SPAN 130 – MIDTERM EXAM
Choose the correct answer:
1) The official language of Spain is …
a. Catalan b. Castilian c. Galician d. Basque
2) The Celts invaded the peninsula after the …
a. Christians b. Romans c. Iberians d. Carthaginians
3) The Romans brought … to the peninsula.
a. mosques b. coins c. alphabet d. common language
4) The Moors arrived in the Peninsula in …
a. 613 b. 711 c. 1140 d. 1492
5) Pelayo was the first …
a. Moorish king b. king of Seville
c. knight of Toledo d. leader of the Christians
6) The Poem of the Cid was written in …
a. Castilian b. Galician c. Latin d. Arabic
7) The most famous palace built by the Moslems was called …
a. Alhambra b. Mosque c. Al-Andalus d. Granada
8) During the Reconquest, the Jews in the Peninsula were important as …
a. warriors b. farmers c. minstrels d. tax collectors
9) The city of the three cultures was …
a. Toledo b. Seville c. Valencia d. Granada
10) Alfonso X was well known as a …
a. warrior b. economist c. writer d. ambassador
11) The last Islamic kingdom in the Peninsula was …
a. Toledo b. Seville c. Valencia d. Granada
12) It was taken by …
a. Alfonso X b. the Cid c. Isabella/Ferdinand d. Almanzor
13) The political, territorial and religious unification of Spain took place in …
a. 722 b. 1140 c. 1492 d. 1516
14) The name given to the Islamic part of the Peninsula was …
a. Hispania b. Al-Andalus c. Moorish d. Iberia
15) The Book of Good Love was written by a …
a. king b. Jew c. priest d. soldier
16) The Inquisition was created by …
a. Alfonso X b. the Cid c. Isabella/Ferdinand d. Almanzor
17) The first Christian Kingdom in the Peninsula was named …
a. Asturias b. Toledo c. Pelayo d. Castile
18) The Moors brought … to the Peninsula.
a. coins b. Latin c. sciences d. gold
19) The first Christians in the Peninsula were the …
a. Iberians b. Carthaginians c. Romans d. Visigoths
20) The Moors built many …
a. mosques b. churches c. roads d. bridges
Write a short essay about two (2) of the following topics:
-The Roman Empire
-The Visigoths
-Santiago de Compostela
-Alfonso X
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