2º ESO: WHAT WAS CHARLES V´S EMPIRE LIKE?

The government of a vast empire
True or false. Correct the false information

• The empire of Charles V was made up of different territories. 
• TRUE
• All the territories had the same laws and institutions.
• FALSE. EACH TERRITORY HAD ITS OWN LAWS AND INSTITUTIONS.
• Charles V had absolute power.
• FALSE. HE DIDN´T HAVE ABSOLUTE POWER.
• There was just one Parliament in Charles V´s empire.
• FALSE. EACH KINDOMG HAD ITS PARLIAMENT.
• The court was itinerant.
• TRUE.
• Each territory had a viceroy, who ruled in king´s name.
• TRUE.
• There was a court to approve taxes.
• FALES. THERE WAS A COURT TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE.
• The main taxes came from Castile.
• TRUE.
• The taxes alone were enough to finance his policies, so the king didn´t need loans.
• FALSE. THE TAXES ALONE WERE NOT ENOUGH TO FINANCE HIS POLICIES, AND THE KING HAD TO ASK FOR LOANS.

Answer the following questions about problems in Charles V´s empire.

• Which country was always at war with Spain durgin Charles V´s entire reign?
• FRANCE.
• Who were his other rivals? Where were they placed?
• THE OTTOMAN TURKS. THEY WERE PLACED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE.
• What was the most serious problem during Charles V´s reign? Why?
• THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM WAS THE REBELLION OF THE GERMAN PROTESTANT PRINCES, BECAUSE CHARLES TRIED TO STOP THE EXPANSION OF LUTHERANISM IN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, BUT FAILED.
• What happened in the treaty of the Peace of Ausburg, 1555?
• IN THIS TREATY, CHARLES V RECOGNISED BOTH RELIGIONS: CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS.
• Who inherited the Holy Roman Empire?
• CHARLES V´S BROTHER, FERDINAND
• Who inherited the rest of Charles V´s possessions?
•  CHARLES V´S SON, PHILIP II