Starter quiz
- ______ refers to the countryside.
- 'Rural' ✓
- Which of the following is the correct definition of subsistance?
- the act of maintaining oneself at a most basic level ✓
- the act of trying live above basic living conditions
- the act of keeping others at the most basic level
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- Why did sheep farming present problems for the rural poor?
- Many became unemployed as less people were needed to tend to the sheep. ✓
- Land enclosures for the sheep meant the poor had less land. ✓
- There were not enough sheep and so it was not profitable.
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- Rural people who moved in order to find work, food and shelter were known as ______.
- 'vagabonds' ✓
- Why did food prices increase during the Tudor period?
- There was less food being grown due to switch from crop to sheep farming. ✓
- There were poor harvests in the 1590s. ✓
- There was less common land available for subsistence. ✓
- There was more common land available for subsistance.
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- Which of the following statements best explains why the Elizabethan elite were alarmed by the ever-growing urban poor in London? Select the best explanation.
- They feared the occasional food riots.
- They feared that riots could transform into full-blown rebellion. ✓
- They feared the crime.
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Exit quiz
- ______ means the form of entertainment involving hunting, wounding or killing, usually of animals.
- 'Blood sports ' ✓
- A ______ is a venue where plays are performed.
- 'theatre' ✓
- How much of the year was given over to holy days in Tudor England before it became Protestant?
- roughly 1/2
- roughly 1/3 ✓
- roughly 1/4
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- Which sport did men have to practise on Sundays after church in preparation for war?
- football
- archery ✓
- bear-baiting
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- Choose the concerns that Puritans had with blood sports.
- Blood sports attracted criminals. ✓
- Blood sports attracted drunken behaviour. ✓
- Blood sports were an abuse of animal rights.
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- The name of the first theatre to be built, in 1576, was ______.
- 'The Theatre' ✓
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Key learning points
- Social life was affected by changes to the Church and changes to the seasons.
- Many forms of entertainment remained the same throughout the Tudor period.
- Blood sports became more popular during the Tudor period.
- Theatres were built in London as a venue for plays to be performed.
Common misconception
The English have always been a nation of animal lovers.
Blood sports were a very popular form of entertainment for hundreds of years. A large variety of animals were killed for our entertainment, such as bulls, bears and badgers.
Keywords
Blood sports - blood sports are forms of entertainment involving hunting, wounding or killing, usually of animals
Theatre - the theatre is a venue where plays are performed
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