Exploration
An armed ship owned and run by private individuals commissioned by the government to capture enemy merchant shipping.
What are privateers?
This invention helped spread Protestant ideas quickly.
What is the printing press?
What natural resource was England’s main export during the Middle Ages?
What is wool?
This king broke from the Catholic Church after being denied an annulment
Who is King Henry VIII?
He was the most prolific and famous English playwright of the Elizabethan era.
Who is William Shakespeare?
What did navigational technology make possible for sailors?
It made long distance routes possible.
How did England’s geography help its economy?
It's many rivers and ports made trade and transport easy.
The most valuable goods European countries were fighting for access to.
What are spices?
This queen’s reign from 1558-1603 is called England’s “Golden Age.”
Who is Elizabeth I?
Most people in Tudor England drank this daily because water was unsafe.
What is ale or beer?
Why was Sir Francis Drake’s exploration of California a big deal for England?
It challenged Spanish monopoly in the new world.
How did technological progress contribute to England’s growing trade economy?
New ships, maps, and tools expanded exploration and trade routes.
How did trading lead alloys contribute to the creation of the printing press?
It allowed the creation of the moveable type.
The official church of England established by Henry VIII.
What is the Anglican Church?
This type of work was the most common for peasants in the countryside.
What is farming/agriculture?
Name one advantage at sea that came from England's developments in navigation.
Stronger ships, more accurate maps, tools like the astrolabe and magnetic compass that allowed sailors to travel farther and navigate with greater accuracy. (any of these answers is correct.)
Tariffs one of main economic tools used by England used by England to what?
To control trade and favor domestic production.
How did the trade of wool impact the job market of the renaissance?
It promoted the creation of jobs such as Shepards, weavers, dyers, and spinners.
Henry VIII’s advisor was executed for opposing the break with Rome. Who was he and what was his reasoning?
Who is Sir Thomas More? What are religious convictions and moral principles?
Most lower-class women were responsible for this type of domestic labor.
What is cooking/cleaning/spinning wool/caring for children?
Analyze: How did England’s maritime exploration and privateering affect its economy and position in Europe?
It weakened Spain, increased wealth through plunder and trade, and helped England establish naval dominance when it was still early.
Analyze: What was Sir Francis Drake's economic impact on England?
His raids, in which he seized Spanish treasures, helped enrich England and weaken Spain
How did the expansion of England’s trade shape its social hierarchy between noblemen and rising wealthy merchants/investors?
Wealthy merchants and investors began rivaling traditional nobles in power and influence.
Analyze: Why did Elizabeth I’s religious settlement succeed where Mary 1’s failed?
Balance/tolerance vs. harsh Catholic enforcement.
Describe the impact of printing on English cultural life in the 16th century.
Printing allowed mass production of Bibles, pamphlets, and literature, spreading literacy, Protestantism, and Renaissance ideas.