Question 1
Question detail
Which judgement is best supported?
Try the question, check the answer, then read the explanation to understand the curriculum point.
At a glance
MCQ
Type
practice
Style
Topic
BC Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
Question
- A. poverty is significant when tied to Part two: Life in Elizabethan times.
- B. A broad opinion without context.
- C. A consequence described as a cause.
- D. An interpretation treated as factual evidence.
Answer
Chronology check: poverty is significant when tied to Part two: Life in Elizabethan times. is the best answer. It fits Part two: Life in Elizabethan times within BC Elizabethan England, c1568-1603 and directly supports Study the poor, including reasons for increased poverty, attitudes and responses to poverty, reasons for government action and seriousness of the problem. Check this by using sequence, turning point, period, before, after, continuity, change; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.
Explanation
The correct option is poverty is significant when tied to. This MCQ is about Which judgement is best supported, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 2 Section B: British depth studies including the historic environment and uses the same evidence base as Study the poor, including reasons for increased poverty, attitudes and responses to poverty, reasons for government action and seriousness of the problem. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A broad opinion without context.; 2) A consequence described as a cause.; 3) An interpretation treated as factual evidence.. To decide between them, students should place, order, connect, contrast the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.
Common mistake
Avoid confusing poverty
A common mistake is to write about poverty as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in c1568-1603.
Anchor the answer to Part two: Life in Elizabethan times, use precise evidence, and state whether poverty is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
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