Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentences:
1) Spain is located …(b)
a) in the North of Africa b) in the Southwest of Europe
c) in the Northeast of Mexico d) in the South of Africa
2) The official language in the Peninsula is ...(d)
a) Peninsular b) Euskera c) Catalan d) Castilian
3) The first people to name the Peninsula were the …(c)
a) Gypsies b) Muslims c) Iberians d) Celts
4) The use of an alphabet was brought to the Peninsula by the …(b)
a) Cavemen b) Phoenicians and Greeks
c) Romans d) Christian Kingdoms
5) What is the name of the most famous Carthaginian general in the Peninsula? (d)
a) Cartago b) Scipio c) Ibero d) Hannibal
6) Hispania, as a region of the Roman Empire, acquired… (a)
a) Latin as a common language
b) a great fleet to trade with the Celts
c) large amounts of gold
d) the colonies in Center and South America
7) The Muslims arrived in the Peninsula in the year … (b)
a) 708 b) 711 c) 718 d) 722
8) The first great victory against the Muslims was the battle of … (d)
a) the Reconquest b) Pelayo c) Al-Andalus d) Covadonga
9) The last capital of the Islamic Peninsula was in … (d)
a) Seville b) Barcelona c) Madrid d) Granada
10) The Jewish in the Peninsula were famous in their role as … (a)
a) tax collectors and scientists b) lyrical poets
c) priests and monks d) leaders of the Reconquest
Answer these questions briefly:
11) What remains are there from the first prehistoric men in the Peninsula?
-Paintings in caves (The bulls/ animals in Altamira)
12) Name the main tribes/civilizations to conquer and inhabit the Peninsula before the arrival of the Romans.
-Iberians, Celts, Carthaginians
13) What was the main reason for the Phoenicians and Greeks to travel across the Mediterranean Sea?
-Trade/ commerce
14) What were the Carthaginians doing in Iberia?
-Expanding. Preparing to fight the Romans
15) What were four of the new elements brought by the Romans to Hispania?
-Common language, roads, buildings, laws, art, knowledge, unity, contact with other regions,...
16) Who were the Visigoths?
-A Germanic/ Barbarian tribe that moved into the Peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire
17) Why did the Muslims invade the Peninsula?
-Territorial/ religious expansion. Holy War.
18) Where did the last Christians/Visigoths hide from the Muslims?
-Mountains in the North of the Peninsula (Covadonga)
19) In which year was the end of the Reconquest?
-1492
20) Name two of the effects of the Muslim invasion in the Peninsula.
-Reconquest, architecture, art, oriental influences, chess, improvements in agriculture, blending of cultures, arrival of Jews, etc
Say which of the following sentences are true o false
(if false, correct the sentences to make them true):
21) The Celts conquered the Visigoths in Iberia.
False: The Celts conquered the Iberians
22) The Romans brought the use of coins in Hispania for the first time.
False: The Phoenicians ans Greeks brought the use of coins.
23) The Romans were the first Christians in the Peninsula.
True
24) The Muslims rescued the classical knowledge after the fall of the Roman Empire.
True
25) Christians, Muslims and Jewish fought for domination of the Peninsula.
False: The Jews didn't fight.
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