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Spain Questions Worksheet

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Spain’s population?

(a)  

2.

How much is one US dollar worth in euros?

(a)  

3.

What Peninsula does Spain mostly occupy?

(a)  

4.

What separates Spain from Africa?

(a)  

5.

The interior of Spain is a high what, surrounded and crisscrossed by what?

a)

dry plateau; mountain ranges

b)

coastal plain; river valleys

c)

tropical rainforest; hills

d)

volcanic basin; deserts

6.

What creates good farmland in Spain?

a)

Urban development

b)

High mountain elevations

c)

Desert winds

d)

Rivers running to the coasts

7.

Drought are common in Spain.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Plants and trees grow so well on the northwestern coast, in Galicia and along the Bay of Biscay, that the area is called what?

(a)  

9.

What ethnic background do many Spaniards share?

a)

A mixture of early Iberian inhabitants, Celts, and later European and African conquerors

b)

Purely Roman ancestry

c)

Exclusively Moorish descent

d)

Only Visigothic heritage

10.

What are problems Spain’s nature faces? Select all that apply.

a)

Centuries of tree cutting

b)

Erosion

c)

River pollution

d)

Frequent volcanic eruptions

11.

In Spain, which is a ____ ____, the king and the elected president ____ the power. Although there is a national parliament, Spain is one of the most ____ democracies in Europe. Each of its 17 regions manages its own ____, hospitals, and other ____ services. Choose the option that correctly completes the statement.

a)

absolute monarchy; hold; unitary; courts; national

b)

constitutional republic; divide; centralized; universities; private

c)

parliamentary monarchy; share; decentralized; schools; public.

d)

military dictatorship; seize; authoritarian; factories; commercial

12.

Summarize the history of Spain and its religion. Which statements accurately reflect the summary provided? Select all that apply.

a)

Muslim rulers introduced new crops, irrigation, and trading across Spain, leading to a golden age of Islamic rule in the tenth century.

b)

Spain became mostly Christian under the Romans and later spread the Catholic religion after 1492.

c)

The Phoenicians called the peninsula "Span," or hidden land, in the 8th century B.C.

d)

Spain gained power after the Napoleonic Wars ended in 1815 and immediately became a modern democracy.

e)

Gen. Francisco Franco ruled as a brutal dictator until his death in 1975, after which Spain began to transform into a modern, industrial, and democratic European nation.

13.

Refer to the map of Spain and surrounding regions. Which city is marked as the capital of Spain?

a)

Barcelona

b)

Madrid

c)

Seville

d)

Valencia

14.

Based on the map, which country is directly west of Spain?

a)

France

b)

Portugal

c)

Italy

d)

Morocco

15.

What colors are in the Spanish flag?

a)

blue and gold

b)

red and yellow

c)

green and purple

d)

orange and pink