Elizabethan Society

Question 1

True/False: Elizabethan Society was equal

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Who was at the top of the Elizabethan hierarchy?

Answer 2

Queen Elizabeth

Question 3

Who was below Queen Elizabeth in the Elizabethan hierarchy?

Answer 3

The rest of the nobility and gentry

Question 4

What is another way of referring to the nobility and gentry?

Answer 4

Aristocracy

Question 5

What did the nobility and gentry own?

Answer 5

Most of England’s land

Question 6

The more/less land a lord owned, the higher his status

Answer 6

more

Question 7

Who were below the nobility in the Elizabethan hierarchy?

Answer 7

Yeomen

Question 8

Who owned small amounts of land in Elizabethan England?

Answer 8

Yeomen

Question 9

Who were below the yeomen in the Elizabethan hierarchy?

Answer 9

Tenant farmers

Question 10

Who did tenant farmers rent land from?

Answer 10

The nobility, gentry or yeomen

Question 11

Who was at the bottom of the Elizabethan hierarchy?

Answer 11

Landless labourers

Question 12

What was people’s attitude towards landless labourers?

Answer 12

They were considered the lowest of everyone because they didn’t own or rent any land

Question 13

Did towns have a hierarchy in Elizabethan England?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

What was towns’ hierarchy based on in Elizabethan England?

Answer 14

Wealth and property

Question 15

True/False: Lots of people in Elizabethan England lived in towns

Answer 15

False, only 10% of people lived in towns

Question 16

Who was at the top of the hierarchy in towns in Elizabethan England?

Answer 16

Merchants

Question 17

Merchants owned most/little property

Answer 17

Most

Question 18

Who were below merchants in the hierarchy in towns in Elizabethan England?

Answer 18

Wealthy professionals

Question 19

What kind of jobs did wealthy professionals have in Elizabethan England?

Answer 19

Lawyers and doctors

Question 20

Who were below wealthy professionals in the hierarchy in towns in Elizabethan England?

Answer 20

Artisans

Question 21

Who were artisans?

Answer 21

Craftsmen such as carpenters and tailors

Question 22

What were artisans a part of?

Answer 22

Guilds

Question 23

What did guilds give artisans?

Answer 23

A licence to practise their trade and stopped others from competing against them

Question 24

True/False: Craftsmen could choose whether to be a part of a guild or not

Answer 24

False, craftsmen had to be a part of a guild

Question 25

Who were below artisans in the hierarchy in towns in Elizabethan England?

Answer 25

Unskilled labourers

Question 26

Who did unskilled labourers work for?

Answer 26

Merchants, professionals and artisans

Question 27

True/False: Unskilled labourers tended to own lots of property

Answer 27

False, they tended to own no property as they were the poorest

Question 28

True/False: Women had a very high status in Elizabethan England

Answer 28

False, women did not have status on their own

Question 29

What did women’s status depend on?

Answer 29

Their father if they were unmarried or their husband if they were married

Question 30

What would happen to a woman’s property if she married?

Answer 30

It became the property of her husband

Question 31

True/False: Men were expected to be in charge of the family and finances

Answer 31

False, women were expected to be in charge of the family and finances