 1789 declaration asserted liberty, property, and security as natural rights in revolutionary France?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Tennis Court Oath
The Napoleonic Code
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy (historical term)
In May 1429, whose leadership helped lift the siege of Orléans?
Catherine de’ Medici
Joan of Arc
Anne of Brittany
Eleanor of Aquitaine
In which city was Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor in 1804?
Saint‑Denis Basilica
Notre‑Dame de Paris
Reims Cathedral
Versailles Palace
Which region of France saw Allied landings on 6 June 1944?
Pas‑de‑Calais
Provence
Normandy
Brittany
Which 1598 edict granted limited toleration to French Protestants, later revoked in 1685?
The Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges
The Edict of Nantes
The Concordat of 1801
The Edict of Fontainebleau
Which brief 1871 government in Paris arose after France’s defeat in the Franco‑Prussian War?
The Second Empire
The Vichy regime
The Directory
The Paris Commune
Which political system has governed France since 1958?
The Fifth Republic
The Fourth Republic
The Third Republic
The Second Republic
Mass strikes and student protests in May 1968 shook which country’s politics and culture?
France
Belgium
Spain
Italy
France adopted which currency in 1999 for electronic transactions, adding notes and coins in 2002?
The euro
The ECU
The franc
The livre tournois
Starter
Nice try. Review France’s big eras—from Capetians to the Fifth Republic—to strengthen the basics.
Solid
Good command of French history. Deepen details on revolutions, reforms, and republics to level up.
Expert!
Magnifique—your mastery spans medieval roots to modern republics with impressive detail.
