History

Question 1

When did Elizabeth I became queen?

Answer 1

1558

Question 2

Who was Elizabeth’s mother?

Answer 2

Anne Boleyn

Question 3

What happened to Elizabeth after her father left her mother?

Answer 3

She was declared illegitimate.

Question 4

What was the Elizabethan court?

Answer 4

The court was the gathering of important people and servants. It was the heart of social and political life.

Question 5

How many people were in the court?

Answer 5

More than 1000.

Question 6

What was patronage?

Answer 6

Patronage was using favouritism to govern and lead. Elizabeth handed out titles, monopolies and offices to give the nobility income if they pleased her.

Question 7

Who was the head of government?

Answer 7

Elizabeth, the queen was the head of the government.

Question 8

What was the Privy Council?

Answer 8

Privy council meddled with governmental affairs and also advised Elizabeth.

Question 9

What was Elizabeth’s aims about religion?

Answer 9

To heal Catholic and Protestant relations

To take control over the church

Question 10

What was a Puritan?

Answer 10

Someone who wanted to remove anything related to Catholicism in England.

Question 11

Why did Mary, Queen of Scots pose a threat to Elizabeth?

Answer 11

Because Elizabeth had no children and Mary had a claim to the throne.

Question 12

When was the northern rebellion?

Answer 12

1569

Question 13

What happened in the first stages of the northern rebellion?

Answer 13

The duke of Norfolk wanted to marry Elizabeth’s cousin Mary. This would put pressure on Elizabeth as Mary would have a stronger claim on the throne. Dudley and Thockmorton were involved in the plot but they confessed. Norfolk was jailed.

Question 14

What year was Elizabeth excommunicated?

Answer 14

1570

Question 15

When was the treason act?

Answer 15

1571

Question 16

What year was the gathering of Catholics banned?

Answer 16

1593

Question 17

What were privateers?

Answer 17

People who were given licenses to do pirating.

Question 18

Who was Walter Raleigh?

Answer 18

An English explorer who wanted to develop colonies in America.

Question 19

How successful was Raleigh?

Answer 19

His both attempts at colonisation failed.

Question 20

Who was Sir Francis Drake?

Answer 20

A privateer and successful captain who circumnavigated the world.

Question 21

Why was relationships between Spain and England tense?

Answer 21

• Elizabeth rejected Philip I as husband
• Philip is Catholic.
• English privateers stole from Spanish ships.

Question 22

What caused war between Spanish and England?

Answer 22

The English sent troops to Netherlands to overpower Spanish troops and help Dutch rebels.

Question 23

When did the Armada leave?

Answer 23

May 1588

Question 24

How did the English defeat the Armada?

Answer 24

• Experienced sailors and captains
• Effective tactics against clunky Galleon ships.
• Keeping distance
• Use of cannons.

Question 25

Who were the Gentry?

Answer 25

The gentry were landowners who did not hold any title, but had power in terms of their wealth and their land.

Question 26

Name three theatres of England.

Answer 26

The Globe
The Rose
The Swan

Question 27

Who could go to theatre?

Answer 27

Anyone regardless of social background. Rich were offered places in the galleries with rain protection and the poor were placed on the bottom.

Question 28

Name two causes of poverty.

Answer 28

• Rising population

- High taxes low wages

Question 29

Name all types of poors.

Answer 29

• The idle poor
• The impotent poor
• The deserving poor

Question 30

What was the poor law?

Answer 30

Taxes contributing to poor welfare.

Question 31

How successful was poor law?

Answer 31

Success- No rebellions, preserved social order

Failure- People still remained poor.

Question 32

When was the poor law passed?

Answer 32

1597

Question 33

Why did the poor suffer more during Elizabeth’s era?

Answer 33

Because the monasteries were closed for them.