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25 questions for end of Year 8
Fichas del conjunto (25)
- 1Who was the first Tudor King?King Henry VII
- 2When did Henry VIII rule England?1509 to 1547
- 3Name Henry's six wives in orderCatherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleaves, Catherine Howard, Catherine Parr
- 4Who wrote the 95 theses, and when?Martin Luther in 1517
- 5Give the names and dates (when they ruled) of Henry VIII’s three children.Edward VI - 1547 to 1553
Mary I - 1553 to 1558
Elizabeth - 1558 to 1603 - 6List THREE differences between a Catholic and a Protestant Church.Elaborate designs v plain wood
Latin sermon v English sermon
Expensive garments v cheap garments - 7What was ‘the split with Rome’?Henry wanted a divorce, so he split from Rome and started the CoE
- 8What was ‘The King’s Great Matter’?Henry wanted a divorce and England was preoccupied with the political and religious questions attendant to what was called "the King's great matter."
- 9What is meant by the term ‘Dissolution of the Monasteries’?Henry VIII disbanded Catholic Monasteries for both spiritual and financial reasons
- 10What do we mean by the terms ‘Machiavellian Prince’ and ‘Renaissance man’?MP - being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analysed in Machiavelli's The Prince.
RM - a man with many talents or areas of knowledge. - 11Name THREE individuals who were prominent during the Renaissance and give an example of why each individual was important.Michelangelo
Da Vinci
Machiavelli - 12Who was Bloody Queen Mary?Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
- 13Who was Mary Queen of Scots?Daughter of James V of Scotland
- 14Who led the Spanish Armada? In what year?Phillip of Spain, in 1588
- 15What happened in 1605?The famous Gunpowder Plot
- 16List the causes of the English Civil War- Charles married a French Catholic
- He ruled without parliament for 11 years
- The parliamentarians voiced their opinions of Charles - 17Who was Prince Rupert?Nephew of Charles I, sided against him in the Civil War
- 18Name a battle that took place during the English Civil War.The battle of Marston Moor
- 19On what date was Charles I executed?30 Jan, 1649
- 20What title did Oliver Cromwell take as ruler of England?Lord protector of the Commonwealth
- 21What was the Restoration?The Restoration of the English monarchy in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- 22Who was King between 1660 and 1685?Charles II
- 23Who was King between 1685 and 1688?James II
- 24What was the ‘Glorious Revolution’?when William of Orange took the English throne from James II in 1688.
- 25Who was the first Georgian King?King George I