Isabella was married to Ferdinand in 1469 when she was 18 years old. Their marriage united the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile. Key accomplishments of their reign included completing the Reconquista by defeating the Emirate of Granada in 1492, establishing the Spanish Inquisition to consolidate Catholic rule, and sponsoring Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas in 1492.

1. FERDINAND AND ISABELLABY SIMON BASKETT
Social Studies
Department
2º ESO

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1. HOW OLD WAS ISABELLA WHEN SHE GOT
MARRIED?

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2. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WEDDING?
WAS IT A BIG OR SMALL? WHY?

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3. THE BRIDE AND THE GROOM WERE SECOND
_ _ _ _ _ _ _

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4. THEY NEEDED SPECIAL PERMISSION FROM THE _ _
_ _ TO GET MARRIED

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5. THINK ABOUT THREE IMPORTANT THINGS THEY
DID:
1.
2.
3.

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6.THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN DIDN’T EXIST! MOST OF THE PEOPLE DIDN’T
USE THE WORD “SPAIN”! INSTEAD THEY REFERRED TO THE FIVE
KINGDOMS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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7. THE ONLY TIME IN HISTORY THAT THE IBERIAN
PENINSULA WAS A SINGLE UNIT WAS WHEN IT WAS
H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ , PART OF THE _ _ _ _ _ EMPIRE.

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8. CASTILLA AND ARAGON HAD DIFFERENT
ECONOMIES, AND BOTH WERE ALSO RULED IN
DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE CORTES IN CASTILLA WERE _ _ _ _ _ _ THAN IN
ARAGON.

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9. WHO WERE THE POTENTIAL HUSBANDS OF
ISABELLA?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ III  ENGLAND
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ V PORTUGAL
_ _ _ _ _ XI FRANCE

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10. WHERE WAS ISABELLA BORN?

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11. DID SHE HAVE ANY BROTHERS OR SISTERS?

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12. WHAT SHORT OF ILLNESS DID HER MOTHER
HAVE?

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13. WAS SHE JHON II OF CASTILLA FIRST WIFE?

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14. WHAT WERE FERDINAND FAVOURITE
ACTIVITIES?

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15. HENRY IV MET ISABELLA IN SEPTEMBER 1469 IN
GUISANDO, _ _ _ _ _, TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE
OF CASTILLA.
HE AGRRED TO NAME ISABELLA AS HIS HEIR BUT
SHE WOULDN’T MARRY WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION

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16. ISABELLA HAD HER OWN IDEAS AND BEGAN
NEGOTIATIONS FOR A _ _ _ _ _ _ MARRIAGE TO _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ .
HENRY WAS ANGRY ABOUT IT AND CONDEMNED THE
TREATY OF GUISANDO, AND NAMED HIS DAUTHER JOANNA
(LA BELTRANEJA) AS HIS _ _ _ _ ONCE AGAIN. A CIVIL WAR
STARTED IN CASTILLA.

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17. THE WAR ENDED IN 14_ _ WITH THE TREATY OF
A_ C_Ç_V_ S BETWEEN ISABELLA AND FERDINAND,
ON ONE SIDE, AND THE KING OF PORTUGAL,
SUPPORTER OF LA BELTRANEJA, ON THE OTHER
SIDE.

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18. THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA
PROS CONS
(ADD TWO IDEAS FOR EACH OF THE COLUMNS)

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19. THE INQUISITION GAVE FERDINAND AND
ISABELLA GREAT _ _ _ _ _.
THIS INSTITUTION WAS AN ECLESIASTICAL T_ I_ U_
A_ WITH ESPECIAL POWERS TO INVESTIGATE AND
FIND HERETICS.

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20. AFTER THEIR TRIUMPH IN GRANADA, THE
CATHOLIC MONARCHS FELT MORE CONFIDENT.
ISABELLA AND FERNANDO, WHO REJECTED
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PLAN IN 1489, THEY SAID
YES IN 14_ _.
WHY????????