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The Modern Age

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the Catholic Monarchs?

a)

Isabel and Carlos

b)

Isabel and Felipe

c)

María Tudor and Fernando

d)

Isabel and Fernando

2.

How did the Catholic Monarchs extend their influences?

a)

Defeating enemies

b)

Using Validos

c)

Marriage alliances

d)

With the discovery of America

3.

Who financed the first voyages across the Atlantic?

a)

The Crown of Castilla

b)

The Crown of Aragon

c)

Kingdom of Portugal

d)

France

4.

What was the main goal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition?

a)

To improve tax collection

b)

To expell people who held different religious beliefs

c)

To rule in the name of the king

d)

To limite the power of the nobles

5.

When did Cristofer Columbus discover America? (Year)

(a)  

6.

When Cristopher Columbus arrived in Guanahani...

a)

He knew they were in America

b)

He thought they were in Canary Islands

c)

He thought they were in India

d)

He thought they were in Africa

7.

Choose the WRONG sentence about the discovery of America

a)

He needed three ships and a crew of 150 men

b)

He wanted to find a new route to Asia

c)

They called the new lands "the indies"

d)

They arrived in United States

8.

Choose all the products that Spanish people took from America in their first journey. (It can be more than one).

a)

Gold

b)

Silver

c)

New food

d)

European diseases

9.

Lots of indigenous people died because of.....

a)

European diseases

b)

The heat

c)

The cold

d)

They were scary

10.

Why Carlos I inherited the vast spanish territory?

a)

Because he was the favourite grandson

b)

Because he was very powerful

c)

Because Isabel and Fernando´s son died very young

d)

Because he was rich

11.

Why Carlos I of Spain was the Emperor Carlos V too?

a)

Because he marriaged with different queens

b)

Because he inherited territories from his spanish and german grandparents.

c)

Because he bought both territories

d)

Because he won the war

12.

Which of the following problems did Emperor Carlos V have outside Spain? (You have to select more than one)

a)

Wars with France

b)

The spread of Protestantism

c)

The expand of the Ottoman Turks

d)

The rebellion of the nobles

13.

What was the Protestantism?

a)

It was the rebellion of the nobles

b)

The religion of the Jews

c)

A movement that criticised the Catholic church

d)

A rebellion of the work conditions

14.

Who was the son of Carlos I?

a)

Carlos II

b)

Fernando II

c)

Felipe VI

d)

Felipe II

15.

Who unify the Iberian Peninsula again becaming a King of Portugal in 1580?

a)

Felipe II

b)

Carlos I

c)

Juan Carlos I

d)

Felipe VI

16.

What´s the name of the fleet that Felipe II used to try to conquer England?

a)

La pinta

b)

La niña

c)

The Spanish Armada

d)

The pirates

17.

What´s the name of the battle were Felipe II defeated the Ottoman advance?

a)

Battle of Covadonga

b)

Battle of Lepanto

c)

Battle of Navas de Tolosa

d)

Battle of Cervantes

18.

Complete the family tree with the two names of the kings missing.

a)

Carlos I and Felipe II

b)

Fernando and Isabel

c)

Juan Carlos I and Felipe VI

d)

Sofía y Leticia

19.

The economic recession in Spain was due to....

a)

Plague of diseases

b)

The war was to expensive

c)

Attacks by privateers

d)

All the answers are correct

20.

What does absolute monarchy mean?

a)

The Crown held all the authority and power

b)

The nobles have all the power

c)

There are not kings and queens

d)

The slaves rule in the kingdom

21.

What is a valido?

a)

A royal favourte that governed on behalf of the king

b)

The clown of the kingdom

c)

The captain of the army

d)

The favourite horse of the king

22.

Who was the valido of Felipe III?

a)

Count-Duke of Olivares

b)

Duke of Lerma

c)

Carlos III

d)

Duke of Medinaceli

23.

Which of the following events happend when Felipe IV was the king?

a)

Wars against France and United Provinces

b)

The end of Hapsburg Dynasty

c)

The moriscos were expelled

d)

The death of Carlos II

24.

Which king was the last one of the Hapsburg Dynasty?

a)

Felipe III

b)

Felipe IV

c)

Carlos II

d)

Carlos I

25.

Choose the most famous painters of the Golden Age. (There can be more than one or not)

a)

El greco

b)

Diego de Velázquez

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Lope de Vega

26.

Choose the most famous writers of the Golden Age. (There can be more than one or not)

a)

El greco

b)

Diego de Velázquez

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Lope de Vega

27.

What is the name of dynasty after the Hapsburg Dynasty?

a)

Bourbon Monarchs

b)

The French

c)

The Ottoman kingdom

d)

The Muslims

28.

Who built many of the most famous buildings in Madrid?

a)

Carlos III

b)

Felipe VI

c)

Felipe II

d)

Fernando I