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7th grade Magna Carta: when the king had to obey the law worksheet

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Magna Carta: when the king had to obey the law

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

NameDate

Circle the best answer.

1.
Pia's chain has a blank: what did King John raise on the barons?
- A guild
- Their wages
- A new bridge
- Heavy taxes
2.
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
3.
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
4.
What does Magna Carta mean, Zee asks?
- Great Charter
- Great King of England
- Royal Tax
- Small Map
5.
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
6.
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
7.
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
8.
Where did John seal Magna Carta, Jun asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- Runnymede, near Windsor
- Paris
- Florence
- Rome
9.
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
10.
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

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Magna Carta: when the king had to obey the law. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can explain how heavy taxes and an unpopular king led the barons to press John into sealing Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215.
I can read chapters 40 and 13 in a 1914 translation, say what they promise and who "we" is, and tell a quotation from a summary.
I can follow Magna Carta from its reissues and the 1297 statute to due process and the US Constitution's Fifth Amendment, and say carefully what it did and did not do in 1215.

Standard: D2.Civ.3.6-8

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