Magna Carta: when the king had to obey the law
Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the best answer.
Ren's chain has a blank: what came from heavy taxes and the king's unpopularity?
- A charter from the year 1100
- Lower taxes
- Friendship between them
- Little trust between king and barons
Tala's chain has a blank: what happened on 15 June 1215?
- The charter was reissued
- John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede
- The barons sealed it with the king in Paris
- John wrote a new tax law
What does Magna Carta mean, Zee asks?
- Small Map
- Great King of England
- Royal Tax
- Great Charter
Ari reads that the barons pressed for a charter. What is a charter here?
Use the picture in question 3.
- A tax on land
- A written grant of rights
- A kind of meadow by a river
- A royal palace
Which two boxes lead into the box about little trust, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Heavy taxes, and no other box
- Heavy taxes, and the king's unpopularity
- Little trust and the charter
- The charter and Runnymede
Where did John seal Magna Carta, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Florence
- Paris
- Rome
- Runnymede, near Windsor
Which box is the last effect in the chain, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Little trust
- Heavy taxes
- The barons press for a charter
- John seals Magna Carta
Why would heavy taxes make barons want their rights in writing, Luz asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Charters were a kind of tax
- Writing would raise the taxes higher
- Written rules could limit the king
- Barons liked paying more
Why might little trust lead the barons to want a written charter, Milo asks?
Use the picture in question 3.
- They trusted the king fully
- They wanted the king's promises in writing
- Trust made writing useless
- They wanted taxes raised
Noah's friend says the barons wanted a charter for one reason: taxes. Which reply fits the chain?
Use the picture in question 3.
- Agree: the charter came first
- Disagree: taxes went down
- Not quite: the king was unpopular too
- Agree: taxes were the one cause of the charter