Liz 14 poor 1

What was financial help for the poor called?

• poor relief
• poor tax
• poor law
• money

What was an intinerant?

• people who moved from their parish looking for work
• people who stayed in their parish
• someone who kept a list of the poor
• a sheep farmer

How much did population grow in Elizabethan period?

• 0.35
• 0.5
• 0.2
• 0.75

What happened to food prices in towns?

• rose
• fell
• stayed the same
• less than countryside

What did landlords do about rents?

• increased them
• decreased them
• kept them the same
• evicted you if you paid early

How did the increase in sheep farming lead to poverty?

• as sheep farming led to less workers needed
• as sheep too over
• as they were really expensive to farm
• as unless you were called Baaarbara, you lost your job

What does rural depopulation mean?

• when people leave the countryside
• when people go to live in the countryside
• when farms had fences put round them
• when there are more sheep

What change in farming structure led to increased poverty?

• enclosure
• disclosure
• forclosure
• closure

What was a vagabond?

• a wandering poor person
• a wandering actor
• a wandering sheep
• a wandering singer

Why were vagabonds a threat?

• they were not part of the social hierarchy
• as they were a bit smelly
• as they did not like the Queen
• as they killed puppies