Government in early modern Scotland
- 1. Who was the first monarch to unite the crowns of Scotland and England?
A) James VI of Scotland and I of England
B) Mary, Queen of Scots
C) William Wallace
D) Robert the Bruce
- 2. Which religious group played a significant role in the Scottish government during the early modern period?
A) Anglicans
B) Catholics
C) Puritans
D) Presbyterians
- 3. Who was known as the 'Maid of Norway' and was considered the heir to the Scottish throne in the early 14th century?
A) Anne
B) Isabella
C) Margaret
D) Elizabeth
- 4. In what year did the Acts of Union merge the Scottish and English parliaments?
A) 1707
B) 1801
C) 1745
D) 1603
- 5. Which Scottish king was famously defeated at the Battle of Flodden in 1513?
A) James IV
B) Robert II
C) Charles II
D) James V
- 6. Who was the Scottish-born economist and philosopher who wrote 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'?
A) James Mill
B) David Hume
C) Thomas Reid
D) Adam Smith
- 7. Which English king invaded Scotland in the 'Rough Wooing' campaign to force a marriage alliance between their respective heirs?
A) Charles I
B) Henry VIII
C) James I
D) Edward VI
- 8. Who was the Scottish king exiled to France in his youth, where he was influenced by Renaissance ideas and culture?
A) Charles I
B) James VI
C) James IV
D) James V
- 9. Who was the English queen who famously signed the Treaty of Edinburgh that ended English military intervention in Scotland in 1560?
A) Mary I
B) Victoria
C) Elizabeth I
D) Anne
- 10. Who was the Scottish queen who was executed for her alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Elizabeth I of England?
A) Margaret Tudor
B) Isabella of Mar
C) Mary, Queen of Scots
D) Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- 11. Under which king was the Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England achieved in 1603?
A) Charles I
B) James IV
C) James V
D) James VI of Scotland
- 12. What was the name of the civil war in Scotland that resulted in the defeat of the Royalists and the execution of King Charles I in 1649?
A) The '45 Rebellion
B) The Wars of the Three Kingdoms
C) The Rough Wooing
D) The Bishops' Wars
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