Magna Carta: when the king had to obey the law
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
Pia's chain has a blank: what did King John raise on the barons?
- A guild
- Their wages
- A new bridge
- Heavy taxes
Ren's chain has a blank: what came from heavy taxes and the king's unpopularity?
- Friendship between them
- Little trust between king and barons
- Lower taxes
- A charter from the year 1100
Tala's chain has a blank: what happened on 15 June 1215?
- The charter was reissued
- John wrote a new tax law
- John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede
- The barons sealed it with the king in Paris
What does Magna Carta mean, Zee asks?
- Great Charter
- Great King of England
- Royal Tax
- Small Map
Ari reads that the barons pressed for a charter. What is a charter here?
Use the picture in question 4.
- A tax on land
- A kind of meadow by a river
- A royal palace
- A written grant of rights
Bo reads that John sealed the charter. What does sealing it show?
Use the picture in question 4.
- That the charter was a tax
- That the king agreed to it
- That the barons wrote it alone
- That the charter was secret
Which two boxes lead into the box about little trust, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Little trust and the charter
- Heavy taxes, and the king's unpopularity
- The charter and Runnymede
- Heavy taxes, and no other box
Where did John seal Magna Carta, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Runnymede, near Windsor
- Paris
- Florence
- Rome
Why would heavy taxes make barons want their rights in writing, Luz asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Written rules could limit the king
- Barons liked paying more
- Charters were a kind of tax
- Writing would raise the taxes higher
Why might little trust lead the barons to want a written charter, Milo asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- They wanted the king's promises in writing
- They trusted the king fully
- Trust made writing useless
- They wanted taxes raised