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Elizabethan Times
Notes and Quiz Review
At each station, read the research and discuss with your group to answer these
questions. Answer in complete sentences.
Station 1: Queen Elizabeth I
1. When was Elizabeth queen and what was so special about her reign?
2. Was Queen Elizabeth popular? Why or why not?
3. Who was Queen Elizabeth’s father and what was her religion?
4. Who is Queen Mary? What is unusual about her?
5. Why was this age referred to as the “Elizabethan Times”?
Station 2: Elizabethan Times
1. What did Elizabethans believe about the universe?
2. What is an almanac and how was it used during Elizabethan times?
3. According to Elizabethans what four things make up the universe?
4. Name one wedding and one funeral custom.
5. What was a popular sport in Elizabethan times?
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Date:_____________________________
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Station 3: Elizabethan Education
1. Did most people go to school in Elizabethan times? Who did?
2. What is another word for Renaissance? Why is this time period referred to as a Renaissance?
3. What was punishment for tardiness in school at this time?
4. What time did school start for Elizabethans?
Station 4: Crime and Punishment
1. In this era, how you were treated if you were accused of a crime depended on:
2. What is “cutpursing?”
3. Describe “hooking.”
4. What were the common beliefs about “witchery” and what was the punishment for it?
5. Compare and contrast the Elizabethan justice system with American justice. What is similar? What is
different? Explain which one would you prefer.
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Date:_____________________________
Block: ___________________________
Station 5: Astrology and Astronomy
1. What did Elizabethans believe the stars could tell them?
2. What was the mechanism used to see the stars?
3. Define “Astronomy.”
4. What s the difference between astronomy and astrology?
Station 6: Role of the Friar in the Middle Ages
1. What is a Friar?
2. List three rules for friars in he Middle Ages.
3. Describe a Middle Age wedding tradition: How does it compare with that of today’s?
4. What is a catacomb and why did Elizabethans use them?
Stations 7: Bubonic Plague
1. What was another name for the bubonic plague?
2. 90% of patients did within __________ days.
3. What were three symptoms of the plague?
4. When did the Black Plague, or Black Death, first arrive in London?
5. Between 1603 and 1665 how many people in London died of plague?
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Date:_____________________________
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Station 8: Gender Differences
1. Describe gender differences in Shakespeare’s plays in Elizabethan times.
2. Why were women prevented from acting in plays during Elizabethan times?
3. Describe three gender differences in the 1200’s to 1400’s.
ECR question: 10 points
Would it be better to be a citizen in Elizabethan Times or current times? Consider what it would be
like to live in Elizabethan Times and what life would be like. Use the research and notes to support
your answer.