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Watch each movie and answer the questions listed below each movie (they are available from your class monitors):
Goldman, A. Scott, R. [Producer] & Scott, R.
[Director] (1992) 1492: The Conquest of
Paradise. [Motion picture]. France: Gaumont:
1.
What did Christopher Colombus believe that other people didn’t believe at the
time?
2. What arguments did Colombus give at the university of Salamanca
and to the religious people in order to convince them to allow his exploration?
3. What
did Colombus and the Queen discuss? Why does the Queen allow Colombus to go on
his trip?
4. The Astrolabe was a major instrument obtained from the Moors (Arab merchants),
what was its use and how could you use it?
5. What happened towards the end of the trip with the crew of Christopher
Colombus?
6. What did Colombus call the land he discovered?
7. What happened when Colombus met the natives?
8. Why did Colombus go back to Spain?
How did the natives respond to him when he said he was going to return?
9. What happened when Colombus returned to Spain? What did Colombus bring back
from the West Indies?
10. When he returns to the West Indies what
happened to the first crew? What will he do?
Bevan, T., Fellner, E., Cavendish, J. [Producer]
Kapur, S. [Director] Elizabeth: The
Golden Age. UK/France: Studio Canal
1. Why
won’t Elizabeth punish the Catholics in England?
2. Why
did the Spanish king cut all his forest?
3. Pirate Walter Raleigh sees Queen Elizabeth, what gifts does he bring for
her?
4. Why is the Spanish ambassador angry at the pirate?
5. What
happened once the Queen found out that the Spanish had a plan to attack England?
6. What events made the victory possible for England to win?
7. What happened to the Spanish Armada?