Topic-2-Challenges To Elizabeth

Question 1

Which country was Philip of Spain most worried about in 1558?

Answer 1

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Question 2

What did Elizabeth do when Spain interfered in plots against her?

Answer 2

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Question 3

What religion was Philip ll?

Answer 3

Catholic

Question 4

Where was the sixteenth-century New World?

Answer 4

America

Question 5

What did England export to the Netherlands?

Answer 5

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Question 6

Who sold slaves to colonists in the New World?

Answer 6

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Question 7

What was the Cacafuego?

Answer 7

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Question 8

Which group challenged Spanish power in the Netherlands?

Answer 8

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Question 9

Who attacked Nombre de Dios in 1572?

Answer 9

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Question 10

What did Elizabeth send to the rebels on the Netherlands?

Answer 10

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Question 11

Which port was the Armada’s first destination?

Answer 11

Calais

Question 12

Who was the Armada supposed to ferry across to England?

Answer 12

Parma’s army

Question 13

How many Spanish ships made up the Armada?

Answer 13

130

Question 14

Which port did the English fleet sail from?

Answer 14

Plymouth

Question 15

What did the English send into the Spanish Armada?

Answer 15

Fire-ships

Question 16

What was the name of the naval battle that took place between the two fleets?

Answer 16

Gravelines

Question 17

What was the name of the Spanish commander?

Answer 17

Medina Sidonia

Question 18

Where did many Spanish sailors lose their lives?

Answer 18

Coasts or Ireland and Scotland

Question 19

What did they thank for sending favourable winds?

Answer 19

God(protestant)