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Lesson 1: Crime & Punishment - Overview

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which period of history took place between the years c.1700-c.1900?

a)

Medieval

b)

Early Modern

c)

18th & 19th centuries

d)

Anglo-Saxon

2.

What do we call the historical period AFTER the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

a)

Anglo-Saxon

b)

Norman

c)

Later Medieval

d)

Early Modern

3.

In which period of history would we find out information about the laws of the Tudor and Stuart monarchy?

a)

Medieval

b)

Early Modern

c)

Twentieth century

d)

18th & 19th century

4.

Which historical period does our study of crime and punishment begin with?

a)

Anglo-Saxon

b)

Norman

c)

Late Medieval

d)

Early Modern

5.

Which key terms means a punishment which results in a person's death?

a)

Corporal punishment

b)

Capital punishment

c)

Treason

d)

Reformation

6.

Which term defines the planned and intentional action of killing another person?

a)

Treason

b)

Heresy

c)

Murder

d)

Manslaughter

7.

Which key terms define the action of rebelling or challenging the official religion of a country?

a)

Treason

b)

Murder

c)

Heresy

d)

Fraud

8.

Which key term defines the punishment of causing physical harm to a criminal?

a)

Heresy

b)

Capital punishment

c)

Corporal punishment

d)

Reformation

9.

Which key term defines the crime of conning a person in order to gain money?

a)

Heresy

b)

Treason

c)

Hate crime

d)

Fraud

10.

Which key term defines the crime of using violence with the main aim of bringing about a religious or political change in a country?

a)

Terrorism

b)

Fraud

c)

Witchcraft

d)

Heresy

11.

What does the term 'decriminalise' mean?

a)

Making something illegal/against the law

b)

Changing an action that was illegal into an action that is now legal again.

c)

A person who no longer commits a crime

12.

What is the punishment of 'maiming'?

a)

Putting a criminal in prison

b)

Burning a criminal on their body

c)

Physically harming by cutting/taken away a body part

d)

Throwing rotten fruit at a person at the stocks

13.

Which of the following terms links to a method of LAW ENFORCEMENT?

a)

Murder

b)

Prisons

c)

Stocks and pillory

d)

The police

14.

Which of the following can explain why an aspect of crime and punishment will change over time?

a)

Population increase

b)

Scientific progress

c)

The role of key individuals

d)

Religion

e)

All of the options

15.

During which historical era will we study the terrorist acts of the Gunpowder Plot?

a)

Medieval

b)

1900 - present day

c)

Early Modern

d)

Anglo-Saxon