Elizabethan's Topic 1 - Elizabeth and Government

The system of power in Elizabeth's court was known as...

• Meritocracy

• Feudal

• Plutocracy

• Patronage

"The large group of people who gathered around the Queen wherever she was" were known as:

• The Court

• The Privy Council

• The Privy Chamber

• Parliament

What were factions?

• Rival groups which formed in Elizabeth's Court

• The wives of the noblemen

• Another name for Elizabeth's ladies-in-waiting

• Nickname for the Privy Council

The place where Elizabeth spent most of her day was called...

• The Privy Chamber

• The Royal Household

• The Privy Council

• Parliament

The Privy Council only met once a week.

• True

• False

Which official organised the work of the Privy Council?

• The Lord Chamberlain

• The Secretary of State

• The Lord Admiral

• The Archbishop of Canterbury

Elizabeth's two Secretaries of State were...

• Robert Dudley & Robert Devereaux

• Francis Drake & Walter Raleigh

• Robert Cecil & Francis Walsingham

• Francis Walsingham & William Cecil

Who rebelled against Elizabeth in January 1600?

• William Cecil

• Robert Devereaux

• Robert Dudley

• Sir Walter Raleigh

Parliament only met when the queen wished it to.

• True

• False

Which three subjects did Elizabeth stop Parliament from discussing?

• Religion, her marriage, the succession

• Her marriage, Spain, explorations

• Marriage, children, the Spanish king