2. Lifestyles Of The Rich And Poor

Question 1

The Nobles and Lords were …. with an income of …….

Answer 1

great landowners
£6000 per year

Question 2

Many landowners ….. their homes to promote their wealth. This was the …. era. Elizabeth’s ….. fuelled this new movement.

For example: …….

Answer 2

remodelled
Great Rebuilding
Royal Progresses

Hardwick Hall and Longleat House

Question 3

New building styles were designed to show …..

Answer 3

a clear divide between the owner and servant

Question 4

Houses celebrated ….. and build in the shape of …..
Windows were ….. from the front of the house

Answer 4

Symmetry
and ‘E’ or ‘H’
large and symmetrical

Question 5

Newest feature was the …… which was the entire length of the house and was framed by ….
Function was for…..

Answer 5

Long Gallery
windows and/or fireplaces and portraits of the family
Entertainment: music, dancing, exercise and playing games

Question 6

Fashionable noblemen wore …..
Outfits were completed with ….

Answer 6

Doublet (shirt), ruff, jerkin, breeches, leather shoes and stockings

Jewellery and a satin and velvet cloak and hat

Question 7

…. were tutored at home in French, Latin and Greek
…… was important as was learning …..

Answer 7

Young men
Social etiquette
hawking, fencing and dancing

Question 8

Fashionable noble ladies wore ……

Answer 8

a petticoat (farthingtale), a gown, stockings, ruff, wide sleeves, bracelets, brooches and a string of pearls

Question 9

Young ladies learnt how to ……

Answer 9

supervise the daily running of the household

Question 10

Gentry and Yeoman classes aimed to …….. just not on as grand a scale

Answer 10

copy the lifestyles of the nobility

Question 11

The gentry and yeoman class rented out …… to …… for regular income

Answer 11

large areas of land
Tenant farmers

Question 12

Homes had at least ….. including servant quarters

Answer 12

5 rooms

Question 13

Medieval home ceilings ….. to create an …..
Windows were …… and ……

Answer 13

lowered
upstairs
widened
glass inserted

Question 14

…… was taken seriously by the Gentry and they …… though not with …..

Answer 14

Fashion
copied the rich
expensive gold and silver threads

Question 15

Gentry education:
Sons went to ….. to learn …..
360 schools by the end of the …..

Answer 15

grammar schools
Greek and Latin
1500s

Question 16

Young gentry men learn to become the …….
…. hour school day, …… and good ……

Answer 16

perfect gentleman
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hunting, fencing, dancing
table manners

Question 17

Some ….. year olds went to ….. to study…..
others went to ….. in London to study …..

Answer 17

15/16
Oxford or Cambridge
maths, music, theology, geometry
the Inns at Court
law

Question 18

Wandering poor called …… spread ……

Answer 18

‘sturdy beggars’
disease across towns

Question 19

Estimated …… wandering around being …….

Answer 19

10,000
idle, lazy and a burden on society

Question 20

….. , ….. and …… are just a few types of vagabonds, different by the way they …….

Answer 20

Hooker
Drummerer
Counterfeit Crank
seek out a living/money

Question 21

Local responses to vagrancy were ….. in success

Answer 21

Limited

Question 22

The poor is …… to Rich and Gentry

Answer 22

distinctly different

Question 23

The poor’s homes:
typical ….. had one room and often ……..
…… floor, ……. roof, no ……. windows

Answer 23

cottage
family shared with animals
Earth
thatched
glass

Question 24

The poor had ….. , often a table and bench. Craftsmen and farmers may ……. with …….

Answer 24

few possessions and furniture
afford to build a new house
glazed windows and separate bedrooms

Question 25

The poor’s working day:
long ….. hour day with …… for lunch.
Main meal at ….. of …….
….. was too expensive

Answer 25

12
bread and ale
6pm
vegetable stew
Meat

Question 26

The poor’s fashion:
basic …………….
mostly only had ….. outfit(s)

Answer 26

leather shoes, woolen stockings, jacket, waistcoat, leather breeches and felt hat
1

Question 27

Poor’s education was ……
Some lucky to attend …… to learn to read and write

Answer 27

little to none
Parish School

Question 28

Poor’s leisure:
…… , visiting the local …… , watching a ……. or …….

Answer 28

gambling, playing cards
inn or tavern
strolling band
fishing

Question 29

Elizabeth poor laws in ……
Could be seen as a ……

Answer 29

1601
Turning point

Question 30

Elizabeth government recognised that …… was a …..

Answer 30

poverty and vagrancy
national problem

Question 31

9 causes of poverty:
I….., R….R…. , B……H……, R…….D…….., C……..F……M……, D……..M………, C…….F…….W….., R…….P……., C……C……I……

Answer 31

inflation, rack renting, bad harvest, rural depopulation, changes in farming methods, dissolution of monasteries, costly foreign wars, rising population, collapse of the cloth industry

Question 32

Two types of poor:

Answer 32

Deserving
Undeserving

Question 33

In …… Statute of Artificers - compulsory ………

Answer 33

1563
7 year apprenticeship for boys

Question 34

In …… the Vagabonds Act - JPs keep a ……. and enforce …..

Answer 34

1572
register for the poor
local poor rates

Question 35

The ……. Act for Relief of the Poor - work found for ……

Answer 35

1601
able-bodied poor and children to learn a trade