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Spain: Geography & Cultures

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the southern most region in Spain?

a)

Cataluña

b)

Galicia

c)

Andalucía

d)

Portugal

2.

Which region is considered the 10th Scottish Kingdom or 7th Celtic Nation?

a)

Castilla

b)

Galicia

c)

País Vasco

d)

Murcia

3.

Which region has the greatest influence of Moorish culture?

a)

Andalucía

b)

Cataluña

c)

Castilla

d)

País Vasco

4.

Which region did Queen Isabella come from?

a)

Cataluña

b)

Castilla

c)

Galicia

d)

Andalucía

5.

Which region has the most unique language (not a Romance language)?

a)

Castilla

b)

Cataluña

c)

Galicia

d)

País Vasco

6.

In what region is Catalán spoken?

a)

Galicia

b)

Cataluña

c)

Andalucía

d)

Castilla

7.

In what region is Castellano spoken?

a)

Cataluña

b)

Galicia

c)

Castilla

d)

País Vasco

8.

In what region is Gallego spoken?

a)

Galicia

b)

Castilla

c)

Cataluña

d)

País Vasco

9.

In what region is Euskera spoken?

a)

Castilla

b)

Galicia

c)

País Vasco

d)

Extremadura

10.

Which language is a Sephardic Jewish language unique to Spain which is a mixture of Medieval Spanish, Hebrew, and Turkish?

a)

Castellano

b)

Gallego

c)

Ladino

d)

Catalán

11.

What type of Spanish is taught at St. Francis Prep?

a)

Euskera

b)

Catalán

c)

Castellano

d)

Gallego

12.

What ocean borders the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

13.

What large sea borders the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

Caspian Sea

b)

Aegean Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

14.

What narrow body of water separates the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa?

a)

The English Channel

b)

The Bay of Biscay

c)

The Straits of Gibraltar

d)

The Gulf if Sidra

15.

What modern African nation is closest to the southern coast of Spain?

a)

Morocco

b)

Libya

c)

Algeria

d)

Egypt

16.

What other modern country shares the Iberian peninsula with Spain?

a)

France

b)

Portugal

c)

Scotland

d)

Morocco

17.

What mountain range separates France from Spain?

a)

The Alps

b)

The Pyrenees

c)

The Apennines

d)

The Carpathians

18.

What small country sits on the border of France and Spain?

a)

Andorra

b)

Tunis

c)

Belgium

d)

Monaco

19.

What modern country is on Spain's northeast border?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Algeria

c)

France

d)

Switzerland

20.

In which region is Madrid located?

a)

Galicia

b)

Andalucía

c)

Castilla

d)

Cataluña

21.

Which culture was first on the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

Los Íberos

b)

Los Celtas

c)

Los Fenicios

d)

Los Griegos

22.

When did the Celts arrive on the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

Stone Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Ice Age

d)

Middle Ages

23.

Which culture created the first foreign trading colony which they called Gadir?

a)

Los Fenicios

b)

Los Griegos

c)

Los Cartagineses

d)

Los Romanos

24.

Which culture named the Iberian Peninsula after the people they first encountered?

a)

Los Fenicios

b)

Los Griegos

c)

Los Cartagineses

d)

Los Romanos

25.

In what year did the Phoenicians first arrive to the peninsula?

a)

3000 b.c.

b)

1200 b.c.

c)

1100 b.c.

d)

800 b.c.

26.

Besides Cádiz, what other modern city was founded by the Phoenicians?

a)

Málaga

b)

Ampurias

c)

Sagunto

d)

Cartagena

27.

Where were the Phoenicians from?

a)

modern day Egypt

b)

modern day Lebanon

c)

modern day Libya

d)

modern day Tunisia

28.

Which is NOT a contribution of the Phoenicians?

a)

the potter's wheel

b)

the Alphabet

c)

agricultural advancements

d)

the legal system

29.

What agricultural products were brought over by the Phoenicians and the Greeks?

a)

figs & grapes

b)

wheat & other grains

c)

olives & grapes

d)

olives & wheat

30.

What Iberian sculpture was inspired by the Greeks?

a)

La Señora del Paraíso

b)

La Dama del Elche

c)

La Rosa Eterna

d)

La Niña Brava

31.

Which modern city in Spain was a former Greek colony?

a)

Sagunto

b)

Cádiz

c)

Rosas

d)

Córdoba

32.

What city means little Carthage?

a)

Málaga

b)

Gadir

c)

Ampurias

d)

Cartagena

33.

What were the Carthaginians known for?

a)

peaceful relations with their neighbors

b)

a strong navy

c)

skilled diplomats

d)

advanced farming

34.

What unusual animal was used by Hannibal Barca's cavalry?

a)

giraffes

b)

mules

c)

elephants

d)

hawks

35.

Who did the Carthaginians fight during the Punic Wars?

a)

the Celts

b)

the Romans

c)

the Greeks

d)

the Phoenicians

36.

What does the word "punic" (the Punic Wars) come from?

a)

it was the Greek name for the Carthaginians

b)

it was the Iberian name for the Carthaginians

c)

it was the Phoenician name for the Carthaginians

d)

it was the Roman name for the Carthaginians

37.

What was the Roman name for the Provence of Spain?

a)

Ispanyol

b)

Iberia

c)

Hispania

d)

España

38.

Which famous Roman philosopher was born in Spain?

a)

Trajano

b)

Seneca

c)

Adriano

d)

Marcus Aurelius

39.

Which culture was part of the diaspora which migrated to Spain after the destruction of their temple?

a)

the Phoenicians

b)

the Sephardim

c)

the Visigoths

d)

the Moors

40.

What Talmudist scholar was born in Córdoba, Spain?

a)

Seneca

b)

Averroes

c)

Moses Maimonides

d)

St. Isodore

41.

Who invited the Visigoths into Spain in 716 A.D.?

a)

Los Cartagineses

b)

Los Romanos

c)

Los Judios

d)

Los Moros

42.

What city was the capital of Spain under the Visigoths?

a)

Madrid

b)

Cádiz

c)

Toledo

d)

Sagunto

43.

Which Visigoth king converted Spain to Roman Catholicism?

a)

Reccared II

b)

St. Isidore

c)

Reccared I

d)

Baruch Spinoza

44.

Which region in Spain was never conquered by any of the cultures we studied?

a)

Andalucía

b)

País Vasco

c)

Galicia

d)

Castilla

45.

In what year did the Moors invade Spain?

a)

711 B.C.

b)

305 A.D.

c)

711 A.D.

d)

1492 A.D.

46.

Who were the Moors?

a)

Spanish speaking people from Morocco

b)

Berbers from North Africa

c)

Egyptian invaders

d)

merchants from Lebanon

47.

Which Moorish philosopher applied the study of Aristotle to Islamic theology?

a)

Ibn Rushd

b)

Menahem ben Saruq

c)

Moses Maimonides

d)

Judah Halevi

48.

What Catholic monarchs conquered the last Moorish kingdom?

a)

Victoria & Carlos IV

b)

Elizabeth & Fernando

c)

Isabella & Ferdinand

d)

Isadora & Francisco

49.

In what year did the last Moorish kingdom fall to the Spanish?

a)

711 A.D.

b)

1598 A.D.

c)

1100 B.C.

d)

1492 A.D..

50.

Which Spanish word did NOT come from an Arabic word?

a)

ojalá

b)

álgebra

c)

agua

d)

brújula