Lesson Y7-U04-L01

King John A Good or Bad King Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U04-L01, King John A Good or Bad 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. How many main jobs did a good medieval king have?

    • Two
    • Four
    • Three
    • Six

  2. Which of these was a key job of a good medieval king?

    • Trading goods
    • Writing books
    • Keeping justice
    • Farming land

  3. Why did a medieval king need to respect the Church?

    • Command the army
    • Build stone castles
    • Look chosen by God
    • Collect church taxes

  4. What often happened to a medieval English king who failed his job?

    • Imprisoned by peasants
    • Barons rebelled
    • Stood down voluntarily
    • Fled the country

  5. Who was King John's older brother and a famous warrior-king?

    • Henry Tudor
    • Edward the Confessor
    • Richard the Lionheart
    • Harold Godwinson

  6. Who was John's father, from whom he inherited a huge empire?

    • Edward I
    • William I
    • Henry VIII
    • Henry II

  7. In which years did King John rule England?

    • 1216 to 1272
    • 1199 to 1216
    • 1066 to 1087
    • 1154 to 1189

  8. Which three powerful groups or rulers did John inherit trouble from?

    • Earls, Spain, Bishops
    • Knights, Vikings, Monks
    • Barons, France, Pope
    • Peasants, Scots, Church

  9. What was scutage in medieval England?

    • Church land rent
    • A tax on bread
    • Money instead of fighting
    • Knight training fees

  10. Why did King John tax his barons so heavily?

    • To pay peasants
    • To build cathedrals
    • To buy foreign food
    • To fight wars

  11. How did King John punish barons he distrusted?

    • Executed them immediately
    • Exiled them abroad
    • Imposed heavy fines
    • Held children hostage

  12. What did the barons come to think of King John?

    • Kind and humble
    • Generous and pious
    • Greedy and unfair
    • Weak and foolish

  13. How did most barons judge King John's rule?

    • Weak but peaceful
    • Just and noble
    • Generous and strong
    • Distrusted and unfair

  14. John lost which important French lands in 1204?

    • Flanders
    • Brittany
    • Aquitaine
    • Normandy

  15. Who was the clever King of France who attacked John's French lands?

    • Philip II
    • Henry the Lion
    • Charles the Bald
    • Louis IX

  16. What major loss made King John deeply unpopular with his barons?

    • Loss of Ireland
    • Loss of Normandy
    • Loss of Scotland
    • Loss of London

  17. What did John's wars with France lead to at home?

    • Better trade
    • Brutal taxes
    • Peasant revolts
    • Church reform

  18. Which combination best describes John's personality?

    • Foolish and timid
    • Weak and kind
    • Clever but cruel
    • Generous and pious

  19. What was King John's first major domestic problem?

    • Peasant uprisings
    • Quarrelling with barons
    • Losing Normandy
    • Fighting the Pope

  20. Which of these was NOT a job of a good medieval king?

    • Respecting the Church
    • Building monasteries
    • Winning wars
    • Keeping justice

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