THE MODERN ERA: MAIN EVENTS

The Fall of Constantinople, the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, the Spanish conquistadores, Charles I and Philip II, the "asiento de negros", the inquisition, the witch-hunting  (we haven't learned the last two yet)... There are so many events that hapenned in the modern era that analizing them takes us longer than we wished.

Last year, students developed this topic in a different way. Here you have more detailed information and schemas they made about each of the events of the modern era.  THE MODERN ERA IN LASKORAIN

RTVE, The Spanish TV has released a set of interesting docummentaries about this period of time. Although it is in Spanish, it's worth watching it because it's going to give you useful information to understand better the work you have to do.

• Docummentary 1: "America, un nuevo Mundo".
• Docummentary 2: "Carlos V: Un monarca,  un imperio, una espada"
• Docummentary 3: "La España de Felipe II: Un imperio sin emperador" 

  

  Philip II

Charles I (V from Germany)

FurthermoreHere you have some exercises to practise concepts we have seen so far. Useful for the exam you are going to take soon.


Exercise 1 (match pictures and concepts)
Exercise 2 (vocabulary crosswords)
Exercise 3 (concept. Fill in the gaps)
Exercise 4 (match concepts and definitions)
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