The Spanish Armada

Question 1

When was the Spanish Armada

Answer 1

1588

Question 2

What was the Spanish Armada

Answer 2

A fleet of Spanish ships invading the English

Question 3

Who sent the armada

Answer 3

Philip I of Spain

Question 4

Where did the armada sail from

Answer 4

Spain to the Netherlands then to England

Question 5

How many reasons did Philip have to send it

Answer 5

6

Question 6

What were the 6 reasons

Answer 6

Legal
Religious
Personal
Economic
Political
Imperial

Question 7

What was the personal reason

Answer 7

Elizabeth rejected his proposal

Question 8

What was the legal reason

Answer 8

Mary’s will left Philip her claim to England

Question 9

What was the religious reason

Answer 9

Roman Catholic Philip hated Protestant heretic elizabeth

Question 10

What was the economic reason

Answer 10

Elizabeth’s navy stole Spanish treasure

Question 11

What was the political reason

Answer 11

Elizabeth helped Dutch rebels fight against Spain in the Spanish Netherlands

Question 12

What was the imperial reason

Answer 12

Philip wanted to add England to his empire

Question 13

What do you think the most important reason was

Answer 13

Economic
Because Elizabeth’s navy stole treasure from the Spanish this made Philip angry and want revenge

Question 14

Who was medina Sidonia

Answer 14

In charge of the Spanish navy

Question 15

Who was Duke of Parma

Answer 15

In charge of Spanish army

Question 16

Tell me something about medina sidonia

Answer 16

He had no experience even though he was in charge of the navy

Question 17

Who was lord Charles Howard

Answer 17

He was in charge of the English ships
He was cousin of queen Elizabeth

Question 18

Who was sir Francis drake

Answer 18

Second in command to lord Charles Howard

Question 19

Tell me about ship design

Answer 19

English ships were smaller, faster and easier to turn
Spains were bugged and slow

Question 20

Tell me about artillery

Answer 20

English’s cannons fired every minute but Spanish fire every hour due to inexperienced gunners

Question 21

Tell me about weather

Answer 21

Storms stopped the armada from attacking England

Question 22

Tell me about Spanish mistakes

Answer 22

Medina sidonia had no experience
Armada didn’t attack English navy when it was stuck in Plymouth
Not all ships could fire as they would hit their own ships
Armada couldn’t meet up with their army

Question 23

Tell me about English tactics

Answer 23

They sailed behind the armada to surprise attack them
Kept away from the armada and sailed in a straight line so they could fire cannons
8 fire ships to break up the Spanish’s formation

Question 24

What was the most important reason why the armada lost

Answer 24

Because of Spanish mistakes because not all ships could fire at once so they weren’t attacking the English with as much impact as they could have

Question 25

Babington

Answer 25

The leader of the babington plot

Question 26

Walsingham

Answer 26

Queen Elizabeth’s secretary he protested her from assassins

Question 27

Gifford

Answer 27

Worked for walsingham and found the evidence to get Mary executed

Question 28

Rizzio

Answer 28

Secretary to Mary queen of scots

Question 29

Knox

Answer 29

An enemy of mary

Question 30

Bothwell

Answer 30

One of the servants at Kirk o field
Also Mary’s 3rd husband

Question 31

Francis

Answer 31

Mary’s 1st husband

Question 32

Philip ii

Answer 32

Mary left his claim to the English throne

Question 33

James

Answer 33

Mary’s son

Question 34

Darnley

Answer 34

Mary’s 2nd husband
Mary had a plot to kill him