Magna Carta Quiz

King ____ was forced to sign the Magna Carta.

The phrase "Magna Carta" means ​ (a)   .

• great charter
• small document
• ancient scroll
• royal decree

Choose THREE statements that show what the Magna Carta did for England.

• Kings had to obey laws.

• Kings could no longer increase taxes without permission of the lords.

• If a king fails to follow the laws, he can be replaced.

• Kings can no longer collect taxes.

Describe the impact of the Magna Carta on England.

In what year was the Magna Carta signed?

Who was the king BEFORE King John?

What was the Magna Carta?

• A battle strategy

• A religious text

• A document that limited the power of the king

• A trade agreement

What is the idea that ALL people in the kingdom have to follow the law?

• Magna Carta
• Rule of Law
• Divine Right
• Realism

"No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or exiled or any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."

Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt from Magna Carta?

• trial by jury
• no taxation without representation
• freedom of the press
• freedom of religion