Question
Six “Letters of Relation” were written to a ruler with this name by the conquistador Pedro de Valdivia during his conquest of modern Chile. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this name of a Holy Roman Emperor and Spanish king whose extensive dominions included Naples, Burgundy, and much of the New World.
ANSWER: Charles V [or Charles I of Spain; or Charles of Ghent; or Archduke of Austria Charles I; or Charles II, the Duke of Burgundy and Lord of the Netherlands; accept “Carlos” or “Karl” or “Karel” or “Carles” or “Carolus” in place of “Charles”]
[10h] Charles borrowed millions of ducats (“DUCK-its”) to finance his election from the Fuggers and this other banking family from Augsburg, which claimed descent from Belisarius and founded Coro and Klein-Venedig (“kline feh-NAY-dikh”) in Venezuela.
ANSWER: Welser (“VEL-zur”) family
[10m] New World treasures reached this city, which was home to the Casa de Contratación (“contra-tass-YON”), where the Spanish Treasure Fleet sailed from. Saint Isidore from this city authored a medieval encyclopedia.
ANSWER: Seville [or Sevilla; accept Saint Isidore of Seville]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 12.50 | 75% | 38% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 71% | 43% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 78% | 44% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 71% | 57% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Georgia Tech F | Alabama A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Auburn A | Tennesse B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech B | Auburn C | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Emory A | Auburn B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech A | Tusculum A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech C | Clemson A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| South Carolina A | Georgia Tech D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia A | Tennesse A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |