Knowledge section

Question 1

Government=

Answer 1

the people in charge.

Question 2

Monarchy=

Answer 2

system of government with a monarch (King

or queen) in charge.

Question 3

Power=

Answer 3

being able to do something

Question 4

Reign=

Answer 4

the period of a King’s rule

Question 5

Protest=

Answer 5

when people rise up in opposition to something.

Question 6

Revolt=

Answer 6

when people rise up against the government.

Question 7

Civil War=

Answer 7

a war between people from the same country.

E.g. English vs English.

Question 8

Scutage=

Answer 8

A tax paid to the king to get out of military

service.

Question 9

Seal=

Answer 9

a piece of wax, which gave approval

Question 10

Poll Tax=

Answer 10

a tax where everyone is forced to pay the

same amount- very unfair.

Question 11

Commons=

Answer 11

The ‘common people’, everyone who was

not the Church or the Nobility.

Question 12

Parliament=

Answer 12

people elected to represent, debate, and to

pass laws.

Question 13

Representation=

Answer 13

speaking or acting on someone’s

behalf.

Question 14

Tenant=

Answer 14

someone who rents land or property.

Question 15

Grievance=

Answer 15

a complaint.

Question 16

Charter=

Answer 16

a document from the government to give a

group rights. E.g. Magna Carta is a charter.

Question 17

Labourer=

Answer 17

a worker, usually very poor.

Question 18

Plague=

Answer 18

a horrible disease.

Question 19

Freeman=

Answer 19

a peasant free to own land and move

Question 20

Villein=

Answer 20

a peasant legally tied to the land