CSET Spanish sub test II

Spanish colonization of Las Americas - Answer- Colonial expansion under the crown of castle was initiated by the Spanish conquistadores and developed by the monarchy of Spain through it's administrators and missionaries. Conquest - Answer- The catholic Monarchs Isabella of Castille, queen of Castile and her husband Kind Ferdinand, King of Aragon, pursued a policy of joint ruling of their kingdoms and created the Spanish monarchy. _____ The funding for Cristobal Colon exploration came from Isabella of Castile Conquest of Mexico - Answer- The Spanish conquest of Mexico is generally understood as the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire. The spanish conquest was led by Hernan Cortez. The victory over the Aztecs was relatively quickly from 1519-21. Hernan Cortez - Answer- led the spanish conquest and won the victory over the Aztecs Spanish conquest of Yucatan - Answer- was a much longer campaign from against the Mayan peoples in the Yucatan peninsula of the present day Mexico and norther central america. Spanish conquest Peru - Answer- in 1532 at the Battle of Cajamarca a group of Spaniards under Francisco Pizarro ambushes and captured the emperor Atahualpa of the inca empire. It was the first step in a long camping that took decades of fighting to subdue the mightest empire in the Americas. Expulsion of the Moriscos - Answer- on April 9, 1609 King Phillip III of Spain decreed the expulsion of the Moriscos. They were descendent of Muslim population that converted into Christianity under threat of exile from Ferdinand and Isabella in 1502. The Moriscos were only allowed to keep possessions that they could carry. By the end of the 18th century, indigenous Islam and Morocco identity is considered to have been extinguished in Spain. The decline of Spain (17th Century) - Answer- Habsburg Spain at the beginning of the 17th century stood at the end of its Golden Age, and although it retained its vast empire, Spain had experienced severe difficulties in the later 16th century, including military defeats in Europe like the Spanish Armada. The end of the 17th century also brought the end of Habsburg rule. The 18th century begun with the war of the Spanish succession, which concluded in the establishment of the Bourbon dynasty of Spain. The Spanish acquisition Tribunal del santo oficio de la inquisicion - Answer- It was intended to maintain catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and replace the medical inquisition which was under papal control. The Spanish inquisition is often cited in literature and history as an example of catholic intolerance and repression.