Topic 2 Lifestyles Of The Rich And Poor

Question 1

What was the age of the ‘Great Rebuilding’?

Answer 1

When rich landowners remodelled their homes to promote wealth

Question 2

What symmetrical shape where the houses of the rich often in?

Answer 2

Letter E or H

Question 3

What were 5 features inside homes of the rich?

Answer 3

Large glass windows
Brick/stone walls
Large fireplaces
Wood panelled walls
Tapestries

Question 4

What was a long gallery?

Answer 4

Entire length of house, framed by large windows/ fireplaces/portraits

Question 5

What was the function of long galleries?

Answer 5

Entertainment and socialising

Question 6

What are 2 examples of Elizabethan homes?

Answer 6

Hardwick Hall
Longleat House

Question 7

What did Elizabeth noblemen and noble ladies wear?

Answer 7

Latest fashions, fine materials (silk, linen, velvet), fine jewels

Question 8

What were sons of nobles taught?

Answer 8

Tutored at home in French, Latin and Greek

Question 9

What were daughters of nobles taught?

Answer 9

How to run large house and staff

Question 10

What did the gentry attempt to copy?

Answer 10

Lifestyles of nobles

Question 11

Who did the gentry rent out large areas of land to?

Answer 11

Tenant farmers

Question 12

What did the gentry do with their homes?

Answer 12

Modernised and re-fashioned

Question 13

How many rooms did a gentry home typically have?

Answer 13

At least 5, including servants quarters

Question 14

What did the gentry wear?

Answer 14

Modern, stylish outfits, without fine threads and jewels of noble clothes

Question 15

How were the sons of the gentry taught?

Answer 15

Grammar schools

Question 16

What did the sons of gentry do post-school?

Answer 16

University- began careers as lawyers, clerics, royal service

Question 17

What were 4 features of a typical cottage of the poor?

Answer 17

One room
Often family shared with animals
Thatched roof
Earth floor

Question 18

What did the poor wear?

Answer 18

Most only had one outfit

Question 19

What education did the poor have?

Answer 19

Little to none, some attended parish schools to learn read and write

Question 20

What were 3 examples of leisure activities of the poor?

Answer 20

Gambling
Playing cards
local inn/tavern

Question 21

What were the 3 categories the poor were put into?

Answer 21

Impotent poor
Able-bodied poor
Idle poor

Question 22

What were the impotent poor?

Answer 22

Too young/old/sick to work

Question 23

Who were the able-bodied poor?

Answer 23

Wanted to work but had become unemployed

Question 24

Who were the idle poor?

Answer 24

Able-bodied but chose to avoid work (vagabonds, beggars)

Question 25

What were **4 causes of poverty during Elizabethan times**?

Answer 25

- **rising population** - **rising inflation** - **bad harvests** - **changes in farming methods**

Question 26

What were the **changes in farming methods**?

Answer 26

From **crop** to **sheep farming**

Question 27

What was the **increase in wandering homeless seen as**?

Answer 27

**Threat to society**- **blamed** for **increase in crime**

Question 28

What were **2 types of vagabonds**?

Answer 28

**Hooker/angler** **Counterfeit crank**

Question 29

What was a **hooker/angler**?

Answer 29

Used **hooked stick** to **reach through windows** to **steal clothes** or **valuables**

Question 30

What was a **counterfeit crank**?

Answer 30

**Sucked soap** to **fake foaming at mouth** and **faked epilepsy**

Question 31

When was the **Elizabethan poor law**?

Answer 31

**1601**

Question 32

When was the **Vagabonds Act**?

Answer 32

**1572**

Question 33

What did the **Vagabonds Act 1572 do**?

Answer 33

**Severe punishments** for **vagrants**, **locals** had to **pay poor rate**

Question 34

When was the **Statute of Artificers**?

Answer 34

**1563**

Question 35

What did the **Statute of Artificers 1563 do**?

Answer 35

**Compulsory 7 year apprenticeship** for **boys**

Question 36

What did the **Act for Relief of the Poor 1598 do**?

Answer 36

**Overseers appointed** to **supervise issue of poor relief**

Question 37

What did the **Act for Relief of the Poor 1576 do**?

Answer 37

**Set up houses of correction** for **rogues/vagabonds**

Question 38

How **long** did **Elizabeth’s poor law last for**?

Answer 38

**Over 200 years**