Statistics for Elizabethan England AQA GCSE

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who was her mother?	Anne Boleyn	100%
What religion was she raised as?	Protestant	88%
When did Elizabeth become queen?	1558	75%
Who was her father?	Henry VIII	75%
Who was Essex's rival?	Robert Cecil	75%
Who was Elizabeth's most important advisor?	William Cecil	75%
What was the name of Elizabeth's council of close advisors who controlled the day-to-day running of the country?	Privy Council	63%
Who circumnavigated the world 1577-80?	Sir Francis Drake	63%
Who was Elizabeth's spymaster?	Sir Francis Walsingham	63%
When did Drake join his cousin, Hawkins, on a slave trading mission? \| When did Mary Queen of Scots arrive in England?	1568	50%
When was the Essex rebellion? \| When was the Poor Law?	1601	50%
How many ships were in Drake's circumnavigation fleet?	5	50%
What religion were Spain and France?	Catholic	50%
What is the time period often referred to as?	Golden Age	50%
What could priests do that Catholic priests couldn't?	Marry	50%
Who was Elizabeth's favourite (and rumoured lover)? Also a marriage candidate.	Robert Dudley	50%
Which foreign country would support it?	Spain	50%
What crime did both of her siblings accuse her of?	Treason	50%
How many people were in the Royal Court?	1000	38%
When was the Religious Settlement?	1559	38%
When was the Throckmorton Plot?	1583	38%
When was the Babington Plot?	1586	38%
When was Mary executed?	1587	38%
When was the Spanish Armada?	1588	38%
What language were the Bible and Church services in?	English	38%
Which country supported that?	France	38%
What did Elizabeth have pressure to produce after she nearly died of smallpox in 1562?	Heir	38%
What was the house in Parliament that was made up wealthy, but not noble, merchants and landowners?	House of Commons	38%
Who started the English slave trade in 1564?	John Hawkins	38%
What issue did Elizabeth ban from discussion in Parliament?	Marriage	38%
What did the Pope issue in 1570?	Papal Bull	38%
What is the word for giving people key jobs to keep their support?	Patronage	38%
Who was no longer in charge of the English Church due to the Middle Way?	Pope	38%
What were strict Protestants?	Puritans	38%
Who was the Earl of Essex?	Robert Devereux	38%
Who founded the first American colony?	Sir Walter Raleigh	38%
What T was a new item introduced to England for the first time?	Tobacco	38%
What T meant new goods, markets, and trading companies were opened?	Trade	38%
Name a playwright/actor who Elizabeth enjoyed.	William Shakespeare	38%
Where did the able-bodied poor work in exchange for food and accommodation?	Workhouse	38%
When did these arrive in England? \| When was the Sumptuary Statute controlling what people could wear?	1574	25%
When was the 'Act for setting the poor on work?'	1576	25%
What year were recusancy fines increased to £20 so only the rich could afford them?	1581	25%
What year was it made treason to be a Catholic priest?	1585	25%
When was Essex made a Privy Councillor? \| When was the Statute of Confinement (Catholics couldn't travel more than 5 miles from home without permission)?	1593	25%
When did Essex and Elizabeth fight over Ireland, where he half-drew his sword on her and she hit him?	1598	25%
When did England end its war with Spain?	1604	25%
How many were executed after the loyal nobles gathered an army?	600	25%
Where would the old and sick poor be allowed to stay?	Almshouse	25%
Name the reason for the Golden Age (this was a successful time for music and painting.)	Art	25%
Name the reason for the Golden Age (large country houses were built due to the gentry's wealth, like Hardwick Hall)	Buildings	25%
Name a key investor in the voyage.	Christopher Hatton	25%
What kind of poor deserved charitable help?	Deserving	25%
Who did he recruit?	Diego	25%
Which Duke intended to marry Mary?	Duke of Norfolk	25%
Where were the crew told they were travelling (to collect dried fruit)?	Egypt	25%
Name the reason for the Golden Age (voyages brought back wealth and power)	Exploration	25%
Name a key way people showed their status.	Fashion	25%
What was the house in Parliament that was made up of the nobility?	House of Lords	25%
Name the reason for the Golden Age (plays and poetry that are still admired today)	Literature	25%
What did Lord Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace govern?	Local area	25%
Name the M that Drake brought back that would help future explorers.	Maps	25%
Who was captured, abused, and abandoned?	Maria	25%
Name the M that meant he brought back £400 000 of treasure.	Money	25%
What area did Drake claim near modern day San Francisco?	New Albion	25%
What were the Americas known as to the British?	New World	25%
Who were laws made by, and taxes raised by?	Parliament	25%
Who was the Spanish marriage prospect?	Phillip II	25%
What led to food prices increasing?	Poor harvests	25%
What was it called when Elizabeth toured the country to show her power?	Progress	25%
What did Elizabeth claim the Armada was defeated by?	Protestant wind	25%
Name the reason for the Golden Age (acceptance of Vesalius' ideas and and breakthroughs in navigation and Maths.)	Science	25%
What kind of farming did farmers switch to from arable?	Sheep	25%
Which 2 countries dominated the New World?	Spain and Portugal	25%
Name the acronym for the reasons for the Golden Age.	STABLE	25%
What did the fleet get scattered by? \| What natural thing wrecked ships?	Storms	25%
Name the reason for the Golden Age (this became more acceptable and accessible for the poor.)	Theatre	25%
What was the ship renamed in August 1578?	The Golden Hinde	25%
Who was executed in July 1578 on suspicion of treason and witchcraft?	Thomas Doughty	25%
What T did voyagers steal from Spanish ships and ports and gain from the slave trade?	Treasure	25%
What kind of poor deserved punishment?	Undeserving	25%
What did he see Elizabeth without?	Wig	25%
What trade made the gentry richer?	Wool	25%
What was wrong with the Spanish cannonballs?	Wrong size	25%
How much money did Drake keep?	£10000	13%
How many ships did Spain send?	130	13%
When did Drake's fleet set sail from Plymouth a 2nd time (after being forced back by a storm the first attempt)?	13th December 1577	13%
When was the Northern Rebellion?	1569	13%
When was the Ridolfi Plot?	1570	13%
How many men?	164	13%
How many priests did they take with them?	180	13%
How much money did Elizabeth keep?	£200000	13%
When did Drake land in Plymouth again?	26th September 1580	13%
How many soldiers did they take?	34000	13%
How much money did investors get per £1 invested?	£40	13%
How many cannons?	41	13%
How many people were in the army raised by the rebels?	5000	13%
Who was suspended in 1583 for supporting Puritan prayer meetings known as prophesyings?	Archbishop Grindal	13%
What made it easier to calculate latitude, helping accuracy of navigation?	Astrolabes	13%
At what battle did the English break the Spanish's formation and sink 5 ships?	Battle of Gravelines	13%
Which battle was launched against them which only Drake and Hawkins' ships escaped?	Battle of San Juan de Ulúa	13%
Where were coded letters from Mary to Babington found?	Beer barrels.	13%
What does BEV stand for in terms of impact of the gentry? (__,__,__)	Building, education, voyages	13%
What did he capture in 1596?	Cadiz	13%
What ship did he capture in March 1579?	Cagafuego	13%
Who trained Catholic Seminary Priests at Douai?	Cardinal William Allen	13%
What were the native people called?	Cimarrons	13%
What formation did the ships arrive in?	Crescent	13%
What left families without a wage earner?	Disease	13%
Who led the fleet?	Duke of Medina-Sidonia	13%
Whose army did the Spanish fail to meet up with in the Netherlands due to wind not blowing in the right direction?	Duke of Parma	13%
Name the Jesuit priest executed in 1581.	Edmund Campion	13%
What nickname was Drake given after stealing 20 tonnes of treasure from the Spanish?	El Draque	13%
What does Cagafuego translate to?	Fire shitter	13%
Who was the French marriage prospect?	Francis, Duke of Anjou and Alençon	13%
Who were important landowners in Elizabethan England?	Gentry	13%
Who had his right hand chopped off in 1583 for criticising Elizabeth's marriage negotiations with a Catholic prince?	John Stubbs	13%
Who was he replaced with?	John Whitgift	13%
When did he round the Cape of Good Hope?	July 1580	13%
What made ships faster and easier to sail (triangular sails)?	Lateens	13%
Name the noble leader of the English naval attack.	Lord Howard of Effingham	13%
Who claimed to have discovered the North West Passage?	Martin Frobisher	13%
Which native people welcomed Drake and gave him gifts here?	Miwok	13%
Which islands did Drake stop at for food and water? And make a trade treaty with for spices?	Molucca Islands	13%
Name the M that gave him a reputation.	Myth	13%
Name the two Earls who conspired to kill Elizabeth.	Northumberland, Westmorland	13%
Where did Drake go to in 1572-1573?	Panama	13%
What led to higher inflation and lower wages?	Population growth	13%
What Puritans wanted to abolish bishops and the Church hierarchy?	Presbytarians	13%
What was theatre a good way of Elizabeth perpetrating?	Propaganda	13%
What were kept low?	Recusancy fines	13%
Name an entrepreneur who invested money in new theatres.	Richard Burbage	13%
What made boats easier to steer?	Rudders	13%
Who wanted to set up churches outside of CofE?	Separatists	13%
What was Essex given as he was the Queen's favourite?	Sweet wine monopoly	13%
What T developed Englands naval power and formed the basis of its empire?	Territory	13%
Where had Elizabeth sent troops to help rebels fighting the Spanish?	The Netherlands	13%
What was the original name of the ship Drake captained?	The Pelican	13%
Which treaty between them in 1494 divided the New World between them?	Treaty of Tordesillas	13%
Name a Spanish settlement in Peru that Drake attacked.	Valparaiso	13%
What did priests wear?	Vestments	13%
What led to higher taxes?	War with Spain	13%
What status was Drake's father?	Yeoman	13%