Marriage Customs
London
Social Classes
The Queen
Extra Facts about Marriage Customs
100
True or False: The women during the Elizabethan Era had the only say in the choosing of her own husband.
False; The women had very little, if any choice as to her who her husband would be.
100
True or False: Cambridge was the largest thriving city in England during the Elizabethan Era.
False; London
100
There were four social classes: Nobility, Gentry, Yeomanry, and what other class?
The Poor
100
Queen Elizabeth; Full Name: Elizabeth TudorThe queen of the Elizabethan Era was whom?
Queen Elizabeth I; Full Name: Elizabeth Tudor
100
At the wedding of the bride and groom, the only people who normally attended were family and who else?
close friends
200
The men were expected to support the family through a whole variety of what?
Occupations
200
Along with the new acting occurring in London, there was a theater built. What was the name of this theater?
The Globe Theater
200
False; the nobility classTrue or False: The yeomanry class was filled with people either granted to the monarch or who were born into a family.
False; the nobility class
200
Some of Queen Elizabeth's nicknames were the Virgin Queen, Good Queen Bess, and...?
Gloriana
200
With parental admission, at what age were boys allowed to get married during the Elizabethan Era?
14
300
True or False: The men made the decisions and the women were directed to ignore them.
False; The women were supposed to obey any decisions that the men made.
300
Although London was such a thriving city, they also had many what, that devastated the city?
Diseases and Plagues
300
What was the largest class with the most people in during the Elizabethan Era?
the yeomanry class
300
True or False: Queen Elizabeth I was the sixth and final monarchy of the Tudor dynasty.
False; Queen Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarchy of the Tudor dynasty.
300
During the Elizabethan times at a wedding, everyone would stand because their were not what in the churches?
pews
400
After becoming married, Elizabethan women were expected to run the households and provide for whom?
Children
400
In London, they had achievements in art, music, and what?
Acting
400
The poor class included the unemployed, children, abandoned wives, sick people, elderly, disabled, and whom else?
War veterans who could no longer work because of their injuries.
400
Henry VIIIWho was Queen Elizabeth the daughter of?
Henry VIII
400
At what age was it legal for girls to get married at with their parents' permission?
12
500
Elizabethan women were expected to bring what to the marriage, which was an amount of money, goods, and property that the bride would bring into the marriage?
Dowry
500
The heart of London is a river; what is the name of this river?
The Thames River
500
Only 5% of the population during the Elizabethan time period were in this class?
The gentry class
500
How many years after Elizabeth's birth was her mother executed?
two and a half years
500
BONUS: 1000 points! Where was Queen Elizabeth born in England on September 7th, 1533?
Greenwich