WorksheetsChapter 10 section 4 Political & Social Change
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the right of habeas corpus mean?
One cannot be jailed without reason
One cannot be questioned without a lawyer
Nobles cannot have their property taken without payment
Kings cannot declare war without the support of Parliament
The deadly plague that swept through Europe in the 1300s was called the
Yellow Fever
Red Sickness
Black Death
Great Flu Epidemic
Why did nobles make King John sign the Magna Carta in 1215?
They wanted to assert the authority of the pope
They wanted to separate church and state
They wanted to replace him with a different ruler
They wanted to limit the King's power
The English did all of the following to protect their rights except
create a council called Parliament
abolish the monarchy
free the court system of the king's control
require everyone to obey the law
What started the Hundred Years' War?
Muslims invaded Europe
The Holy Roman Empire split
The king of England invaded France
The pope had a fight with the king of France
France won the Hundred Years' War because of the efforts of
Pope Leo IX
King John
Queen Isabella
Joan of Arc
From 1347 to 1351, the Black Death
spread from Europe to Asia
strengthened the manor system
stayed confined to western Europe
reduced Europe's population by a third
Which activity helped spread the plague?
farming
fishing
trading
praying
In what way was England different from France after the Hundred Years' war?
English King lost power while the French king gained power
England's population was smaller than that of France
English peasants went to cities; French peasants the country
English: converted to Protestantism; French: stayed Catholic
How did life change for surviving peasants and serfs after the plague?
They began to demand wages for their labor
They moved from towns to cities
They had to work much longer days
They took over the manors
