Unit 5 Culture: Spain

He wrote the first modern novel. It is considered the greatest novel in the Spanish language and has been published in 65 different countries.

• Pablo Picasso

• Miguel de Cervantes

• Don Quixote

• Sancho Panza

a beautiful complex of palaces and gardens

• la Alhambra

• Guggenheim

• Buen Retiro

• los Sanfermines

a famous painting by Picasso about a town that was bombed during the Spanish Civil War

• Guernica

• Madrid

• Bilbao

• Granada

the main character of the greatest Spanish novel of all time; a romantic idealist who thinks he is a knight and sets off looking for adventure

• Pablo Picasso

• Miguel de Cervantes

• Don Quixote

• Sancho Panza

one of the structures built by the Romans that can still be seen today in cities like Segovia

• aqueducts

• palaces

• prisons

• museums

He was one of the most famous artists of the 20th century and the co-founder of the Cubist art movement.

• Pablo Picasso

• Miguel de Cervantes

• Don Quixote

• Sancho Panza

artistic Spanish performance dance

• salsa

• flamenco

• tango

• merengue

This civilization that ruled Spain from 711 to 1492 built the Alhambra.

• Romans

• Moors

• Greeks

Which of the following does NOT take place in the story of Don Quixote?

• He writes love letters to a random peasant girl.

• He attacks a flock of sheep because he thinks it is an attacking army.

• He writes love letters to a beautiful noble woman.

• He attacks windmills because he thinks they are giants.

Which of the following is NOT found in the Parque Buen Retiro?

• La Reina Sofía musuem

• a tree that is almost 400 years old

• a crystal palace

• an elementary school