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Spanish the coolest!

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

___________ Spanish is the official language of Spain. We refer to it as the Spanish language.

a)

Castilian

b)

Royal

c)

Spanish

d)

Japanese

2.

We know it as the Spanish language. In Spain, people refer to this as "__________" .

a)

castellano

b)

castillo

c)

cabrillo

d)

carrillo

3.

________ million people worldwide speak Spanish as a native language.

a)

Fewer than a

b)

470

c)

A bazillion

d)

87

4.

Spanish is one of the official languages of the

a)

S.H.I.E.L.D. organization

b)

Klingon Empire

c)

United States

d)

United Nations

5.

The use of Spanish online has grown by ________ %.

a)

800

b)

16

c)

470,000,000

d)

lots

6.

Spanish developed from __________.

a)

Modern Latin

b)

Vulgar Latin

c)

Pig Latin

d)

some guys in a dungeon who spoke gibberish a lot

7.

The Spanish Language developed after which empire conquered the Iberian Peninsula around 200 BCE?

a)

Persian Empire

b)

Galactic Empire

c)

Empire State Building

d)

Latin Empire

8.

What is this peninsula called?

a)

That's not a peninsula

b)

Florida

c)

the Iberian Peninsula

d)

The Kenai Peninsula

9.

Which two countries are on the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

United Kingdom

d)

Wakanda

10.

Castilian Spanish was first spoken in the northern Spanish state of (a)   .

11.

In 711 Moors (Arabs) from North Africa invaded Spain across the strait of Gibraltar. Because of this, Spanish has many __________ words.

a)

Arabic

b)

weird

c)

Italian

d)

Japanese

12.

Given the Moorish influence, approximately _____% of Spanish words are Moorish in Origin. (type the #)

a)

8

b)

100

c)

88

d)

17

13.

In 1492 the _____________ "reconquered" Spain and took control back from the Muslim Moors, allowing Castillian to formally spread to the rest of Spain.

a)

Christians

b)

conquistadors

c)

Moors

d)

Smurfs

14.

Which country contains the largest number of Spanish speakers in the world?

a)

Mexico

b)

Zimbabwe

c)

Australia

d)

Brazil

15.

There are two main types of Spanish; ___________ and ____________ Spanish

a)

European Spanish

b)

Latin American Spanish

c)

Spanglish

d)

Pig Latin Spanish

16.

However, Spanish is a language originally from ___________

a)

Ireland

b)

Spain

c)

Mozambique

d)

Alaska