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WorksheetsElizabethan's Topic 1 - Elizabeth and Government
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
Who were Elizabeth's most troublesome critics in Parliament?
The recusants
The Catholics
The Protestant Lords
The Puritans
Puritans wanted Elizabeth to marry a Protestant, change the way the church was organised and...
Elizabeth to get married and have children
Elizabeth to grant her ministers free speech
Elizabeth to give harsher punishments to Catholics
Elizabeth ruled mainly by proclamations - these were royal orders that had the force of law.
True
False
Elizabeth did not need Parliament as she could make major changes to laws, raise new taxes and introduce new punishments herself.
True
False
In each county, how many Justices of the Peace were there?
20
40
60
80
The person who has overall responsibility for each county was known as...
Lord Lieutenant
Justice of the Peace
Secretary of State
Elizabeth went on royal progresses to be seen by as many people as possible.
True
False
Accession Day was held each year which celebrated the day when Elizabeth took the throne. On what day was this held?
25th February
22nd May
7th October
17th November
Elizabeth and her Privy Council controlled the spread of other conflicting views about her. This was known as...
Propaganda
Censorship
What did the Privy Council do with pamphlets that were critical of the queen?
Censored them
Burned them
Read them out to the queen
