Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Elizabethan Age

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a coronation?

a)

A FANCY NAME FOR A ROYAL WEDDING

b)

WHEN YOU ARE OFFICIALLY MADE THE MONARCH IN A BIG CEREMONY

c)

AN EXECUTION FOR TREASON

d)

THE DAY YOU CELEBRATE THE MONARCH'S BIRTHDAY

2.

What is a faction?

a)

RIVAL GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT

b)

FREINDLY GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT

c)

REWARDS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOYAL

d)

A SMALL AMOUNT LIKE 1/2

3.

How often did the Privy Council meet Elizabeth?

a)

13 TIMES IN TOTAL

b)

2-3 TIMES A WEEK

c)

DAILY

d)

ANNUALLY

4.

Select TWO jobs within the Privy Council:

a)

LORD SUGAR

b)

LORD TREASURER

c)

WATCHER OF THE GREAT SEA

d)

SECRETARY OF STATE

5.

Who was higher: JPs or Lord Lieutenant?

a)

JP

b)

LORD LIEUTENANT

6.

Which local government role collected tax?

a)

LORD LIEUTENTANT

b)

OVERSEER OF THE POOR

c)

JP

d)

PARISH CONSTABLE

7.

How often did parliament meet in Elizabeth's reign?

a)

2-3 TIMES A WEEK

b)

ANNUALLY

c)

DAILY

d)

13 TIMES IN TOTAL

8.

Name one topic parliament couldn’t discuss:

a)

MARRIAGE

b)

TAXES

9.

Who was higher up the social hierarchy: The Nobles or the Gentry?

a)

GENTRY

b)

NOBLES

10.

What would rich boys learn at school?

a)

MATHS

b)

ART

c)

SCIENCE

d)

LATIN

11.

Why did many poor children die before the age of 5?

a)

MURDER

b)

SCHOOL

c)

POOR DIET

d)

GOOD DIET

12.

Define inflation:

a)

PRICES FALLING

b)

PRICES RISING

13.

What is the definition of the deserving poor?

a)

THOSE WHO PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY CANNOT WORK

b)

THOSE WHO COULD WORK BUT CHOOSE NOT TO

14.

What is a vagabond?

a)

AN ORPHAN

b)

A HOMELESS BEGGAR

c)

A THIEF

d)

A POOR PERSON

15.

In 1576 – Act for the Relief of the Poor - created House of Corrections. What was there purpose?

a)

A SCHOOL

b)

PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO REFUSED TO WORK

c)

A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO WORK

d)

TO HELP STOP PEOPLE BECOMING POOR

16.

When was the permanent Poor Law passed?

a)

1558

b)

1572

c)

1598

d)

1601

17.

Which of these was NOT a theatre that was built during Elizabeth’s reign.

a)

DUCK

b)

ROSE

c)

GLOBE

d)

THEATRE

18.

What sport was compulsory for men over the age of 24 to practice every week?

a)

FOOTBALL

b)

ARCHERY

c)

TENNIS

d)

BOWLES

19.

Name a ball game enjoyed mainly by the lower classes.

a)

FOOTBALL

b)

ARCHERY

c)

TENNIS

d)

BOWLES

20.

What religion was Elizabeth?

a)

CATHOLIC

b)

PROTESTANT

21.

What are the other names the Religious Settlement is known as?

a)

MIDDLE PATH

b)

ELIZABETH'S WAY

c)

MIDDLE WAY

d)

PROTESTANT WAY

22.

What year was the Religious Settlement published?

a)

1601

b)

1559

c)

1407

d)

1280

23.

What did the Religious Settlement make the official religion of England?

a)

CATHOLIC

b)

PROTESTANT

24.

What is the name of the law which made Elizabeth head of the church?

a)

ACT OF UNIFORMITY

b)

ACT OF SUPREMACY

25.

What is the name of the law that meant that all churches had to do the same thing?

a)

ACT OF UNIFORMITY

b)

ACT OF SUPREMACY

26.

What is the collective name of the bishops?

a)

EPISCOPY

b)

EPISCOPACY

27.

What is the name for a Catholic who refuses to go to church?

a)

LAZY

b)

RECUSANT

c)

TRAITOR

d)

CATHOLIC

28.

Who was Edmund Campion?

a)

PRIVY COUNCILLOR

b)

JESUIT CATHOLIC WHO WAS TORTURED

c)

MP

d)

SEPARATIST WHO WAS EXECUTED

29.

How was Mary Queen of Scots related to Elizabeth?

a)

SISTER

b)

COUSIN

30.

What was the first major Catholic plot against Elizabeth?

a)

REBELLION OF THE NORTHERN EARLS

b)

BABINGTON

c)

THROCKMORTON

d)

RIDOLFI

31.

Which plot planned to marry Mary to the Duke of Norfolk?

a)

NORTHERN EARLS

b)

RIDOLFI

c)

BABINGTON

d)

THROCKMORTON

32.

What did Throckmorton want to do for Mary Queen of Scots?

a)

KILL HER

b)

RELEASE HER FROM PRISON

c)

MARRY HER

d)

VISIT HER

33.

Which plot proved Mary QoS was involved in the plan to murder Elizabeth?

a)

THROCKMORTON

b)

NORTHERN EARLS

c)

BABINGTON

d)

RIDOLFI

34.

What year was Mary Queen of Scots executed?

a)

1559

b)

1587

c)

1601

d)

1572

35.

What is a big fleet of ships that is going to invade a country called?

a)

INQUISITION

b)

WAR

c)

ARMADA

d)

CUTTLE

36.

What religion was Phillip II?

a)

CATHOLIC

b)

PROTESTANT

37.

Who refused to marry Phillip?

a)

MARY I

b)

ELIZABETH

c)

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

d)

FRANCIS DRAKE

38.

Who did Elizabeth provide support to in the Netherlands?

a)

SPANISH CATHOLICS

b)

DUTCH PROTESTANTS

39.

How much gold and silver did Francis Drake steal from the Spanish?

a)

£2 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)

b)

£10 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)

c)

£200 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)

d)

£500 MILLION (TODAY'S MONEY!)

40.

How many men IN TOTAL did the Spanish Armada PLAN to have?

a)

17,000

b)

8,000

c)

19,000

d)

44,000 (8,000 + 19,000 + 17,000)

41.

Who had more battleships in the Armada?

a)

SPAIN

b)

ENGLAND

42.

What kind of formation did the Spanish sail in during the Armada?

a)

CIRCLE

b)

CRESCENT

c)

PARALLEL LINES

d)

ARROW

43.

What the did the English use to break the crescent formation during the Spanish Armada?

a)

CANNONS

b)

ARROWS

c)

FIRESHIPS

d)

BOMBS

44.

How many ships did the Spanish go back to Spain with after the Spanish Armada?

a)

130

b)

67

c)

NONE

d)

ALL OF THEM

45.

Who WON the Spanish Armada?

a)

PHILIP (SPAIN)

b)

ELIZABETH (ENGLAND)

46.

WHO DID PURITANS BELIEVE SHOULD RUN THE CHURCH?

a)

ELECTED MINISTERS

b)

QUEEN/KING

c)

POPE

d)

BISHOPS

47.

What is a Separatist?

a)

A PURITAN WHO BELIEVES THEY SHOULD CONTROL THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

b)

A PURITAN WHO BELIEVES THEY SHOULD BREAK AWAY FROM THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

48.

What is a vestment?

a)

SPECIAL CLOTHES A PRIEST HAD TO WEAR

b)

A TYPE OF VEST

c)

A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY

d)

A SPEECH

49.

Who wrote leaflets about Elizabeth and had his hand cut off as a punishment?

a)

JAMES HAND

b)

JOHN STUBBS

c)

LAWRENCE WRIST

d)

LUCY KNUCKLE

50.

What were the anonymous leaflets written by Puritans called?

a)

MARMALADE TRACTS

b)

MARPRELATE TRACTS

51.

What is a prophesying?

a)

MEDITATIONS THAT SAW THE FUTURE

b)

SECRET MEETINGS HELD BY PURITANS

52.

What did the ACT AGAINST SEDITIOUS SECTARIES make the punishment for separatists?

a)

FINED

b)

SACKED

c)

HANGED

d)

EXILED

53.

What is patronage?

a)

RIVAL GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT

b)

FREINDLY GROUPS IN THE ROYAL COURT

c)

REWARDS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOYAL

d)

A SMALL AMOUNT LIKE 1/2

54.

What was the job/s of William Cecil:

a)

LORD SUGAR

b)

LORD TREASURER

c)

WATCHER OF THE GREAT SEA

d)

SECRETARY OF STATE