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History
10th -
11thgrade
Edexcel GCSE History: Crime and Punishment (c1000-c1500)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not an example of a crime against the person?
Poaching
Murder
Assault
Rape
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of the following would be classed as a crime against property?
Treason
Arson
Public disorder
Heresy
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of the following crimes would rebellion be classed as?
Crime against the person
Crime against property
Crime against authority
Crime against the law
- 4. Multiple Choice
In Medieval times, who created laws?
The government
The monarch
The Church
The Pope
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the word for hunting wild animals on other people's land without paying 'hunting rights'?
Poaching
Fraud
Trespassing
Rebellion
- 6. Multiple Choice
How much of the land in England was covered by the Forest Laws?
About 60%
About 50%
About 10%
About 30%
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was not listed as a crime in the Forest Laws?
Grazing animals in the Royal Forest
Paying fines in the Royal Forest
Killing wild animals in the Royal Forest
Taking wood in the Royal Forest
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who did William I punish when rebellions happened?
Just the person who started it
People who became rebels
Anyone linked to the rebellion
Nobody
- 9. Multiple Choice
When an Anglo-Saxon murdered a Norman, what was the name of the punishment that was given?
Murdrum fine
Wergild
Penalty notice
Fyrd fine
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who was responsible for law enforcement in the Anglo-Saxon period?
The police
All the men in the community
The lord
The king
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was the hue and cry?
An alert to crime. Everyone was expected to chase and catch the criminal.
A report that the police filled in.
The food made to comfort the victims of crime.
A fine paid to compensate the victims of crime.
- 12. Multiple Choice
If the jury couldn't decide if a person was innocent, what happened?
They were set free
They were killed
They had another trial in court
They had a trial by ordeal
- 13. Multiple Choice
What was a parish constable?
A local man who was in charge of keeping the peace
A type of priest
A man brought in from Normandy to arrest people
A special type of knight
- 14. Multiple Choice
What year were trial by ordeal and trial by combat abolished?
1315
1066
1215
1787
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was the aim of using the stocks as punishment?
To humiliate the criminal
To harm the criminal
To reward the criminal
To reform the criminal
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not an example of corporal punishment?
Maiming
Fines
Flogging
Branding
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is an example of capital punishment?
Stocks
Castration
Beheading
Fines
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was the Wergild?
A group of people that rebelled against the king
A fine paid to the victims of crime
A type of prison in Medieval times
A group of men that caught criminals
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not an example of trial by ordeal?
Trial by jury
Trial by hot water or iron
Trial by water
Trail by consecrated bread
- 20. Multiple Choice
When a person was put on trial in Church courts because they worked for the Church, what was this called?
Inequality
Benefit of God
Leniency of the Church
Benefit of the Clergy
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