Sample questions for test 1

Question 1

THE CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS ARE LOCATED IN…
SOUTHERN SPAIN
NORTHERN SPAIN
THE EAST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
 PORTUGAL

Answer 1

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Question 2

THE CAVE OF ALTAMIRA CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VESTIGES OF …
a CELTIC ART
b ROMAN ART
c UPPER PALEOLITHIC ART
d ALL OF THE ABOVE

Answer 2

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Question 3

The Iberos…

X. settled in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula
Y. developed several writing systems that are yet to be fully 	
deciphered

a Only X is true
b Only Y is true
c Both X and Y are true
d Neither X nor Y are true

Answer 3

b Only Y is true

Question 4

After defeating Carthage, the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
X. took less than a decade
Y. implied the forceful conversion of the Iberian populations.

a Only X is true
b Only Y is true
c Both X and Y are true
d Neither X nor Y are true

Answer 4

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not b or c

Question 5

Visigothic King Roderick was killed at

1. The battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
2. The battle of Guadalete
3. The battle of Covadonga
4. None of the above

Answer 5

2. The battle of Guadalete

Question 6

The Taifas Kingdoms came to an end as a result of…

a The invasion of the Almohads
b The invasion of the Almoravids
c The Fall of Constantinople
d None of the above

Answer 6

a The invasion of the Almohads

Question 7

The Kingdom of Pamplona (later known as the Kingdom of Navarre) reached its maximum influence and territorial extension under…

a. King Philip VI
b. King Alphonse X
C. King Sancho III
d. None of the above

Answer 7

C. King Sancho III