Tudor Age

Question 1

Tudor rulers

Answer 1

Henry VII
Henry VIII
Edward VI
Mary Tudor
Elizabeth I

Question 2

Henry VII

Answer 2

1485-1509

Question 3

Henry VIII

Answer 3

1509-1548

Question 4

Edward VI

Answer 4

1548-1553

Question 5

Mary Tudor

Answer 5

1553-1558

Question 6

Elizabeth I

Answer 6

1558-1603

Question 7

Two characteristics of the Tudor age

Answer 7

A time of rigurous and inflexible royal dominion, with autocratic and authoritarian rulers
A time when England became a first rank European country

Question 8

1492

Answer 8

Colombus discovers America

Question 9

1517

Answer 9

Erasmus promotes the development of a humanistic culture
Thomas More writes Utopia
Martin Luther initiates the Reformation in Germany

Question 10

1533

Answer 10

Henry VIII proclaims independance of the Catholic church

Question 11

1540

Answer 11

Henry VIII orders the dissolution of monasteries

Question 12

1549

Answer 12

The Anglican Church is consolidated by Edward VI -> Act of Uniformity

Question 13

1553

Answer 13

Mary Tudor tries unsuccessfully to reestablish Catholicism in England

Question 14

1557

Answer 14

Elizabeth I takes the Crown

Question 15

1588

Answer 15

Defeat of the Spanish Armada

The Rise of the Modern Empire

Question 16

End of the 16th c

Answer 16

Arrival of the Calvin’s followers

Question 17

1453

Answer 17

Constantinople fell in the hands of the Turks, end of the Middle Age

Question 18

Rich families who offered protection and job to scholars

Answer 18

Medici, Sforza, Gonzaga

Question 19

Humanism

Answer 19

Movement that wanted to rediscover Classical Antiquity