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
What does Magna Carta mean, Zee asks?
- Small Map
- Great Charter
- Royal Tax
- Great King of England
Ari reads that the barons pressed for a charter. What is a charter here?
Use the picture in question 2.
- A written grant of rights
- A tax on land
- A royal palace
- A kind of meadow by a river
Bo reads that John sealed the charter. What does sealing it show?
Use the picture in question 2.
- That the charter was a tax
- That the charter was secret
- That the king agreed to it
- That the barons wrote it alone
Which two boxes lead into the box about little trust, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 2.
- Heavy taxes, and the king's unpopularity
- The charter and Runnymede
- Heavy taxes, and no other box
- Little trust and the charter
Where did John seal Magna Carta, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 2.
- Rome
- Paris
- Runnymede, near Windsor
- Florence
Which box is the last effect in the chain, Kira asks?
Use the picture in question 2.
- Little trust
- John seals Magna Carta
- Heavy taxes
- The barons press for a charter
Why would heavy taxes make barons want their rights in writing, Luz asks?
Use the picture in question 2.
- Barons liked paying more
- Written rules could limit the king
- 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 2.
- They wanted the king's promises in writing
- They wanted taxes raised
- They trusted the king fully
- Trust made writing useless
Noah's friend says the barons wanted a charter for one reason: taxes. Which reply fits the chain?
Use the picture in question 2.
- Agree: the charter came first
- Not quite: the king was unpopular too
- Disagree: taxes went down
- Agree: taxes were the one cause of the charter