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The Spanish Armada Flashcards

1
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How many ships did King Philip II launch in 1588?

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151 ships

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2
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How many fireships did Sir Francis Drake command English sailors to strike?

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8 fireships (burning ships)

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3
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How much money did the 5 Spanish ships in 1568 contain?

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£100,000

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4
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The raid of which Spanish town was known as the ‘singeing of the King of Spain’s beard’?

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Cadiz

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5
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In what month did the Spanish Armada reach Cornwall?

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July

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6
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When did the raid of Cadiz happen?

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1587

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7
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What did the attack coincide with which blew the Armada off course?

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A storm

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8
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How many ships made it back to Spain?

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65

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9
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How many meters away did the English fire at Spanish ships?

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100m

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10
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When did Spain take control of Lisbon?

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1580

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11
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Why did Philip invade?

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England had interfered in the Spanish Netherlands

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12
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Who led the raid of Cadiz?

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Sir Francis Drake

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13
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When did Columbus discover America?

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1492

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14
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What year was the East India Company formed?

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1600

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15
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What year did the Spanish Armada begin?

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1588

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16
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What year did John Hawkins kidnap hundreds of West Africans?

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1564

17
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Name 3 Elizabethan British explorers:

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Sir Walter Raleigh, John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake

18
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When did Sir Francis Drake circumnavigate the globe?

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1577-1580

19
Q

What did Martin Cortes book “The Art of Navigation” teach people about?

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How to navigate the Atlantic Ocean to America

20
Q

Where did Humphrey Gilbert try and establish a colony?

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Canada

21
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Would living standards in Elizabethan England have been better if the Reformation had not happened?

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  • Catholic monasteries important in providing support & treatment for the sick/ill
  • When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in the 1530s lots of this help disappeared
  • Church now offered less support for the poor

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