Spain
Isabella and Ferdinand were famous for...
A) Their devotion to the Catholic Church
B) The fact that they finally accomplished the reconquest and reunification of Spain
C) The expulsion of the Jews from their realms when they could not protect them from angry mobs
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
The Spanish Inquisition targeted...
A) Jews and Muslims
B) Lutherans
C) False Catholics
D) Both A) and B)
C) False Catholics
The War of the Roses was fought between the houses of...
A) York and Mercia
B) Mercia and Northumberland
C) York and Lancaster
D) Lancaster and Wessex
C) York and Lancaster
The English King who split with Rome was...
A) Richard III
B) Henry VII
C) Henry VIII
D) William I
C) Henry VIII
The reign of which king was considered a glorious time in English history?
A) Richard III
B) Henry VI
C) Henry V
D) Stephen I
The leader of the Christian army in the Battle of Lepanto was...
A) Alessandro Farnese
B) Emperor Charles V
C) William of Orange
D) Don Juan of Austria
D) Don Juan of Austria
The problem with false conversions which caused the Spanish Inquisition was a result of (among other things)...
A) Bad kings who spread anti-Jewish propaganda
B) The conquest of Granada
C) The late 14th century massacre of Jews
D) All of the above
C) The late 14th century massacre of Jews
The grounds on which Richard III claimed the throne for himself was that...
A) The sons of his brother had died
B) The sons of his brother were illegitimate
C) It was in the national interest of the country
D) His wife was the widow of the Lancastrian heir to the throne
B) The sons of his brother were illegitimate
When Luther began debating his ideas, he met his intellectual match in...
A) Pope Clement VII
B) Thomas More
C) John Eck
D) John Calvin
C) John Eck
During Elizabeth I's long reign, it was ______ who really administered the affairs of England.
A) Oliver Cromwell
B) Cardinal Pole
C) William Hastings
D) William Cecil
D) William Cecil
Mary I of England's grandparents were...
A) Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
B) Charles V and Isabella
C) Ferdinand and Isabella
D) Henry VII and Anne
C) Ferdinand and Isabella
During the Spanish Inquisition, the Catholic Church killed...
A) Thousands of people
B) Hundreds of people
C) No one
D) Millions of people
C) No one
Mary appointed appointed Elizabeth to succeed her on the throne because...
A) Mary was afraid the French would take over England
B) She wanted to keep the throne in the family
C) She thought that Elizabeth would uphold the Catholic faith
D) She didn't like her cousin, Mary of Scotland
C) She thought that Elizabeth would uphold the Catholic faith
Henry VIII broke with Rome because...
A) The Church would not allow him to annul his marriage
B) He did not agree with the primacy of Peter
C) He thought that the Catholic Church was "hopelessly corrupt"
D) He thought it was politically wise to make himself the "Head of the Church"
A) The Church would not allow him to annul his marriage
Which of the following people did not work to restore the Catholic Faith to England?
A) Cardinal Pole
B) Archbishop Cranmer
C) Philip II
D) Mary I
B) Archbishop Cranmer
The Battle of Lepanto was important because...
A) It allowed the Christians to worship again in Jerusalem
B) It decisively crushed the Turkish Muslims' dreams of a European kingdom
C) It showed how powerful the Spanish were
D) All of the above
B) It decisively crushed the Turkish Muslims' dreams of a European kingdom
Who of the following was not an Inquisitor?
A) Isabella the Catholic
B) Moses
C) Tomas de Torquemada
D) Cardinal Ximenes
A) Isabella the Catholic
When Henry VIII got tired of Queen Anne Boleyn he had her...
A) Banished
B) Beheaded
C) Locked up in a convent
D) Poisoned
B) Beheaded
During the Reformation in England, the Protestant Tudors killed...
A) Catholics who pretended to be Anglican
B) Any Catholics who refused to become Protestant
C) Anyone who publicly spoke out against Anglicanism
D) Traitors to England
B) Any Catholics who refused to become Protestant
Thomas More was...
A) The chancellor of England
B) The Prime Minister of England
C) The Constable of England
D) All of the Above
A) The chancellor of England
The union of Ferdinand and Isabella united...
A) France and Spain
B) Aragon and Navarre
C) Aragon and Castile
D) Castile and Leon
C) Aragon and Castile
When brought before the Inquisition, the accused was ask to list...
A) Family members
B) Amount of times he attended Church
C) Parts of the Creed
D) His enemies
D) His enemies
The primary reason that the English poured so much money into the Netherlands in the 16th Century was to...
A) Help the other protestants
B) Keep the Spanish occupied in the Netherlands so that they would not attack England
C) Protect their interests in the thrones of Sweden and Orange
D) Annoy the French
B) Keep the Spanish occupied in the Netherlands so that they would not attack England
Queen Elizabeth had her cousin Mary executed because...
A) Mary was the rightful queen of England
B) The Spanish planned to rescue Mary, marry her to Don Juan, and put her on the throne
C) She was a Catholic
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Ferdinand and Isabella were the parents of _______, who was married to King Henry VIII of England.
A) Catherine Parr
B) Anne Boleyn
C) Catherine of Aragon
D) Mary I (a.k.a., Bloody Mary)
C) Catherine of Aragon