History Paper Two (2) AQA
1. Abdicate: When a monarch gives up their throne.
2. Accession: The time when an individual becomes a monarch
3. Allegory: Writing or art containing metaphorical symbols that have hidden moral
or political meanings
4. Alms: Charity given to the poor. Almshouses are houses provided for poor people
to live in
5. Ambassador: The official representative of a foreign ruler at the Court
6. Arable land: Land used for growing crops
7. Armada: A fleet of warships
8. Astrolabe: An instrument used by navigators to calculate latitude
9. Beacon: A fire set up in a high position as a warning. A chain had been built
across England prior to the Armada
10. Broadside: A firing of all the guns from one side of a warship
11. Bull: A decree issued by the Pope
12. Bureaucracy: A system of government involving lots of departments and paperwork
13. Burgess: an inhabitant of a town or borough who represented that place as an
MP
14. Calvanist: Protestant followers of John Calvin of Geneva
15. Censorship: To block something from being read, heard or seen, usually by the
government
16. Census: A Population count
17. Chaplain: A clergyman attached to the private chapel of a prominent person
18. Circumnavigation: to travel all the way around the circumference of the world
19. Clergy: Churchmen, including priests, bishops and archbishops
20. Colony: An area ruled over by another country
21. Conspiracy: A secret plan to do something unlawful or harmful
22. Court: The residence of the monarch and their household
23. Courtiers: Members of the royal court who attended and advised the Queen
24. Cult: A system of devotional worship directed towards a particular figure
25. Culverins: A type of cannon used on English ships that was, light, easy to reload
, and had a long range
26. Dearth: When food is so scarce and expensive that it threatens famine
27. Death warrant: An official order for the execution of a condemned person. It
had to be signed by the monarch, then authenticated with the Royal Seal, and then
delivered to the place of execution
28. Debasement: To reduce the amount of precious metal in a coin
29. Dynasty: A ruling family
30. Empire: An extensive group of colonies ruled over by a single more powerful
country
31. Enclosure: The division of land, including the village common land, into separate
fields with hedges, allowing a change from arable to sheep farming
32. Episcopal: A Church hierarchy structured around bishops
33. Excommunicated: To be expelled from the Church
34. Flax: a plant used to make linen
35. Galleon: A large ship, especially used by Spain, either as a warship or for trading
36. Galley: A type of ship with sails and oars
37. Gauntlet: An armoured glove worn by a soldier
38. Gentry: Well-born families who owned land, but did not have titles and so were
below the rank of the nobility
39. Great Chain of Being: An idea that everything in the universe had its place in
a rigid hierarchy
40. Heir: The person who is next in line to inherit the throne
41. Hemp: A plant that could be used to make rope
42. Heretic: A person who did not follow the official religion of the country
43. House arrest: The state of being kept as a prisoner in a house, rather than in a
prison
44. Huguenot: A French Protestant. They suffered severe prosecution and many
emigrated
45. Humanism: Intellectual branch of the Renaissance, drawing on classical texts
and stressing the dignity of mankind
46. Illegitimate: The opposite of legitimate, meaning a child born out of wedlock
1. Abdicate: When a monarch gives up their throne.
2. Accession: The time when an individual becomes a monarch
3. Allegory: Writing or art containing metaphorical symbols that have hidden moral
or political meanings
4. Alms: Charity given to the poor. Almshouses are houses provided for poor people
to live in
5. Ambassador: The official representative of a foreign ruler at the Court
6. Arable land: Land used for growing crops
7. Armada: A fleet of warships
8. Astrolabe: An instrument used by navigators to calculate latitude
9. Beacon: A fire set up in a high position as a warning. A chain had been built
across England prior to the Armada
10. Broadside: A firing of all the guns from one side of a warship
11. Bull: A decree issued by the Pope
12. Bureaucracy: A system of government involving lots of departments and paperwork
13. Burgess: an inhabitant of a town or borough who represented that place as an
MP
14. Calvanist: Protestant followers of John Calvin of Geneva
15. Censorship: To block something from being read, heard or seen, usually by the
government
16. Census: A Population count
17. Chaplain: A clergyman attached to the private chapel of a prominent person
18. Circumnavigation: to travel all the way around the circumference of the world
19. Clergy: Churchmen, including priests, bishops and archbishops
20. Colony: An area ruled over by another country
21. Conspiracy: A secret plan to do something unlawful or harmful
22. Court: The residence of the monarch and their household
23. Courtiers: Members of the royal court who attended and advised the Queen
24. Cult: A system of devotional worship directed towards a particular figure
25. Culverins: A type of cannon used on English ships that was, light, easy to reload
, and had a long range
26. Dearth: When food is so scarce and expensive that it threatens famine
27. Death warrant: An official order for the execution of a condemned person. It
had to be signed by the monarch, then authenticated with the Royal Seal, and then
delivered to the place of execution
28. Debasement: To reduce the amount of precious metal in a coin
29. Dynasty: A ruling family
30. Empire: An extensive group of colonies ruled over by a single more powerful
country
31. Enclosure: The division of land, including the village common land, into separate
fields with hedges, allowing a change from arable to sheep farming
32. Episcopal: A Church hierarchy structured around bishops
33. Excommunicated: To be expelled from the Church
34. Flax: a plant used to make linen
35. Galleon: A large ship, especially used by Spain, either as a warship or for trading
36. Galley: A type of ship with sails and oars
37. Gauntlet: An armoured glove worn by a soldier
38. Gentry: Well-born families who owned land, but did not have titles and so were
below the rank of the nobility
39. Great Chain of Being: An idea that everything in the universe had its place in
a rigid hierarchy
40. Heir: The person who is next in line to inherit the throne
41. Hemp: A plant that could be used to make rope
42. Heretic: A person who did not follow the official religion of the country
43. House arrest: The state of being kept as a prisoner in a house, rather than in a
prison
44. Huguenot: A French Protestant. They suffered severe prosecution and many
emigrated
45. Humanism: Intellectual branch of the Renaissance, drawing on classical texts
and stressing the dignity of mankind
46. Illegitimate: The opposite of legitimate, meaning a child born out of wedlock
