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1 ESO IBERIAN PENINSULA

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Iberian Peninsula has been inhabited by humans since the ____________________.

a)

Paleolithic period

b)

Mesolithic period

c)

Neolithic period

d)

Bronze Age

2.

Their crafts were based on pieces of jewelry and a few sculptures depicting animals, like the verracos (or toros) de Guisando (Ávila).

a)

The Celts

b)

The Tartessians

c)

The Iberians

d)

Celtiberians

3.

They were Indo-European tribes, which began to spread across Europe during the I Millennium BC.

a)

The Celts

b)

The Tartessians

c)

The Iberians

d)

Celtiberians

4.

Tribes who settled in the west of the Peninsula.

a)

Lusitans

b)

Vettones and the Celtiberians

c)

The Phoenicians

d)

The Gallaeci, the Astures, the Cantabri and the Vascones

5.

Tribes who settled in the north, between the Cordillera Cantábrica and the coast. These northern peoples lived in castros.

a)

Lusitans

b)

Vettones and the Celtiberians

c)

The Phoenicians

d)

The Gallaeci, the Astures, the Cantabri and the Vascones

6.

They were the Peninsula’s first colonizers. They arrived around the 10th century BC and set up colonies on the south coast,

a)

Lusitans

b)

Vettones and the Celtiberians

c)

The Phoenicians

d)

The Gallaeci, the Astures, the Cantabri and the Vascones

7.

Their main economic activity was farming. They were also skilled metalworkers and they introduced the iron metalwork in the Iberian Peninsula.

a)

The Celts

b)

The Tartessians

c)

The Iberians

d)

Celtiberians

8.

This territory was very rich in minerals; therefore, one of their main economic activities was mining.

a)

The Celts

b)

The Tartessians

c)

The Iberians

d)

Celtiberians

9.

They were excellent farmers. They traded wheat, grapes and olives. They also traded minerals with the Mediterranean colonizers.

a)

The Celts

b)

The Tartessians

c)

The Iberians

d)

Celtiberians

10.

After the Roman conquest, Rome’s administrative model was extended to the _________________. They were divided into provinces.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Islands

c)

Coastline

d)

Gulf

11.

In ___________ several Germanic tribes (Suevi, Vandals and Alans) invaded the Roman territories in the Peninsula.

a)

AD 409

b)

AD 476

c)

AD 507

d)

AD 711

12.

When Rome fell in _____________, they founded the Visigothic kingdom with capital in Tolosa, (Toulousse -France-). The kingdom covered parts of Gaul and Hispania.

a)

AD 409

b)

AD 476

c)

AD 507

d)

AD 711

13.

What is the Roman name of Barcelona?

a)

Brigantium

b)

Barcino

c)

Híspalis

d)

Emerita Augusta

14.

The Visigothic kingdom controlled practically all of the Iberian Peninsula until _______________.

a)

AD 409

b)

AD 476

c)

AD 507

d)

AD 711

15.

What is the Roman name of Merida?

a)

Brigantium

b)

Barcino

c)

Híspalis

d)

Emerita Augusta

16.

What is the Roman name of Sevilla?

a)

Brigantium

b)

Barcino

c)

Híspalis

d)

Emerita Augusta

17.

What is the Roman name of Huesca?

a)

Osca

b)

Ilerda

c)

Saguntum

d)

Tarraco

18.

What is the Roman name of Lleida?

a)

Osca

b)

Ilerda

c)

Saguntum

d)

Tarraco

19.

This province was created in AD 385.

a)

Hispania Ulterior

b)

Hispania Balearica

c)

Hispania Baetica

d)

Hispania Citerior

20.

Capital in Corduba - "Córdoba

a)

Hispania Ulterior

b)

Hispania Balearica

c)

Hispania Baetica

d)

Hispania Citerior

21.

They were the people that had the greatest influence on the Peninsula also their arrival in 218 BC is linked to their conflict with the Carthaginians in the Punic Wars.

a)

Romans

b)

The Phoenicians

c)

The Greeks

d)

The Carthaginians

22.

They came in the 6th century BC from Cartaghe, a former Phoenician colony in the north of Africa.

a)

Romans

b)

The Phoenicians

c)

The Greeks

d)

The Carthaginians

23.

They came to the Iberian Peninsula around the 8th century BC. Colonizers from Greece founded Mainake.

a)

Romans

b)

The Phoenicians

c)

The Greeks

d)

The Carthaginians

24.

Vélez Málaga, the earliest Greek colony on the Peninsula.

a)

Mainake

b)

Akra Leuke

c)

Emporion

d)

Cartago Nova

25.

The phase that marked the start of the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula when Augustus took control of the Cantabrian area between 29 and 19 BC.

a)

Phase I

b)

Phase II

c)

Phase III

d)

Phase IV

26.

The phase that marked the start of the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula which finished at the end of the 2nd century BC.

a)

Phase I

b)

Phase II

c)

Phase III

d)

Phase IV

27.

Part of Balearic Islands which the Carthaginians took from the Phoenicians.

a)

Mainake

b)

Akra Leuke

c)

Emporion

d)

Cartago Nova and Ebussus

28.

The place where there was a very long siege. The city’s resistance surprised even the Romans.

a)

The Celtiberian city of Numantia

b)

The Lusitans

c)

The Phoenicians

d)

The Carthaginians

29.

Who used guerrilla tactics to stop the advance of the Roman legions?

a)

The Celtiberian city of Numantia

b)

The Lusitans

c)

The Phoenicians

d)

The Carthaginians

30.

The Second Punic war only finished when this Lusitanian leader was killed by his own men.

a)

Viriatus

b)

Augustus

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Theodosius

31.

The second Punic War (218-201 BC) started when Romans came to defend the city of Saguntum (Sagunto, an ally of Rome) from the Carthaginians.

a)

Phase I

b)

Phase II

c)

Phase III

d)

Phase IV

32.

The Visigoths were defeated by the Franks and abandoned almost all of the Gaul. Later, they established their capital in Toledo.

a)

AD 409

b)

AD 476

c)

AD 507

d)

AD 711

33.

Hispania Balearica. This province was created in AD 395.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Carthaginiensis (capital in Barcara Augusta "Braga")

a)

True

b)

False

35.

During the Metal Ages, advanced cultures began to develop, but they were independent of each other.

a)

True

b)

False