actual midterm

Question 1

what are the three countries that border spain

Answer 1

andorra, france, and portugal

Question 2

what was the great medieval hero of spain named rodrigo diaz de vivar aka and who gave him this title

Answer 2

the cid

Question 3

who is the patron saint of spain who according to legend led the spaniards in the battle of clavijo to defeat the arabs

Answer 3

st james

Question 4

under which emperor was the council of nicea convened and for the first time the christians were favored under roman rule

Answer 4

constantine

Question 5

who was the king of spain during the better part of the 13th century and what was he aka

Answer 5

alfonso X, the wise

Question 6

under alfonso x who coexsited in relative peace and what became the official language for all official transactions

Answer 6

christians, moors/muslims, and jews

castilian

Question 7

vasco nunez de balbao was the first european to see the ?

Answer 7

pacific ocean

Question 8

what was the arabic name for moorish spain

Answer 8

al-andalus

Question 9

what were the wars between the romans and carthaginians called

Answer 9

the punic wars

Question 10

the four major languages spoken in spain are

Answer 10

galician, catalan, basque, and castilian/spanish

Question 11

perhaps the greatest visigoth, who was a bishop, a saint, an encyclopedia and a theologian, was _____________ and his most famous work was ______

Answer 11

the etymologies

Question 12

the three major moorish located in southern spain were

Answer 12

granada, seville, and cordoba

Question 13

_______ was an institution estabilshed in the 15th century for the purpose of cleansing the culture. the most famous of all the leaders was_______

Answer 13

the inquisition

tomas de torquemada

Question 14

in mexico the conqistador _____ conquered the ____ empire and in peru the conquistador _______ conquered the ____ empire

Answer 14

cortes, aztec

pizarro, inca

Question 15

_______ was a 16th century military figure who was injured, underwent a conversion, and then founded one of the most important catholic religious orders known as the ____. his order founded several american universities among which are georgetown, gonzaga, fordham, and xavier

Answer 15

ignatius of loyola

jesuits

Question 16

one of the most impressive buildings constructed by the arabs was ____, whose name means “the red palace”

Answer 16

alhambra

Question 17

one of the great pilgrimage centers in the medieval world located in northwestern world was

Answer 17

santiago de compostela

Question 18

rounded arches with capstones, thick walls and domed ceilings characterized ______ architecture

Answer 18

romanesque

Question 19

rose windows, stained glass, and flying buttresses characterized _____ architecture

Answer 19

gothic

Question 20

the horshoe arch characterized _____ architecture

Answer 20

moorish

Question 21

_____ painted las merinas in which he himself appears painting at his easel

Answer 21

Valasquez

Question 22

the author of don quijote de la mancha, regarded as one of the greatest novels ever written, was ___

Answer 22

cervantes

Question 23

a spanish painter known as ____ was originally from Crete and settled in the city of toledo. his distinctive paintings are characterized by elongated forms, primarily religious subject matter, and energetic compositions

Answer 23

el greco

Question 24

the most important mystics of the 16th century Spain were ____, the founder of the order of Discalaced Carmelites, and ________

Answer 24

teresa of avila

john of the cross

Question 25

certainly in the spanish and frequently in english words that begin with ___ are arabic in origin

Answer 25

al

Question 26

spanish became the official language in spain under the rule of ________

Answer 26

alfonso x

Question 27

during the 16th century a german named __________ mounted a challenge against the catholic church that would have far-reaching consequences and give birth to a number of protestant denominations

Answer 27

martin luther

Question 28

the movement by the catholic church to resist the advances of the protestants or those who opposed it was called the ___

Answer 28

counter-reformation

Question 29

the _____ family ruled in spain between the early 1500's and 1700

Answer 29

habsburg

Question 30

the crown prince of spain is known as the prince of _______ because that is where the advances of the moors were turned back

Answer 30

austuras

Question 31

the term used for the recovery of the peninsula by the christians from the arabs is

Answer 31

reconquest

Question 32

over a third of europe died during the 14th century as a consequence of ___________

Answer 32

the black death

Question 33

the last spanish king from the house of austria was _______ aka ________

Answer 33

charles II | the idiot

Question 34

__________ is the historical and literary tradition that began in the 16th century of smearing spain, spaniards, and anything hispanic as evil, inferior and uniquely cruel

Answer 34

the black legend

Question 35

in the 10th century comments in the manuscripts known as _________ were first seen in the monastery of San Millan de la Cogolla and these signaled the birth of a new language that would come to be known as castillian

Answer 35

glosses

Question 36

________ were marginal notations in manuscripts that gave evidence of a new language which would become spanish

Answer 36

glosses

Question 37

two groups of islands that fprm part of spain are the ________ islands and the _________ islands

Answer 37

canary | baelaric

Question 38

during the 16th century king ____ moved the capital from ______ to ________ and built a building called the _________ which served as a palace, basilica, monastery, and a royal crypt

Answer 38

phillip toledo madrid escorial

Question 39

spanish explorers came to the united states in the 16th century and several states have spanish names as a consequence. name 3

Answer 39

arizona nevada florida

Question 40

in 1492 _______, the last sultan of the Nasrid dynasty, surrendered the city of ______ bringing an end to the ____ after 700 years

Answer 40

boabdil granada reconquest

Question 41

in the year _____, the spanish engaged in a maritime battle with the british which came to be known as ___ and resulted in a disastrous defeat for the spanish

Answer 41

1588 | spanish armada

Question 42

the daughter of isabel and ferdinand, ____ aka ___ married _____. together they bore a child who in time beame _____, the first ______ king of spain, as well as, ____ the holy roman emperor

Answer 42

``` juana la loca charles I habsburg Charles V ```

Question 43

the mid 15th century the _____ was invented which proved to be an invention that had a huge impact on the world and world and would forever change it

Answer 43

printing press

Question 44

____, of the killing of kings, characterized the visigothic presence in spain

Answer 44

regicide

Question 45

the "mezquita" of the mosque of the city of ________ is one of the most magnificent structures builty by the arabs. in the middle of it the christians built a church

Answer 45

cordoba

Question 46

two cities in the united states that have spanish names are

Answer 46

los angeles | toledo

Question 47

"i lied to him not twice but 10 times."

Answer 47

king ferdinand - how good of a leader he was

Question 48

"the last stunted sprig of a degenrate line"

Answer 48

charles II - how bad of a leader he was

Question 49

"tanto manta, manto tanto"

Answer 49

king ferdinand and isabella - equal in rule

Question 50

"God, gold, and glory"

Answer 50

conquistadors - what they explored

Question 51

1588

Answer 51

the spanish armada

Question 52

charles martel

Answer 52

battle of poitiers/tours

Question 53

hermenegild

Answer 53

visigothic christian martyr

Question 54

lazarillo de tormes

Answer 54

picaresque novel

Question 55

lepanto

Answer 55

naval battle with ottoman empire

Question 56

seneca the younger

Answer 56

stoicism

Question 57

charles v

Answer 57

holy roman emperor

Question 58

castile and aragon

Answer 58

the catholic kings

Question 59

menento mori

Answer 59

steve jobs

Question 60

lope de vega

Answer 60

the spanish shakespeare

Question 61

1700

Answer 61

bourbon monarchy

Question 62

count julian

Answer 62

florinda

Question 63

machiavelli

Answer 63

the prince

Question 64

pope alexander VI

Answer 64

rodirgo borgia

Question 65

july 25

Answer 65

patron saint of spain

Question 66

scipio

Answer 66

numancia

Question 67

trajan

Answer 67

roman emperor born in spain

Question 68

constantine 1

Answer 68

council of nicea

Question 69

granada

Answer 69

pomegrante

Question 70

pelayo

Answer 70

battle of covadonga

Question 71

la celestina

Answer 71

suicide

Question 72

convivencia

Answer 72

13th century

Question 73

october 12

Answer 73

discovery of america

Question 74

antonio de nebrija

Answer 74

1st spanish grammar

Question 75

409

Answer 75

visigoth

Question 76

alfonso VI

Answer 76

the cid