The Significance of Factors Affecting the Poor in Elizabethan Society
History
GCSE / Grade 8
8 questions
~16 mins
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This worksheet explores the various factors that influenced the lives of the poor in Elizabethan society, focusing on their significance and how they interacted.
Topics covered:
#Explain how each factor influenced the lives of the poor
#History
#The Poor
#Significance & Factors
#Assess which factor was most significant in shaping the experiences of the poor
#Standard
#Identify different factors affecting the poor in Elizabethan society
#Compare the importance of political, social, economic, and religious factors
#Elizabethan Society
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The Significance of Factors Affecting the Poor in Elizabethan Society
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Understanding Factors Affecting the Poor
Source A: Writings of a Poor Elizabethan Worker 'Many of us live in hardship, relying on charity or the mercy of the landowners. Our lives are shaped by the economy, religion, and the political decisions made by those in power.' Provenance: Extract from a pamphlet written by a common worker in 1590.
1.
Categorize the following factors as Political, Social, Economic, or Religious:
- The enclosure movement
- The authority of the church
- Laws governing poor relief
- Social attitudes towards the poor
[4 marks]2.
Compare the significance of economic and religious factors in shaping the lives of the poor in Elizabethan society. (6 marks)
[6 marks]3.
Outline why political factors were significant in affecting the poor in Elizabethan society.
[3 marks]4.
Explain how social attitudes towards the poor influenced their treatment in Elizabethan society.
[4 marks]5.
Which factor was MORE significant in affecting the lives of the poor: economic or political? Justify your answer with evidence.
[6 marks]6.
Analyse how religious factors influenced the treatment of the poor in Elizabethan society.
[6 marks]7.
Compare how economic and political factors interacted to affect the poor's lives.
[6 marks]8.
Summarize which factor you believe was the MOST important in affecting the lives of the poor and justify your choice.
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