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History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Spanish Armada 1 (Questions)

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The Spanish Armada was a fleet of ships. The Armada's mission was to sail to the Gravelines in Flanders and transport an army under the Duke of Parma across the Channel to England. The mission eventually failed.

See how you fare in our first History quiz on the subject.

Which King of Spain ordered the Armada to sail?

[ ]	Alonso II
[ ]	Carlos I
[ ]	Ferdinand I
[ ]	Philip II

Who did Philip want to remove from the English throne?

[ ]	Edward VI
[ ]	Elizabeth I
[ ]	Henry VIII
[ ]	Mary

Which is not a reason for his hatred of Elizabeth?

[ ]	Elizabeth was a Protestant
[ ]	He believed that women were too weak to rule
[ ]	He did not believe that she was the lawful queen
[ ]	She had encouraged raids on Spanish ships

Philip also wanted revenge on which Englishman?

[ ]	John Hawkins
[ ]	Sir Francis Drake
[ ]	Sir Philip Sidney
[ ]	Sir Walter Raleigh

Elizabeth sent soldiers to help which country rebel against Spanish rule?

[ ]	Italy
[ ]	Netherlands
[ ]	Peru
[ ]	Portugal

Philip II was the widower of which Queen?

[ ]	Catherine of Aragon
[ ]	Isabella of Spain
[ ]	Mary Queen of Scots
[ ]	Mary Tudor

Which Admiral was the Armada's original commander?

[ ]	Santa Clausio
[ ]	Santa Cruz
[ ]	Santa Dominguez
[ ]	Santa Lopez

The Armada sailed in which year?

[ ]	1568
[ ]	1578
[ ]	1588
[ ]	1598

Before the Armada left, where did Drake carry out a daring attack on it?

[ ]	Cadiz
[ ]	Corunna
[ ]	Gijon
[ ]	Valencia

10.

The Armada eventually set out from which port?

[ ]	Bilbao
[ ]	Lisbon
[ ]	Oporto
[ ]	Santander

History: High School: 9th and 10th Grade Quiz - The Spanish Armada 1 (Answers)

Which King of Spain ordered the Armada to sail?

[ ]	Alonso II
[ ]	Carlos I
[ ]	Ferdinand I
[x]	Philip II

Who did Philip want to remove from the English throne?

[ ]	Edward VI
[x]	Elizabeth I
[ ]	Henry VIII
[ ]	Mary

Which is not a reason for his hatred of Elizabeth?

[ ]	Elizabeth was a Protestant
[x]	He believed that women were too weak to rule
[ ]	He did not believe that she was the lawful queen
[ ]	She had encouraged raids on Spanish ships

Catholic Philip believed that Mary Queen of Scots (who had been executed) had been the rightful heir

Philip also wanted revenge on which Englishman?

[ ]	John Hawkins
[x]	Sir Francis Drake
[ ]	Sir Philip Sidney
[ ]	Sir Walter Raleigh

Drake had raided many Spanish ships

Elizabeth sent soldiers to help which country rebel against Spanish rule?

[ ]	Italy
[x]	Netherlands
[ ]	Peru
[ ]	Portugal

This annoyed Philip even further!

Philip II was the widower of which Queen?

[ ]	Catherine of Aragon
[ ]	Isabella of Spain
[ ]	Mary Queen of Scots
[x]	Mary Tudor

Mary had died in 1558

Which Admiral was the Armada's original commander?

[ ]	Santa Clausio
[x]	Santa Cruz
[ ]	Santa Dominguez
[ ]	Santa Lopez

He died just before the Armada left Spain

The Armada sailed in which year?

[ ]	1568
[ ]	1578
[x]	1588
[ ]	1598

Before the Armada left, where did Drake carry out a daring attack on it?

[x]	Cadiz
[ ]	Corunna
[ ]	Gijon
[ ]	Valencia

He claimed to have 'burned the King of Spain's beard'!

10.

The Armada eventually set out from which port?

[ ]	Bilbao
[x]	Lisbon
[ ]	Oporto
[ ]	Santander

In Portugal - a country that Philip II also ruled