Early Elizabethan England - 1

Question 1

What was the population of England in 1558?

Answer 1

About 3 million

Question 2

Where did most people live and work?

Answer 2

In the countryside

Question 3

Which government body helped the monarch to make decisions?

Answer 3

The privy council

Question 4

Which section of society expected to be Elizabeth’s leading advisors

Answer 4

Nobles and lords

Question 5

What religion was Elizabeth

Answer 5

Protestant

Question 6

Who were the puritans?

Answer 6

Extreme Protestant

Question 7

Who did Elizabeth make her Secretary of State?

Answer 7

Sir William Cecil

Question 8

How much dept was the country in when Elizabeth became queen?

Answer 8

£300,000

Question 9

Which country was at war with England in 1558?

Answer 9

France

Question 10

What was the name of the peace treaty of 1559?

Answer 10

Chateau-Cambrésis

Question 11

What religion was England when Elizabeth became Queen?

Answer 11

Catholic

Question 12

When was the Elizabethan Religious settlement passed?

Answer 12

February 1559

Question 13

What was Elizabeth’s title in the Act of supremacy?

Answer 13

Supreme Governor

Question 14

Which Act stated that a Protestant prayer book had to be used in churches?

Answer 14

The Act of Supremacy

Question 15

Who had to take the Oath of Supremacy?

Answer 15

Office holders and clergy

Question 16

Under the settlement, what were clergy now allowed to do?

Answer 16

Marry

Question 17

What name was given to people who refused to attend church?

Answer 17

Recusants

Question 18

What was the punishment for not attending church?

Answer 18

Fines

Question 19

Who strongly disliked the appearance of the new church?

Answer 19

Puritans

Question 20

What language was now used in church services?

Answer 20

English

Question 21

Which group thought the new Church of England looked too ornate?

Answer 21

Puritan

Question 22

Who would Puritans have preferred to run the new Church?

Answer 22

Elected Committees

Question 23

What did the new Puritan bishops want abolishing?

Answer 23

The Sign of the cross

Question 24

Which of Elizabeth’s councillors was a Puritan?

Answer 24

Sir Francis Walsingham

Question 25

How many groups did the puritans divide into?

Answer 25

Theee

Question 26

Which part of the country was most Catholic?

Answer 26

The North

Question 27

How did most Catholics still hear the Latin Mass?

Answer 27

In Secret

Question 28

What did the pope tell English Catholics to do?

Answer 28

The Pope gave no guidance

Question 29

Why did Spain take no action to support English Catholics?

Answer 29

Spain was England’s ally

Question 30

How did Elizabeth try to win over more Catholics?

Answer 30

She allowed Requiem Mass

Question 31

What relation to Elizabeth was Mary, Queen of Scots?

Answer 31

Cousin

Question 32

What religion was Mary?

Answer 32

Catholic

Question 33

Which country did Mary have close links with?

Answer 33

France

Question 34

Who took over Scotland in 1559?

Answer 34

Protestant lords

Question 35

Why did Mary return to Scotland in 1561?

Answer 35

Her husband had died

Question 36

Who was Mary’s second husband?

Answer 36

Henry, Lord Darnley

Question 37

What was the name of Mary’s son?

Answer 37

James

Question 38

How did Mary’s second husband die?

Answer 38

Murdered

Question 39

Which country did Mary flee to in 1568?

Answer 39

England

Question 40

What did Elizabeth do with Mary in 1568?

Answer 40

Imprisoned her