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Spanish Inquisition

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/spanish-inquisition

Step 2 · Questions

  1. 1. What is the papal bull of establishment?

  2. 2. What is the official dissolution?

  3. 3. What was the main purpose of the Spanish Inquisition?

  4. 4. Why did the Spanish Inquisition use torture?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

  • Crypto-Judaism/Islam

  • Auto-da-fé

  • Orthodoxy

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

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