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👑 Elizabethan England – GCSE
History · GCSE — Elizabeth I's court, religion, plots, the Armada, the poor and the Golden Age
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The 1559 Act of Supremacy gave Elizabeth I which title in the Church of England?
Supreme Head
Supreme Governor
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord Protector
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Francis Drake sailed around the world between 1577 and 1580. What was the name of his ship?
Mary Rose
Mayflower
Golden Hind
Revenge
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In which year was the Globe Theatre built on the south bank of the Thames in London?
1588
1576
1613
1599
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Which member of the Privy Council ran Elizabeth's network of spies and codebreakers?
Robert Dudley
Sir Francis Walsingham
William Cecil
Sir Christopher Hatton
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Under the Elizabethan Poor Laws, which of these people would have been seen as the 'idle' or undeserving poor?
A young child whose parents had died
A disabled former soldier
A fit adult who refused to work
An elderly widow unable to work
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Which plot directly led to the trial and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587?
The Babington Plot
The Ridolfi Plot
The Revolt of the Northern Earls
The Throckmorton Plot
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In 1588 the English sent fireships into the Spanish Armada while it was anchored off which port?
Dunkirk
Calais
Dover
Plymouth
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What did Pope Pius V's papal bull of 1570 do?
Ordered the Catholic Mass to be said in English
Excommunicated Elizabeth and freed Catholics from obedience
Declared Mary, Queen of Scots an enemy of the Church
Recognised Elizabeth as Supreme Governor of the Church
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The Treaty of Nonsuch in 1585 greatly angered Philip II of Spain. What did Elizabeth agree to do in it?
Release Mary, Queen of Scots to Spain
Marry a French prince to block Spain
Allow Drake to raid Spanish ports in America
Send an English army to help the Dutch rebels
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Why was Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury, suspended by Elizabeth in 1577?
He refused her order to stop prophesyings
He secretly supported Mary, Queen of Scots
He refused to wear the required vestments
He refused to swear the Oath of Supremacy
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