Starter quiz
- Elizabeth I was a Catholic.
- True
- False ✓
- Elizabeth I made her government...
- smaller ✓
- larger
- Protestant only
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- Protestants and Catholics are both Christians.
- True ✓
- False
- Elizabeth's family had left England in...
- 'debt' ✓
- Elizabeth’s government suggested that she should ______ King Philip of Spain.
- 'marry' ✓
- Queen Elizabeth I never got married.
- True ✓
- False
Exit quiz
- King Philip and Spain decided to ______ England.
- 'invade' ✓
- In what year did Spain invade England?
- 1988
- 1588 ✓
- 1788
- 1088
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- Match these keywords to their definitions.
- armada⇔a large group of warships ✓
- invade⇔when a group of people attack another country ✓
- Put these events into the correct order, starting with the earliest.
- 1⇔The Spanish Armada reached Cornwall, England.
- 2⇔The Armada continued through the English Channel.
- 3⇔Elizabeth I made her speech at Tilbury.
- 4⇔The Armada was forced north and sailed into a storm.
- 5⇔The Spanish lost 20,000 men and 51 ships. England was victorious.
- What did the Spanish lose in the storm?
- 20,000 men ✓
- 7 tons of gold
- 51 ships ✓
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- Queen Elizabeth I won against the Spanish Armada.
- True ✓
- False
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Key learning points
- Elizabeth I faced one of her greatest challenges in 1588 when mighty Spain went to war with England.
- Spain wanted to invade England and take control of it, so they sent a huge armada to do so.
- Elizabeth sent her best sailors to fight the Spanish in the English Channel to stop them from invading.
- At the same time, Elizabeth made a famous speech to her army at Tilbury, saying she was as brave as any king.
- Although the English had fewer ships, they were helped by the weather, which blew the Spanish ships away from England.
Common misconception
Pupils may think England defeated Spain easily with their Navy.
It was a combination of factors that allowed England to defeat Spain including being helped by the weather.
Keywords
Armada - an armada was a large group of warships
Invade - when a group of people attack another country, moving their soldiers into it, they invade that country
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