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Elizabethean England Flashcards

1
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16th century (_______), ___________ society

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1500s
agriculture

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2
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Struggle for __________

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survival

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3
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Majority of population lived in the _________

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South

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4
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Approximately 120,000 people lived in ________

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London

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5
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Population _________ by 1 million during Elizabeth’s reign

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increased

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6
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Inside houses : ___________________________, dark, dingy, lit by candles

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no running water or proper drainage

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7
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1561 – ____________ plague kills 17,000 in London

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Bubonic

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8
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Dusty roads, travel by __________________

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horseback or boat

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9
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Major industry: ________ exported as ________ to Europe

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wool
cloth

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10
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Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of _________ 2nd marriage to ______________

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Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn

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11
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Queen Elizabeth I was known as the _____________because she never married.

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Virgin Queen

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12
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Queen Elizabeth I liked the consummate ________ of being Queen and didn’t want to share

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power

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13
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Queen Elizabeth I was born in _________

A

1533

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14
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Queen Elizabeth I’s mother was _________ in 1536

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executed

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15
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Elizabeth ___________ and _____________ from court

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illegitimate
banished

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16
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Befriends ________________________ and lives with her after his death in 1547

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Catherine Parr, Henry’s 6th wife

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17
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Elizabeth ______________________ upon her half-sister’s death

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becomes Queen in 1558 at 25 years old

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18
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Elizabeth was ___________ for the enormity of the task which lay ahead and had to maintain a _______________

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ill-prepared
politically low profile

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19
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Elizabeth’s greatest talent –

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an unerring ability to choose and inspire capable men to govern her kingdom

20
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Elizabeth inherited a ________________ nation at a time when profound _______________ changes were sweeping across the whole of Europe

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weak, divided, and dispirited
political and social

21
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Powerful neighboring countries were ________________ as __________________________ tore at the very hearts and souls of her subjects.

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threatening invasion
conflicting old and new religious ideologies

22
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Elizabeth’s reign

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1558-1603

23
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Current state:

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England at war with France, who is allied with Scotland

24
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broke with Rome and dissolved all monasteries

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Henry VIII

25
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Henry VII created the

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Church of England

26
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Hard line Protestant

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Edward VI

27
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Catholic, publicly burned heretics at the stake

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Mary I

28
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Believed to be the greatest playwright in history

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Shakespeare

29
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Shakespeare was know for his ability to _____________

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depict human character

30
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Shakespeare was born on

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23 April 1564 in Stratford

31
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In 1582, Shakespeare marries ____________, who is ___________

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Anne Hathway
Illiterate

32
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Shakespeare died on

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April 23, 1616 at 52 years old

33
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James I ruled from:

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1603–1625

34
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King James paid Shakespeare’s theater company the greatest possible compliment by endowing its members with the status of the ______________.

A

King’s Players

35
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Shakespeare is said to have written _____ plays and ____sonnets.

A

37
154

36
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Shakespeare gained the bulk of his fame ____________.

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posthumously

37
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Founding member of the ___________________, an acting company

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Lord Chamberlain’s Men

38
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Late 1580s, becomes involved with ________________ and moves to London

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a travelling group of actors

39
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_____________ built on Bankside; Shakespeare is a shareholder.

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Globe Theater

40
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Plays were ______________.

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staged in the open air

41
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No_____________________ , minimal music and sound effects

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women, no curtains or props

42
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Julius Caesar born

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July 12, 100BC

43
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Caesar was considered to be a _______________________.

A

military genius and brilliant politician

44
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Rome suffered from constant infighting between _____________________ to whom they supposedly owed allegiance.

A

ambitious military leaders and the far weaker senators

45
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Caesar was stabbed to death by his conspirators

Most accounts say ___ times
Shakespeare says ___ times

A

23
33

46
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Caesar was named dictator for life or _______________

A

Dictator Perpetuus

47
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