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Magna Carta Basic Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whose rights did the Magna Carta protect?

a)

Nobles

b)

Knights

c)

Serfs

d)

Clergy

2.

This was a key idea in the Magna Carta meaning that people could not be held indefinitely without trial

a)

Habeus Corpus

b)

Democracy

c)

Parliament

d)

Clergy

3.

A government where an elected group shares power with a king or queen is a

a)

constitutional monarchy

b)

democracy

c)

absolute monarchy

d)

constitution

4.

What is consent?

a)

permission

b)

clergy

c)

nobles

d)

democracy

5.

Where a group decides if someone is innocent or guilty of a crime in court

a)

Trial by jury

b)

Habeus Corpus

c)

Parliament

d)

House of Lords

6.

The highest law in a country that organizes and sets the rules for the government is a

a)

constitution

b)

monarch

c)

permission

d)

parliament

7.

Rule by the People

a)

Democracy

b)

Constitution

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

Parliament

8.

Group of people that advise the king and make a country's laws

a)

Constitution

b)

Nobles

c)

Parliament

d)

Democracy

9.

The following groups were included in Parliament (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

a)

Nobles

b)

King

c)

Clergy

d)

Commoners

10.

What did King John do that angered the nobles?

a)

He taxed them heavily

b)

He lost wars in France

c)

He imprisoned nobles who refused to pay the tax

d)

He spent most of his time in other countries fighting wars