Elizabethen practise questions

Question 1

Describe two key features of theatre in early Elizabethan England

Answer 1

-Only men allowed to act in the theatre. For example, boys played women roles

-Theatre included a standing area called the pit. For example, poor people stood to watch the performance.

Question 2

Describe two key features of Drakes raid on cadiz

Answer 2

-Humiliating. For example, it was on home soil so this challenged Phillip as a ruler
-Successful. For example, Captured treasure worth £30,000

Question 3

Describe two key features of English involvement in the Netherlands

Answer 3

-Motivated by religion. For example, Netherlands Protestant rebels asked Elizabeth for help and she sent weapons & money

-Created tensions with spain- For example, it was part of Spains empire and then Robert Dudley accepted title of Governor

Question 4

Describe two key features of English rivalry with spain

Answer 4

-Religious rivalry- for example, Phillip was Catholic, Elizabeth was Protestant and catholics saw Protestantism as a huge threat

-Commercial rivalry- for example, Spain made English traders apply for licenses to purposefully refuse them.

Question 5

Describe two key features of English intervention in the New World

Answer 5

-financial motives. eg. wanted to exchange cloth for tobacco, sugar cane and silver
-Piracy. For example, English attacked and seized cargo of spanish treasure fleets

Question 6

Describe two key features of English victory against the Spanish Armada

Answer 6

Tactics of leadership- Phillip choice of commander Medina had no naval background

Aided by weather conditions- For example battle of grave lines fought in bad weather. England used to this. Spain not.

Question 7

Describe two key features of English victory against the Spanish Armada

Answer 7

Tactics of leadership- Phillip choice of commander Medina had no naval background

Aided by weather conditions- For example battle of grave lines fought in bad weather. England used to this. Spain not.

Question 8

Describe two key features of Elizabethan leisure

Answer 8

-Participation sports were dependant on wealth. Eg. Wrestling and swimming, wealthy men private matches, work in class public matches

• Spectator acts were more inclusive . eg. All classes would watch and bet together on the outcomes.

Question 9

Describe two key features of elizabethan sport

Answer 9

-Hunting popular with all classes in society. eg. Nobility hunted deer and Working class hunted rabbit

• physical sports differed depending on wealth. eg. Wrestling and swimming , wealthy in private matches, lower class in public matches

Question 10

Describe two key features of Elizabethan education

Answer 10

-Dependant on social status.
eg. Rich people tutored at home. Poor didn’t learn any literacy or numeracy

-Dependant on gender. Girls were taught how to be a mother by cooking & sewing

Question 11

describe Two key features of grammar school

Answer 11

-Curriculum was very academic.
eg. were taught languages and history

-Only accessible to certain classes
eg. Lower class could not afford it and worked as farm labourers instead

Question 12

Describe two features of education for girls

Answer 12

-designed to prepare for adult life
eg. they learnt how to cook and sew by mother

-dependant on social status
eg. poor people did not learn any maths or literacy

Question 13

describe two key features of increasing poverty in Elizabethan England

Answer 13

-inflation was a key cause
eg. Food & rent more expensive so many labourers could not afford new prices

-Population growth
eg. Grew by 35% so harder to get jobs

Question 14

Describe two key features of policies towards the poor

Answer 14

-Included punitive approaches
eg. Whipping vagrants and drilling a hole through each ear

-Included supportive approaches
eg. JP’s provided poor with raw materials to make things from to sell