Saturday 24 April 2021

The Discovery of America

See if you can copy this sketch of the Discovery of America. You will learn some interesting facts and it will help you to understand this part of the topic:

The Modern Age

Watch the presentation and then see how much you remember by answering the questions below:  

When did Ferdinand and Isabel marry? 
When did Isabel become queen? 
What was the Spanish Inquisition? 
Who was Joanna the Mad? 
Who was she married to? 
What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? 
Which port did Christopher Columbus set sail from? 
What were the names of his three ships?
Which country did Francisco Pizarro travel to? 
Which country did Hernán Cortés travel to? 
Who was the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean? 
Who was Martin Luther? 
Who was Henry VIII? 
What was the name of his Spanish queen? 
Where did El Greco live? 
What is Diego Velázquez’s most famous painting? 
What type of painter was Murillo? 
Where was Miguel de Cervantes born? 
Who was nicknamed ‘Monster of Nature’ by Cervantes? 
Which Baroque dramatist was good friends with Lope de Vega? 
When did the Hapsburgs rule? 
Who was the first Hapsburg king of Spain? 
Who were his grandparents? 
How many wives did Philip II of Spain have? 
What was the name of his English wife? 
What was the ‘War of Succession?’ 
What was the new dynasty called? 
Who was the first Bourbon king? 
Which king modernised Spain? 
What event marked the end of the Modern Age?

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