Lesson 1C.1.1

1C.1.1 Consolidating the Tudor dynasty, 1485–1547 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 3

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Lesson 1C.1.1, Consolidating the Tudor dynasty, 1485–1547: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA History (7042), Unit 3: 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603, written with Revision Ninja.

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  1. Which battle in August 1485 gave Henry Tudor the English crown after he defeated Richard III?

    • Stoke Field
    • Flodden Field
    • Bosworth Field
    • Towton Field

  2. Which marriage in 1486 joined the rival houses of Lancaster and York and helped secure Henry VII's dynasty?

    • Henry VII and Margaret of Anjou
    • Edward IV and Anne Neville
    • Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
    • Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

  3. Which 1487 rebellion in support of a pretender claiming to be Edward, Earl of Warwick, was defeated at Stoke?

    • The Lambert Simnel rebellion
    • The Pilgrimage of Grace
    • The Western Rising of 1549
    • The Perkin Warbeck rising

  4. Which Tudor court of royal justice, used by Henry VII to control the nobility, took its name from a room at Westminster?

    • The Court of King's Bench
    • The Court of Common Pleas
    • The Court of Star Chamber
    • The Court of Chancery

  5. Which 1502 treaty between England and Scotland secured peace and led to the marriage of James IV to Henry VII's daughter Margaret?

    • The Treaty of Greenwich
    • The Treaty of Etaples
    • The Treaty of Perpetual Peace
    • The Treaty of Medina del Campo

  6. Which battle in 1513 saw an English army defeat a Scottish invasion, killing King James IV?

    • Stoke
    • Agincourt
    • Flodden
    • Bosworth

  7. Which minister, a cardinal who became Lord Chancellor in 1515, dominated Henry VIII's government until his fall in 1529?

    • Thomas More
    • Thomas Cranmer
    • Cardinal Wolsey
    • Thomas Cromwell

  8. Which Act of 1534 made Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church of England?

    • The Act of Six Articles
    • The Act of Supremacy
    • The Act of Uniformity
    • The Act of Union

  9. Which minister, who rose to power after 1532, directed the dissolution of the monasteries from 1536 onwards?

    • Thomas Cromwell
    • Thomas Cranmer
    • Thomas More
    • Thomas Howard

  10. Which 1536 rising in northern England, led by Robert Aske, protested against religious change and royal policy?

    • The Kett's Rebellion
    • The Cade Rebellion
    • The Western Rising
    • The Pilgrimage of Grace

  11. Which Act of 1539 restated Catholic doctrines such as clerical celibacy and the real presence, enforcing conservative religious beliefs?

    • The Act of Settlement
    • The Act of Supremacy
    • The Act of Uniformity
    • The Act of Six Articles

  12. How many years separated Henry VII's victory at Bosworth in 1485 and Henry VIII's death in 1547?

    • 52 years
    • 66 years
    • 62 years
    • 58 years

  13. How many years separated the Act of Supremacy in 1534 and the dissolution of the monasteries beginning in 1536?

    • 4 years
    • 2 years
    • 1 year
    • 6 years

  14. How many years passed between the Battle of Stoke in 1487 and the Battle of Flodden in 1513?

    • 22 years
    • 36 years
    • 30 years
    • 26 years

  15. Which statement best explains why Henry VII's government was more effective than that of earlier Yorkist kings?

    • He abolished the royal council and ruled through the Church alone, which left the crown without any secular advisers
    • He used financial bonds and recognisances and royal courts to control the nobility and raise revenue
    • He relied on the House of Commons to make all royal decisions, which gave Parliament control over the crown's finances
    • He depended on Scottish armies to keep order in England, which made the crown reliant on foreign troops

  16. Which statement best assesses the significance of the Henrician Reformation by 1547?

    • It led to the immediate union of England and Scotland under one crown and one parliament in London
    • It ended all royal control over religion in England, which gave the bishops full independence from the crown
    • It left the English Church unchanged, with the pope still supreme and all monasteries still in religious hands
    • It transformed the English Church and royal authority, though doctrine and religious change were still contested and unfinished

  17. Which judgement best explains the significance of Thomas Cromwell's ministry in the spec's theme of government and religion?

    • He held no office and advised only through the Church, meeting the king only at formal ceremonies
    • He strengthened royal government and drove the Reformation's administrative changes, including the dissolution of the monasteries
    • He opposed every royal policy and resigned in 1520, after a dispute with the king over the French alliance
    • He was a foreign diplomat who had no part in English government, serving only as an envoy abroad

  18. Which 1544 to 1546 conflict, in which Henry VIII fought against France and captured Boulogne, was part of his foreign policy?

    • War with France
    • War with Spain over the Netherlands
    • War with the Ottoman Empire over Cyprus
    • War with Scotland over the border

  19. Which feature of Henry VIII's early reign most clearly reflects his use of foreign alliances to secure the succession?

    • His decision to make Scotland an English province by 1515, which was achieved through a treaty with James IV
    • His early attempt to create a Spanish empire in North America, which he financed with the crown's own revenues
    • His decision to give up claims to the English throne, which he surrendered to the Pope in exchange for money
    • His marriage alliances and attempts to secure a male heir through marriage to Catherine of Aragon

  20. Which pretender, claiming to be one of the sons of Edward IV, was executed in 1499 after a challenge to Henry VII?

    • Edmund Dudley
    • Richard Lovell
    • Perkin Warbeck
    • Lambert Simnel

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