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6. How much did Wolsey raise in forced loans?

  • £322,000
  • £1.7mil
  • £260,000
  • £240,000

7. What trade declined sharply due to the Antwerp crash?

  • Wool
  • Iron
  • Coal
  • Cloth

8. When was Newfoundland 'discovered' by English explorers?

  • 1506
  • 1497
  • 1501
  • 1491

9. How much did Henry VII increase the revenue from Crown lands between 1485-1509?

  • £3000-£35,000
  • £35,000-£60,000
  • £29,000-£42,000
  • £33,000-£40,000

10. When was Wolsey's Enclosure Commission?

  • 1516
  • 1517
  • 1518
  • 1515

11. Which trading company managed the trading of raw wool?

  • Hanseatic League
  • Merchants of the Staple
  • Merchant Adventurers

12. What food exports increased under Henry VIII?

  • Beer
  • Wine
  • Meat
  • Bread

13. True or false: Inflation was a huge problem during the reign of Henry VII.

  • False
  • True

14. What sort of relationship did the Merchant Adventurers and the Merchants of the Staple have with the Crown?

  • Positive
  • Negative

15. When were trade restrictions removed with France during Henry VII's reign?

  • 1490, 1498
  • 1486, 1497
  • 1492, 1502
  • 1485, 1500

16. How many blast furnaces were in Kent by 1547?

  • 36
  • 26
  • 16
  • 46

17. When was Wolsey's Enclosure Commission?

  • 1514
  • 1515
  • 1516
  • 1517

18. By what percentage did the volume of cloth exports increase by during Henry VII's reign?

  • 40%
  • 70%
  • 60%
  • 50%

19. When did Henry VII support an act to restore the Hansa's trading priviledges?

  • 1503
  • 1506
  • 1504
  • 1505

20. When were the Eltham Ordinances introduced?

  • 1527
  • 1528
  • 1526
  • 1525