Elizabeth - Key question 2 quick fire

Question 1

Who was higher in the social hierarchy:nobles or gentry?

Answer 1

Nobles

Question 2

What was the Elizabethan period known as due to many houses being remodelled?

Answer 2

The great rebuilding

Question 3

What did rich boys learn at school?

Answer 3

social etiquette and languages

Question 4

Name one thing that the rich wore

Answer 4

leather shoes etc

Question 5

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

Answer 5

malnutrition

Question 6

Give one reason for the problem of poverty during Elizabeth’s reign.

Answer 6

rising population, inflation etc

Question 7

What is the definition of the deserving poor?

Answer 7

People who were genuinely unable to work due to ill health or old age.

Question 8

What is a vagabond?

Answer 8

homeless beggars who travelled in order to steal and try and get money

Question 9

What was the purpose of the 1576 Act for the relief of the poor?

Answer 9

provided materials in towns to find jobs for unemployed people.

Question 10

In 1601 what law was passed giving the government more responsibility for the poor?

Answer 10

Poor law