1. Read the chapter 1.

Match these sentences to

one of these people:
a) She was the daughter of John II of Castile: Isabella

b) He was Isabella’s half-brother: Henry IV

c) He was Isabella’s brother and died Young: Alfonso

d) She was John II’s second wife, and she went mad: Princess
Joana

e) Some people said she was the daughter of Henry IV’s

favourite, Beltrán de la Cueva: Isabella of Portugal

f) Her marriage to Henry IV was annulled because of an evil spell:

Blanche of Navarre

g) His Elder brother Charles died in 1461

h)He was ferdinand’s father: John II of Aragon

i) She was Ferndinand’s and Isabella’s great-grandmother:

Eleanor of Portugal

2. Read chapter 2. Decide if these sentences are

true or false
a) Henry IV agreed to name his daughter Joanna as his heir in the
Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando: False

b) Henry IV son changed his mind about the treaty: true

c) John II of Aragon was in favor of Ferdinand marrying Isabella

becaused he wanted Castile’s support against the Portuguese:
True
d) When Henry IV died, Joanna and Isabella reached an
agreement about who sould be the queen: False

e) Portugal and France supported Joanna in the War of Castillian

Succession: True

f) Ferdinand and Isabella were defeated at the Battle of Toro in

1476: False

g) As a result of the treaty of Alcaçovas, Joanna married

Ferdinand and Isabella’s son John: False

h) Ferdinand and Isabella didn’t punish the nobles who had

supported Joanna: True

3. Read chapter 3. Then Match these wordsm to the

definitions.
a) Royal officials who represented Ferdinand and Isabella in the
towns of Castile: Corregidores

b) A 10% sales tax: Acabala

c) Men who had studied law at university and worked on the

Royal Council. Letardos

d) Royal officials who represented Ferdinand When he was

absent from Aragon and Catalonia: Viceroys

e) Men in Green shirts who punished criminals: Military orders

f) A massive book containing all the laws of Castile:

Ordentamiento

g) groups of knights established to help with the Reconquest of

Spain: Holy Brotherhood

h) A tax on sheep: Servicio y montazgo

4. Read chapter. Then complete the sentences using
these words:
a) Granada was the last Muslim kingdom on the Iberian
Peninsula

b) A crusade against Granada was a good way to uniting the

people Castile and Aragon and keeping the nobles out of truoble

c) To encourage the Christian soldiers, the Pope promised them

pardons their sins

d) Ferdinand used bribes and secret agreements to keep the

Nasrids divided

e) Pope Alexander VI awarded Ferdinand and Isabella the title of

“Catholic Monarchs”

f) The Muslims were allowed to keep their own customs and

religión after their defeat.

g) Cisneros forced Musilms to convert to Christianity. Those who

agreed were called moriscos.

6. Read the chapter 6. Then match the descriptions

to these places:
a) Aragonese possession that France invaded in 1494

b) Place Columbus wanted to get to on his first voyage: Asia

c) One of the members of the Holy Alliance Venice

d) Isalnds where Columbus landed in October 1492: Bahamas

e) NAme of the trety that divided the New World between Spain
and Portugal Tordesillas
f) Port from which Columbus ser sail on his first vogayeges: santo
Domingo

g) City where people think Columbus born: Genoa

h) One of the places where Comulbus’s bones might be: Palos.

7. Read chapter 7. Then choose the correct answer

to complete these sentences.
a) Isabella dindn’t like Bullfighting

b) In 1492, Ferdinand’s life was sasved by a man from Barcelona

c) Princess Isabella’s husband Prince Alfonso died of tuberculosis

d) After Prince John’s death, Isabella became the heir to Castile

and Aragon

e) Henry IV divorced Cathrine because he wanted a male heir