WorksheetsElizabethan Age
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is a coronation?
A FANCY NAME FOR A ROYAL WEDDING
WHEN YOU ARE OFFICIALLY MADE THE MONARCH IN A BIG CEREMONY
AN EXECUTION FOR TREASON
THE DAY YOU CELEBRATE THE MONARCH'S BIRTHDAY
What is a faction?
RIVAL GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT
FREINDLY GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT
REWARDS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOYAL
A SMALL AMOUNT LIKE 1/2
How often did the Privy Council meet Elizabeth?
13 TIMES IN TOTAL
2-3 TIMES A WEEK
DAILY
ANNUALLY
Select TWO jobs within the Privy Council:
LORD SUGAR
LORD TREASURER
WATCHER OF THE GREAT SEA
SECRETARY OF STATE
Who was higher: JPs or Lord Lieutenant?
JP
LORD LIEUTENANT
Which local government role collected tax?
LORD LIEUTENTANT
OVERSEER OF THE POOR
JP
PARISH CONSTABLE
How often did parliament meet in Elizabeth's reign?
2-3 TIMES A WEEK
ANNUALLY
DAILY
13 TIMES IN TOTAL
Name one topic parliament couldn’t discuss:
MARRIAGE
TAXES
Who was higher up the social hierarchy: The Nobles or the Gentry?
GENTRY
NOBLES
What would rich boys learn at school?
MATHS
ART
SCIENCE
LATIN
Why did many poor children die before the age of 5?
MURDER
SCHOOL
POOR DIET
GOOD DIET
Define inflation:
PRICES FALLING
PRICES RISING
What is the definition of the deserving poor?
THOSE WHO PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY CANNOT WORK
THOSE WHO COULD WORK BUT CHOOSE NOT TO
What is a vagabond?
AN ORPHAN
A HOMELESS BEGGAR
A THIEF
A POOR PERSON
In 1576 – Act for the Relief of the Poor - created House of Corrections. What was there purpose?
A SCHOOL
PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO REFUSED TO WORK
A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK
TO HELP STOP PEOPLE BECOMING POOR
When was the permanent Poor Law passed?
1558
1572
1598
1601
Which of these was NOT a theatre that was built during Elizabeth’s reign.
DUCK
ROSE
GLOBE
THEATRE
What sport was compulsory for men over the age of 24 to practice every week?
FOOTBALL
ARCHERY
TENNIS
BOWLES
Name a ball game enjoyed mainly by the lower classes.
FOOTBALL
ARCHERY
TENNIS
BOWLES
What religion was Elizabeth?
CATHOLIC
PROTESTANT
What are the other names the Religious Settlement is known as?
MIDDLE PATH
ELIZABETH'S WAY
MIDDLE WAY
PROTESTANT WAY
What year was the Religious Settlement published?
1601
1559
1407
1280
What did the Religious Settlement make the official religion of England?
CATHOLIC
PROTESTANT
What is the name of the law which made Elizabeth head of the church?
ACT OF UNIFORMITY
ACT OF SUPREMACY
What is the name of the law that meant that all churches had to do the same thing?
ACT OF UNIFORMITY
ACT OF SUPREMACY
What is the collective name of the bishops?
EPISCOPY
EPISCOPACY
What is the name for a Catholic who refuses to go to church?
LAZY
RECUSANT
TRAITOR
CATHOLIC
Who was Edmund Campion?
PRIVY COUNCILLOR
JESUIT CATHOLIC WHO WAS TORTURED
MP
SEPARATIST WHO WAS EXECUTED
How was Mary Queen of Scots related to Elizabeth?
SISTER
COUSIN
What was the first major Catholic plot against Elizabeth?
REBELLION OF THE NORTHERN EARLS
BABINGTON
THROCKMORTON
RIDOLFI
Which plot planned to marry Mary to the Duke of Norfolk?
NORTHERN EARLS
RIDOLFI
BABINGTON
THROCKMORTON
What did Throckmorton want to do for Mary Queen of Scots?
KILL HER
RELEASE HER FROM PRISON
MARRY HER
VISIT HER
Which plot proved Mary QoS was involved in the plan to murder Elizabeth?
THROCKMORTON
NORTHERN EARLS
BABINGTON
RIDOLFI
What year was Mary Queen of Scots executed?
1559
1587
1601
1572
What is a big fleet of ships that is going to invade a country called?
INQUISITION
WAR
ARMADA
CUTTLE
What religion was Phillip II?
CATHOLIC
PROTESTANT
Who refused to marry Phillip?
MARY I
ELIZABETH
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
FRANCIS DRAKE
Who did Elizabeth provide support to in the Netherlands?
SPANISH CATHOLICS
DUTCH PROTESTANTS
How much gold and silver did Francis Drake steal from the Spanish?
£2 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)
£10 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)
£200 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)
£500 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)
How many men IN TOTAL did the Spanish Armada PLAN to have?
17,000
8,000
19,000
44,000 (8,000 + 19,000 + 17,000)
Who had more battleships in the Armada?
SPAIN
ENGLAND
What kind of formation did the Spanish sail in during the Armada?
CIRCLE
CRESCENT
PARALLEL LINES
ARROW
What the did the English use to break the crescent formation during the Spanish Armada?
CANNONS
ARROWS
FIRESHIPS
BOMBS
How many ships did the Spanish go back to Spain with after the Spanish Armada?
130
67
NONE
ALL OF THEM
Who WON the Spanish Armada?
PHILIP (SPAIN)
ELIZABETH (ENGLAND)
WHO DID PURITANS BELIEVE SHOULD RUN THE CHURCH?
ELECTED MINISTERS
QUEEN/KING
POPE
BISHOPS
What is a Separatist?
A PURITAN WHO BELIEVES THEY SHOULD CONTROL THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
A PURITAN WHO BELIEVES THEY SHOULD BREAK AWAY FROM THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
What is a vestment?
SPECIAL CLOTHES A PRIEST HAD TO WEAR
A TYPE OF VEST
A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY
A SPEECH
Who wrote leaflets about Elizabeth and had his hand cut off as a punishment?
JAMES HAND
JOHN STUBBS
LAWRENCE WRIST
LUCY KNUCKLE
What were the anonymous leaflets written by Puritans called?
MARMALADE TRACTS
MARPRELATE TRACTS
What is a prophesying?
MEDITATIONS THAT SAW THE FUTURE
SECRET MEETINGS HELD BY PURITANS
What did the ACT AGAINST SEDITIOUS SECTARIES make the punishment for separatists?
FINED
SACKED
HANGED
EXILED
What is patronage?
RIVAL GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT
FREINDLY GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT
REWARDS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOYAL
A SMALL AMOUNT LIKE 1/2
What was the job/s of William Cecil:
LORD SUGAR
LORD TREASURER
WATCHER OF THE GREAT SEA
SECRETARY OF STATE
