CATHOLIC MONARCHS: Some of their objectives were...

• Increase the

  power of the

  nobles, the

  Parliament and

  the church

• Stop France

  becaming

  powerful

• Allow Columbus

  to find a new

  route to Asia

• Organise

  strategic

  alliances through

  marriages in

  Europe

Christopher Columbus wanted to travel to: ......

The arrival of Europeans to the

Americas caused...

• a positive effect on local population.

• great

  devastation.

• nothing.

Products Europeans took back to Spain (from America to Europe):

• tomatoes

• cows

• potatoes

• Precious metals and gems

Carlos I was ......................... of the Catholic Monarchs

• the son

• the grandson

• the father

• the uncle

In the reign of Carlos V...

• there were

  many revolts in

  Spain

• the Spanish Empire enjoyed a period of peace

• He couldn’t speak

  Spanish

• Spain and its territories were united for the first time

When Carlos I abdicated in 1556, he divided the empire in two: (tick the correct answers)

• his brother

  Fernando ruled German lands

• his son Felipe II ruled all the territories

• his son Felipe II ruled Spain and its

  Empire

• his son Felipe II ruled Spain and Portugal

Felipe II's SUCCESSES:

• the Eighty Years’ War of

  the Netherlands independence

  started

• the battle of Lepanto

  where he beat the Ottoman Turks.

• The Morisco revolt in Granada

• The Philippine Islands were

  claimed for Spain by the

  Portuguese explorer Magellan

During Felipe II's reign, in 1580............... and its territories became part of the Spanish Empire.

• Philippine Islands

• Germany

• Portugal

• Turquía

Examples of the Renaissance:

• Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cervantes

• El Monasterio del Escorial