Revision Homework Homewood History Department How to revise 
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Make flash cards – get someone else to test you or put them question side up on the table
and test if you know the answers before turning them over.
Create a memory map with the topic title in the middle e.g. Anglo-Saxons and add on detail
about Crimes, punishments, laws, what society was like, law enforcement.
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Compare two time periods and write down what has changed and what has continued with
crimes, punishments, law enforcement, what society was like. In addition to your
information below you can use the revision guide on the school website:
http://www.homewood-school.co.uk/world/history/resources/year10-11/revision
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Use quizlet on your ipad / phone https://quizlet.com/CNevell/folders/crime-and-punishment
put this link into your web browser and then sign up with a user name and password of your
choice and it will take you straight to the quizzes – use the flash card part or ‘Scatter’ to test
yourself.
Homework 1 + 2 – Learn these definitions. Make quiz cards and get people to test you. Key words and definitions 1. Execution of those found guilty of crimes that carry the death penalty. 2. A person refusing conscription to fight in a war on moral, religious or political grounds. 3. Discouraging crime by using harsh punishments to frighten people. 4. An act that is made illegal by laws passed in parliament. 5. Putting law into force; making sure that everyone obeys the law.
6. Holding religious beliefs that are different from the official religion enforced by the authorities; the people concerned were called heretics. 7. Another term for murder or manslaughter. 8. The growth in numbers of factories and the related expansion of towns in the 18th and 19th centuries. 9. Rules made by parliament that must be obeyed by the citizens of a country. 10. A test of guilt or innocence involving pain and appeal for a sign of God. 11. Putting measures in place to stop crimes being committed. 12. Sticking a needle all over a person’s body to find out if that person is a witch. Capital Punishment Conscientious Objector Deterrence Crime Enforcement Heresy Homicide Industrialisation Laws Ordeal Prevention Pricking Homework 3 + 4 – Learn these definitions. Make quiz cards and get people to test you. Key words and definitions 13. Crime against objects and possessions not people. 14. Inflicting a penalty on someone who has committed a crime. 15. Rising up against a ruler; defiance of authority. 16. Changing things for the better. 17. Making someone fit to lead a better life and earn a living after imprisonment. 18. Giving back – another word for punishment. 19. In prisons, a system where each prisoner was kept in a separate cell and had almost no contact with others. 20. In prisons, the performing of activities in silence. 21. Betraying one’s country, especially by trying to overthrow the government or kill the monarch (King or Queen) or government. 22. A type of court; a panel of people brought together to settle certain types of dispute, or to judge certain types of crime e.g. in the military. 23. Something that physically or emotionally harms a person e.g. Murder; assault; racial remarks. Property Crime Punishment Rebellion Reform Rehabilitation Retribution Separate system Silent system Treason Tribunal Crime against the person Homework 5 + 6 Create a mind map or cue cards and then use them to learn these key facts. Anglo‐Saxons 1. What happened to the central law and order system when the Romans left in the 5th century? a. It collapsed. 2. At the beginning of the Saxon period, who could punish criminals? a. The victims of crime / their families. 3. By the year 1000 who had responsibility for crime and punishment in Saxon England? a. Tithing’s. b. Guilt or innocence was decided in a court by a group of local freemen. 4. What did you have to do if you witnessed a crime? a. Raise a ‘Hue and Cry’ 5. What was a blood feud? a. When murder was avenged by a relative who killed someone in the killers family. That death would then be avenged. These could last for generations. 6. What was a Wergeld? a. A payment made to the family of a murdered person. Different prices were paid depending on the importance of the victim. It replaced Blood feuds. 7. What was a Tithing? a. A collection of 10 freemen. If one committed a crime the others had to make sure he went to court or they would have to pay a fine for him. 8. Who was in overall charge of British law in the Anglo‐Saxon period? a. Anglo‐Saxon Kings drew up a code of law based on custom and not written down. 9. Give 5 examples of Anglo‐Saxon punishments. a. Fines and compensation. b. Floggings and beatings. c. Confiscation of property. d. Cutting off hands, feet or the tongue. e. Execution (rarely used). 10. How did the increasing influence of the Church affect crime and punishment in the Anglo‐Saxon period? a. Made news laws and so criminalised new things. b. New punishments like trial by ordeal (Hot Water, Cold Water / Fire). They believed God would decide a person’s innocence. Homeworks 6 + 7 Create a mind map or cue cards and then use them to learn these key facts. Normans 1. How did the law system change under the Normans after 1066? a.
Became unified again. 2. What were the 2 main influencing factors on the legal system in the Norman period? a.
The King. b.
The Church. 3. Give 4 examples of law enforcement methods use in the Norman period. a.
Tithings. b.
Hue and Cry. c.
Court system – more set up for serious crimes. d.
Trial by combat (new) 4. What did Norman Forest Laws introduce as crimes? a.
Poaching / cutting down trees from the 30% of England’s land that was royal forest. 5. Who policed forest laws? a.
A large network of officials – punishments were very harsh. 6. How did the church change crime and punishment in Norman England? a.
Sex outside marriage became a crime. b.
All clergy were tried in a church court (death penalty could not be imposed). c.
Many people learned bible passages off by heart to be able to claim ‘benefit of the clergy.’ 7. What is the ‘Right to Sanctuary’? a.
‘Right to sanctuary’ – couldn’t be arrested if they were in a church and if they confessed they would be allowed to leave the country. 8. In what 3 ways did the Norman invasion change punishments? a.
The use of the death penalty rose dramatically, as did mutilations. b.
Death penalty now covered theft. c.
Paying compensation to victims of crime declined. Homeworks 8 + 9 Create a mind map or cue cards and then use them to learn these key facts. Vagabonds 1. What was a Vagabond? Someone who was homeless and moved from town to town looking for work. 2. What could this be a crime against? Property and person. 3. Name 6 factors that caused people to become vagrants in the 16th Century. a. End of wars so soldiers out of work. b. Unemployment. c. Increase in population. d. No national system to help the poor or sick. e. Inflation – prices of essential items rising. f. Lack of charity for the poor / sick. 4. Name 3 types of people might be Vagabonds. a. Homeless / unemployed. b. Criminals. c. Demobbed (out of work) soldiers. 5. Why were Vagabonds able to travel around so freely? Restrictions on traveling from town to town had been removed. 6. Give 3 reasons people thought Vagabonds were a problem for society. a. Believed they were idle (lazy) and that this was wrong. b. They were thought to be responsible for a lot of crime. c. Worried about the cost of supporting them. 7. When were people most worried about Vagabonds? In ties of high unemployment and poverty. 8. What encouraged people to watch out and be aware of Vagabonds? Alarming warning pamphlets and books. 9. Which 3 groups of people did people see as ‘deserving poor’? a. The Old. b. The Sick. c. Children of poor families. 10. How did people try to help the ‘deserving poor’? Bought food for them paid out of the local tax money for the town or village. Homeworks 10 + 11 Create a mind map or cue cards and then use them to learn these key facts. Witches 1. What was this be a crime against? Authority. 2. When was the first law passed saying witchcraft was a crime? 1542 3. What job did Mathew Hopkins do? Witchfinder General 4. Why did Matthew Hopkins likely do this job? In one year he could earn more than people earned in a lifetime. 5. When did Matthew Hopkins first appear? 1645 6. How did Matthew Hopkins stir people up against witches? He made them afraid by going into towns and accused many people of being witches. 7. Name 4 types of people who were commonly accused of being a witch. a. Women. b. Widows. c. People who lived alone. d. The poor. 8. Who was it not very common to accuse of being a witch? Men. 9. What 3 methods did Matthew Hopkins use to get people to confess to being a witch? a. Kept suspects standing and forced them to walk until their feet blistered. b. Didn’t let them sleep. c. Humiliated them by stripping them naked in public. 10. What 3 things were used to identify a witch? a. Use of the swimming test in consecrated water. b. Familiars – small animals sent by the devil that they were said to feed. c. Marks such as warts, moles, boils or scars. 11. What probably happened to Matthew Hopkins? Fell ill and died. 12. When was the last law passed saying witchcraft was a crime? 1736. 13. When did witchcraft accusations begin to rise? 1550s. 14. When did witchcraft accusations begin to fall? 1680s. 15. What 4 factors led to a rise and fall in witchcraft accusations? a. Religion. b. Governments. c. Attitudes and beliefs. d. Poverty. Homeworks 12 + 13 Create a mind map or cue cards and then use them to learn these key facts. Gunpowder Plot 1. What was this be a crime against? Authority. 2. Who was caught and tortured to reveal the names of the gunpowder plotter? Guy Fawkes. 3. What religious denomination were the government? Protestant. 4. What religious denomination were the plotters? Catholics. 5. What 3 laws were there against Catholics practicing their religion? a. Heavy fines for not attending Protestant services. b. Imprisonment for taking part in Catholic services. c. Catholic priests were accused of treason. 6. What was the name of the king who the plotters tried to blow up? James I. 7. What had Catholics hoped for from the new King? He would repeal (remove) laws against Catholics. 8. What 2 things had Protestants hoped for from the new King? a. That anti‐Catholic laws would be kept. b. Anti‐Catholic laws would be more strongly enforced. 9. What year did the gunpowder plot take place? 1605 10. What are the 2 different interpretations historians have come up with for the gunpowder plot? a. The plotters were heretics and traitors. b. The plotters were set up by Robert Cecil the Kings chief spymaster. 11. What were the 7 stages of the plot and punishment? a. Plotting. b. Digging the tunnel. c. Planting the gunpowder. d. Lord Monteagle receives a warning letter. e. Guy Fawkes in the cellar with the gunpowder. f. Trial, sent to the tower and tortured. g. Hung, drawn and quartered.