Life in medieval Norwich | History | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

True or false? Elites only used violence to stop the poor from challenging the social order.
- True
- False ✓
Match up each key word with the correct definition.
- mayor
  
  ⇔
  
  person elected to lead a city ✓
- merchant
  
  ⇔
  
  person who buys and sells goods ✓
- monk
  
  ⇔
  
  person who has devoted their life to God ✓
Which industry became very successful in Norwich after the 14th century?
- beer
- glass-making
- leather
- textiles ✓
How much did Norwich Cathedral earn every year?
- nothing
- £220
- £2200 ✓
- £22 000
Write the missing word. During the 1381 Peasants' Revolt, poor people in Norwich attacked the ______ in the city.
- 'elite' ✓
Which statement is most accurate?
- most of the poor in medieval Norwich were not literate ✓
- half of the poor in medieval Norwich were literate
- most of the poor in medieval Norwich were literate

Match-up the key words to the correct definition.
- industry
  
  ⇔
  
  a type of business or work ✓
- literate
  
  ⇔
  
  being able to read and write ✓
- cathedral
  
  ⇔
  
  the largest and most important church in a particular area ✓
- status
  
  ⇔
  
  the amount of respect or importance a person has ✓
Starting with the wealthiest, organise these groups according to how wealthy they were.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Norwich Cathedral
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  Norwich city government
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  Blackfriars Church
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  the poor
Write the missing word. The ______ of Norwich was elected by freemen from the city.
- 'mayor' ✓
Which three services did monks at Norwich Cathedral provide for people in Norwich?
- education ✓
- hospital care ✓
- policing
- religious worship ✓
- street cleaning
Starting with the least literate, sort the groups according to how literate they were likely to be.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  poor females
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  poor males
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  wealthy females
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  monks
Which statement about charity in medieval Norwich is most accurate?
- only churchmen provided charity
- charity was only motivated by religious concerns
- charity was sometimes used to protect the social order ✓
- merchants were the main people to receive charity

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Life was different for men and for women in medieval Norwich.
Life was different for elites and for the poor in medieval Norwich.
Historians are interested in similarity and difference.
Historians study the extent of similarity and difference between groups' experiences.

All people from the same social group had the same experiences.

Experiences could vary even between people from the same social group, especially if there were differences between their wealth and class.

Elite - an elite is the richest or most powerful group in a society
Freemen - freemen are people with special rights in a city
Literate - if you are literate then you are able to read and write
Will - people write a will to leave instructions about what should be done with their things once they die