HISTORY OF EUROPE

Play the CD History of the World * and find the period from 1.600 to 1.700. Then go to the section about the history of Europe and read and listen to the different parts of this section. Choose the right options to complete the sentences. Finally, see the solutions and check your answers. You can also look for the information in an encyclopaedia.
 
 
1. The Thirty Years War was... 
  • a. From 1.618 to 1.619
  • b. From 1.619 to 1.648
  • c. From 1.618 to 1.648


2. The Thirty Years War began because...

  • a. Catholics rebelled against Arabs
  • b. Protestants rebelled against their Catholic ruler
  • c. England invaded Sweden


3. Rembrandt was...

  • a. A Spanish sailor
  • b. A Dutch artist
  • c. A Dutch king


4. In 1.649...

  • a. The king Charles I was executed
  • b. A great fire swept London
  • c. Oliver Cromwell died


5. In Ireland...

  • a. English became Protestant and Irish remained Catholic
  • b. Americans conquered Ireland in 1.600
  • c. Irish became Protestant and English remained Catholic


6. During the 1.500s and 1.600s lived scientists such as...

  • a. Cervantes and Shakespeare
  • b. Galileo and Newton
  • c. Socrates and Plato


7. The Sun King was...

  • a. Louis XV
  • b. Henry VIII
  • c. Louis XIV


8. Louis XIV was famous for...

  • a. His six wives
  • b. The magnificence of his courts
  • c. His powerful empire in Greece
 
* Eyewitness History of the World 2.0 (Dorling Kindersley, 1.998)

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