Lesson Y7-U04-L02

Y7-U04-L02 Magna Carta Did It Limit the King Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 4

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Lesson Y7-U04-L02, Magna Carta Did It Limit the King: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 4: Year 7: King John, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. In which year did the rebel barons capture London?

    • 1199
    • 1204
    • 1216
    • 1215

  2. In what year did John lose Normandy?

    • 1216
    • 1204
    • 1199
    • 1215

  3. How many times was scutage charged during John's reign?

    • Once
    • Eleven times
    • Three times
    • Twenty-five times

  4. Which of these was an old custom John ignored?

    • Holding a council of barons each spring at Runnymede
    • Jailing men without trial and seizing their lands
    • Paying the Church a tithe on every harvest
    • Ruling through the Witan in every county

  5. What was the barons' main aim in 1215?

    • To force John to rule by rules, not by his own will
    • To give England to the French king and end the war
    • To remove John from the throne and crown a Viking king
    • To break up the Church and share its lands among themselves

  6. On what date was Magna Carta sealed?

    • 5 January 1066
    • 14 October 1066
    • 25 September 1066
    • 15 June 1215

  7. Where was Magna Carta sealed?

    • York, in the north of England
    • Hastings, on the south coast
    • Runnymede, by the River Thames
    • Durham, beside the north-east coast

  8. What does the Latin name 'Magna Carta' mean in English?

    • The Holy Church
    • The Great Army
    • The Great Charter
    • The Royal Crown

  9. How many clauses did Magna Carta have?

    • About 36
    • About 63
    • About 6
    • About 630

  10. Did John sign or seal Magna Carta?

    • He signed it in front of the Pope at the Vatican in Rome
    • He sealed it with his wax seal, rather than signing it
    • He signed it with the blood of a rebel baron at Runnymede
    • He signed it with his own pen on a parchment scroll

  11. Which clause limited taxes so that the king could not demand money whenever he liked?

    • No new big taxes without the barons' agreement
    • Justice will not be sold, denied or delayed
    • No free man jailed except by lawful judgement
    • The Church shall be free from the king's control

  12. Which clause protected free men from being jailed without lawful judgement?

    • The Church shall be free and widows not forced to remarry against their own wishes at all
    • No free man jailed or punished except by lawful judgement of his equals or the law of the land
    • No new big taxes without the barons' agreement, which limited the king's money
    • A council of 25 barons may seize the king's castles if he breaks the promises in the charter

  13. Which clause promised that justice would not be sold, denied or delayed?

    • A council of 25 barons may seize the king's castles
    • No new big taxes without the barons' agreement
    • The Church shall be free from interference by the king
    • Justice will not be sold, denied or delayed

  14. Which clause was a way to force John to keep his promises?

    • No new big taxes without the barons' agreement, which limited the king's money
    • No free man jailed except by lawful judgement of his equals and the law of the whole land
    • Justice will not be sold, denied or delayed to anyone who comes to the king's courts for help
    • A council of 25 barons may seize the king's castles if he breaks the charter and refuses to mend

  15. Which group did the 'council of 25' clause most benefit?

    • The monks who lived in the monasteries across England
    • The peasants who worked on the king's estates
    • The Danish settlers who lived in the Danelaw
    • The rebel barons

  16. Why did the clause on the Church and widows matter?

    • It made the Church pay taxes directly to the king's treasury
    • It banned all priests from marrying and living near the king
    • It gave the king the right to choose every widow's next husband
    • It limited the king's meddling in the Church and in noble families

  17. What did Magna Carta's biggest new idea say?

    • The Pope had the right to choose every king in England
    • The barons could appoint their own kings in every county
    • The king himself had to obey the law and was not above it
    • The peasants could vote for a king every five years

  18. What is the best description of Magna Carta in 1215?

    • A holy document written by the Pope that gave the king divine rights
    • A treaty between England and France that ended the Hundred Years' War
    • A list of limits forced on a king who had run out of options
    • A gift from a kind king to his people to celebrate his victories

  19. How many barons were on the council that could seize the king's castles under Magna Carta?

    • 12
    • 100
    • 40
    • 25

  20. What did the promise that justice would not be sold, denied or delayed aim to stop?

    • Barons buying castles from the king at a very high price
    • Corrupt or slow justice that favoured those who could pay
    • Peasants paying their lords for the right to harvest the crops
    • Monks selling the books and relics of their monasteries

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