Fill in the Blanks The Spanish EmpireOnline version With this activity you will review all the concepts you have learnt during the lesson by Javier Ramos Sancha 1 poorer Africa territories America Spain 1516 1557 Iberian Italy Netherlands Catholic Netherlands 1570 Europe increased II Turks 1556 In , Charles I became king of . He ruled over a great empire , which included the Monarchs' , the and other lands in Central . In , Philip became King of Spain . His enormous empire included the Peninsula , the and territories in southern , , Asia and . Philip II was involved in many wars . The army won against France in , and the at the Battle of Lepanto in . Wars were very expensive . The population became because prices .