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Social Science UNIT 3

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

CATHOLIC MONARCHS: Some of their objectives were...

a)

Increase the

power of the

nobles, the

Parliament and

the church

b)

Stop France

becaming

powerful

c)

Allow Columbus

to find a new

route to Asia

d)

Organise

strategic

alliances through

marriages in

Europe

2.

Christopher Columbus wanted to travel to: (a)  

3.

The arrival of Europeans to the

Americas caused...

a)

a positive effect on local population.

b)

great

devastation.

c)

nothing.

4.

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

a)

tomatoes

b)

cows

c)

potatoes

d)

Precious metals and gems

5.

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

a)

the son

b)

the grandson

c)

the father

d)

the uncle

6.

In the reign of Carlos V...

a)

there were

many revolts in

Spain

b)

the Spanish Empire enjoyed a period of peace

c)

He couldn’t speak

Spanish

d)

Spain and its territories were united for the first time

7.

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

a)

his brother

Fernando ruled German lands

b)

his son Felipe II ruled all the territories

c)

his son Felipe II ruled Spain and its

Empire

d)

his son Felipe II ruled Spain and Portugal

8.

Felipe II's SUCCESSES:

a)

the Eighty Years’ War of

the Netherlands independence

started

b)

the battle of Lepanto

where he beat the Ottoman Turks.

c)

The Morisco revolt in Granada

d)

The Philippine Islands were

claimed for Spain by the

Portuguese explorer Magellan

9.

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

a)

Philippine Islands

b)

Germany

c)

Portugal

d)

Turquía

10.

Examples of the Renaissance:

a)

Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cervantes

b)

El Monasterio del Escorial