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Context of Spanish Colonialism

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The barbarians who occupied Spain starting in 500 AD

a)

Visigoths

b)

Vandals

c)

Moors

d)

Ostrogoths

2.

The empire which the Moors belonged to

a)

Islamic Empire

b)

Mongolian Empire

c)

Roman Empire

d)

African Empire

3.

What was the reconquista?

a)

The series of events with the goal of driving the Muslims out of Spain

b)

The ascension of El Cid to the throne

c)

The division of the world by Pope Alexander VI

d)

The rule of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

4.

Who was El Cid?

a)

He led the first successful reconquista.

b)

He was was the first king of Spain.

c)

He discovered Portugal.

d)

He was the last Moorish King.

5.

Who was Boabdil?

a)

He led the first successful reconquista.

b)

He was was the first king of Spain.

c)

He discovered Portugal.

d)

He was the last Moorish King.

6.

What was the FIRST Spanish city that was freed from the Muslims?

a)

Valencia

b)

Aragon

c)

Castille

d)

Seville

7.

Where are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from? (Choose TWO answers.)

a)

Valencia

b)

Aragon

c)

Castille

d)

Seville

8.

Henry the Navigator contributed the following EXCEPT:

a)

He discovered America.

b)

He started a school of navigation.

c)

He helped in the creation of the caravel.

d)

He used his own money for his million dreams that are keeping him awake.

9.

Why did Henry the Navigator pick Sagres Point, Portugal as the site for the new school?

a)

Because they could see a hint of a faraway land from it

b)

Because it was cheap

c)

Because the magical navigation fairies lived there

d)

Because it was the home of Henry the Navigator

10.

Which place did Portugal NOT explore?

a)

America

b)

Africa

c)

India

d)

Spice Islands

11.

What was the Inquisition?

a)

Trying to find the non-Roman Catholics in the land

b)

Trying to find the route to Asia

c)

The exploration of new lands

d)

Selling spices

12.

What was the last Spanish city that fell from the hands of the Moors?

a)

Granada

b)

Valencia

c)

Castille

d)

Aragon

13.

"You do well, my son, to cry like a (a)   for what you could not defend as a man."

14.

What is a cartographer?

a)

Maker of maps

b)

Maker of carts

c)

Maker of graphs

d)

Maker of ships

15.

Why was there a Treaty of Tordesillas?

a)

The Portuguese and the Spaniards kept fighting over new territory.

b)

The Portuguese prince married a Spanish princess.

c)

Portugal and Spain wanted to split up.

d)

Magellan wanted to be a Spaniard.

16.

The first Spanish who arrived in the Philippines

a)

Magellan

b)

Legazpi

c)

Villalobos

d)

Philip II

17.

The first Spanish who colonized the Philippines

a)

Magellan

b)

Legazpi

c)

Villalobos

d)

Philip II

18.

The Spaniard who named the Philippines

a)

Magellan

b)

Legazpi

c)

Villalobos

d)

Philip II

19.

Where we got the name Philippines from

a)

Magellan

b)

Legazpi

c)

Villalobos

d)

Philip II

20.

What was the most important commodity during the time of Magellan?

a)

spices

b)

gold

c)

silk

d)

maps

21.

Who was Enrique de Malacca?

a)

The slave and friend of Magellan

b)

The spy of Lapulapu

c)

The prince who betrayed Humabon

d)

The captain of the Concepcion

22.

Why did Magellan switch his nationality to Spanish?

a)

Because he did not get along with the king of Portugal

b)

Because his wife asked him to

c)

Because only Spain had knowledge of navigation

d)

Because he hated Henry the Navigator

23.

What was Antonio Pigafetta's job in the fleet of Magellan?

a)

chronicler

b)

cartographer

c)

translator

d)

hugger

24.

Which one is NOT one of Magellan's ships?

a)

Leonor

b)

Concepcion

c)

Trinidad

d)

VIctoria

25.

Which ship of Magellan was burned by the natives in Cebu?

a)

Concepcion

b)

Santiago

c)

San Antonio

d)

Trinidad

e)

Victoria

26.

Which ship of Magellan was lost in a storm?

a)

Concepcion

b)

Santiago

c)

San Antonio

d)

Trinidad

e)

Victoria

27.

Which ship of Magellan was the flagship?

a)

Concepcion

b)

Santiago

c)

San Antonio

d)

Trinidad

e)

Victoria

28.

Which ship of Magellan was able to return to Spain?

a)

Concepcion

b)

Santiago

c)

San Antonio

d)

Trinidad

e)

Victoria

29.

Which ship of Magellan turned back to Spain after a mutiny in Port San Julian?

a)

Concepcion

b)

Santiago

c)

San Antonio

d)

Trinidad

e)

Victoria

30.

Which one was upset because of freebies?

a)

Humabon

b)

Lapulapu

31.

Which one cooperated with the Spaniards in order to try to get rid of the other?

a)

Humabon

b)

Lapulapu

32.

Which one tried to learn the weakness of the foreigners?

a)

Humabon

b)

Lapulapu

33.

Why did the king of Spain decide to send more expeditions after Magellan's?

a)

Because the good brought back by Victoria was worth so much more than the actual cost of the expedition

b)

Because the Spaniards heard about the hospitality of Lapulapu and his men

c)

Because they wanted to swim in the Pacific Ocean

d)

Because he wanted to give Humabon freebies