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Social Science Unit 3 - Fall of an Empire

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was a time when writers and artists in Spain produced a lot of famous work.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Spanish Golden Age

2.

What treaty did Felipe V of Spain sign to give away all of Spain's territories in Europe?

a)

Treaty of the Bourbons

b)

Treaty of the Spanish Succession

c)

Treaty of Utrecht

d)

Treaty of Spain

3.

He was named as successor to the Spanish throne by Carlos II.

a)

Felipe Bourbon

b)

Felipe III

c)

Carlos II

d)

Fernando II of Aragon

4.

What was the name of Felipe IV's royal adviser (valido)?

a)

Duque de Lerma

b)

Conde-Duque de Olivares

c)

Carlos III

d)

Jorge Juan

5.

This Spanish artist was a court painter to King Felipe IV. One of his famous paintings is called "Las Meninas".

a)

El Greco

b)

Francisco de Quevedo

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Diego Velázquez

6.

This artist from Greece painted many religious paintings for the churches and monasteries and is considered the first great master of Spanish painting.

a)

El Greco

b)

Diego Velázquez

c)

Francisco de Quevedo

d)

Miguel de Cervantes

7.

In 1665, he succeeded Felipe IV when he was just three years old.

a)

Carlos II

b)

Luis I

c)

Fernando VI

d)

Felipe V

8.

This system was established by Felipe V after the War of the Spanish Succession.

a)

democracy

b)

constitutional monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

absolute monarchy

9.

What process did Jorge Juan y Santacilia use that led him to discover that the Earth was not perfectly round?

a)

quadrant

b)

triangulation

c)

investigation

d)

protraction

10.

In what year did the Thirty Years War start?

a)

1618

b)

1621

c)

1713

d)

1665