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?
- Heavy taxes
- Their wages
- A guild
- A new bridge
Ren's chain has a blank: what came from heavy taxes and the king's unpopularity?
- Little trust between king and barons
- A charter from the year 1100
- Lower taxes
- Friendship between them
Tala's chain has a blank: what happened on 15 June 1215?
- John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede
- The barons sealed it with the king in Paris
- John wrote a new tax law
- The charter was reissued
Ari reads that the barons pressed for a charter. What is a charter here?
- 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 barons wrote it alone
- That the king agreed to it
- That the charter was secret
- That the charter was a tax
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 no other box
- The charter and Runnymede
- Heavy taxes, and the king's unpopularity
Where did John seal Magna Carta, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Paris
- Runnymede, near Windsor
- Florence
- Rome
Which box is the last effect in the chain, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- The barons press for a charter
- Heavy taxes
- John seals Magna Carta
- Little trust
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 trusted the king fully
- They wanted taxes raised
- They wanted the king's promises in writing
- Trust made writing useless