8. GCSE History Elizabeth I: Catholic Threats Elizabeth

The title of the Head of the Roman Catholic Church is the...

The term 'papacy' simply means what?

• The building where the Pope lives

• The food eaten by the Pope

• Those who work and rule with the Pope

• A type of church building

Which statement is true?

• The Catholic Church was trying to become more powerful again after the rise of the Protestant Church.

• The Catholic Church had few worries about the growing power of the Protestant Church.

The appearance and rise in power of the Protestant Church was called.....

• The Reformation

• The Counter-Reformation

The Catholic Church's fightback against the rise of the Protestant Church was called the...

• Reformation

• Counter-Reformation

In 1566, what order did the Pope give to English Catholics?

• To hide in their homes in case of attack by Elizabeth's troops

• To not attend the new Protestant Church services

• To escape England and move to a Catholic country.

What term did the Catholic Church use to describe those people who refused to believe in the Catholic Church?

• Catholics

• Martyrs

• Heretics

• Refusers

What term describes those Catholics who refused to go to the new Church of England ceremonies and instead hide away from the authorities?

• Recusants

• Traitors

• Protestants

• Papists

Why did Elizabeth I not use severe punishments for the Catholic recusants who refused to take part in Protestant ceremonies?

• She did not want to create too much tension with the Catholics and start an all out war with them.

• She did not have the number of troops to deal with the recusants.

Historians have estimated that approximately what percentage of Catholic in the nobility and gentry refused to attend a Protestant Church (were recusants)?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%