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WorksheetsMagna Carta Basic Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Whose rights did the Magna Carta protect?
Nobles
Knights
Serfs
Clergy
This was a key idea in the Magna Carta meaning that people could not be held indefinitely without trial
Habeus Corpus
Democracy
Parliament
Clergy
A government where an elected group shares power with a king or queen is a
constitutional monarchy
democracy
absolute monarchy
constitution
What is consent?
permission
clergy
nobles
democracy
Where a group decides if someone is innocent or guilty of a crime in court
Trial by jury
Habeus Corpus
Parliament
House of Lords
The highest law in a country that organizes and sets the rules for the government is a
constitution
monarch
permission
parliament
Rule by the People
Democracy
Constitution
Constitutional Monarchy
Parliament
Group of people that advise the king and make a country's laws
Constitution
Nobles
Parliament
Democracy
The following groups were included in Parliament (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)
Nobles
King
Clergy
Commoners
What did King John do that angered the nobles?
He taxed them heavily
He lost wars in France
He imprisoned nobles who refused to pay the tax
He spent most of his time in other countries fighting wars
