Lesson 3

3 Wolsey’s foreign policy Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 7

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The 20 questions

  1. What was the main diplomatic aim of Wolsey's foreign policy?

    • Isolating the Papacy
    • Balancing European powers
    • Uniting the German states
    • Conquering all of France

  2. In which year was the Treaty of London signed?

    • 1518
    • 1529
    • 1509
    • 1521

  3. Which two monarchs met at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520?

    • Henry and Charles
    • Henry and Francis
    • Henry and Louis
    • Francis and Charles

  4. What major outcome resulted from the Battle of Pavia in 1525?

    • Francis I captured
    • Rome surrounded
    • London sacked
    • Vienna besieged

  5. Which leader did Henry VIII ally with against France in the 1521 Treaty of Bruges?

    • Pope Leo X
    • Charles V
    • Maximilian I
    • Francis I

  6. Whose military forces carried out the sack of Rome in 1527?

    • Francis I
    • Charles V
    • The Ottoman Sultan
    • German Lutherans

  7. Which 1529 treaty ended the war between France and Charles V without England?

    • Peace of Augsburg
    • Treaty of Greenwich
    • Peace of Cambrai
    • Treaty of London

  8. Which rival did Wolsey hope to outmanoeuvre in the 1519 imperial election?

    • Henry VIII himself
    • Francis I of France
    • Suleiman the Magnificent
    • Pope Leo X

  9. What tangible political gain did England secure from the Field of the Cloth of Gold?

    • Substantial financial tribute
    • A binding military pact
    • Permanent French territory
    • Short-lived goodwill

  10. Why did England shift its diplomatic stance to ally with France in 1527?

    • Recapture Aquitaine
    • Support the Reformation
    • Annex Scottish lands
    • Counter Habsburg power

  11. What primary factor undermined Wolsey's 'balance of power' foreign policy in the 1520s?

    • Parliamentary budget cuts
    • English naval collapse
    • Habsburg military dominance
    • Outbreak of plague

  12. Which English port lay nearest the 1520 summit with Francis I?

    • Dieppe
    • Dover
    • Calais
    • Boulogne

  13. Which 1513 military engagement demonstrated Henry VIII's early ambitions in France?

    • Battle of the Spurs
    • Battle of Marignano
    • Battle of Flodden
    • Battle of Agincourt

  14. Which empire did Charles V rule, uniting Spain and central European lands?

    • Habsburg Empire
    • Holy Roman Church
    • Ottoman Empire
    • Valois Dynasty

  15. In the Italian Wars of the 1520s, which nation was England's main enemy?

    • Spain
    • France
    • Scotland
    • Portugal

  16. Which major 1525 battle limited English diplomatic influence in Europe?

    • Battle of Spurs
    • Battle of Flodden
    • Battle of Marignano
    • Battle of Pavia

  17. What key diplomatic strategy did Wolsey rely on in European affairs?

    • Permanent isolation
    • Papal supremacy
    • Shifting alliances
    • Absolute pacifism

  18. Which European power did England try to balance against France?

    • Ottoman Empire
    • Venetian Republic
    • Duchy of Milan
    • Habsburg Empire

  19. What core diplomatic concept underpinned the Treaty of London in 1518?

    • Feudal vassalage
    • Papal infallibility
    • Divine right
    • Balance of power

  20. Which crisis alongside foreign policy failures caused Wolsey's fall?

    • Annulment crisis
    • Pilgrimage of Grace
    • Amicable Grant success
    • Peasants' Revolt

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