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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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5 major regions of Spain

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Meseta, Levant, Pyrenees, Cantabrica, Andalucia

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Meseta

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Extremadura, Castilla la Mancha, Madrid, Castilla Leon

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Levant

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Murcia, Comunidad Velencia

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Andalucia

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Andalucia

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Pyrenees

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Cataluna, Aragon, Navarre, La Rioja, Pais Vasco

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Cantabrica

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Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria

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Official/Co-official langueges of spain

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Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Galician

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Major Rivers

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Ebro, Tajo, Duero, Guadalquivir

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Economy in Cantabria and Asturias

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Dairy products, coal mining

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Horreos

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raised granaries on stone pillars, keep rodents away from grain, found in Galicia and Asturias

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Economy of Galicia

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Shipbuilding

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Balearic islands

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Western med. off the coast of the levant

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Economy of the Pyrenees and major cities

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wine growing (rioja), industrial, Zaragoza, Barcelona

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Economy/major cities of Andalusia

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tourism, Cordoba, Seville, Granada, Malaga, Roman amphitheatre in Merida

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Economy of Levant /major cities etc

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garden of spain, Murcia, agriculture (citrus, olives rice), manufacturing, industrial food processing, Paella (valencia)

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Altamira

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in Cantabria, best example of cave paintings, bulls and bison, human figures

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Cogul

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in Levant, cave paintings show domesticated animals, clear gender roles

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Phoenicians (what did they trade)

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traveled from Tyre, trading empire interested gold, silver, salt, textiles, Moresk mollusk

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1st Punic War

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Carthage loses Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia

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2nd Punic war

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Hannibal Barca v Scipio, loses to Rome

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3rd Punic war

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Rome sacks carthage

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Falcatas

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curved swords used by celtiberians

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verracos (famous examples)

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granite sculptures of animals mostly found in the Meseta, Bulls of Guisando

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Cordoba

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Huge Mosque inside a Cathedral, bridge built by Romans in 1st century

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Amphitheatre of Merida

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used for games/theatre, first backdrop, huge stone facade

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Segovia

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Aqueduct (HUGE), runs in the meseta carries water a long distance

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Leovigild

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Expels byzantines from levant, unifies visigoth, founds city of Vitoria

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Hermenigild

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converts to catholicism, banished/exectuted/canonized

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Recared I

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official visigoth conversion to Catholicism

30
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Sisebut

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antisemitism, enslaved jews, plague

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Receswinth

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Liber Iudiciorum, visigothic law code, increased power of the Church w/i state

32
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Wamba

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Dynastic intrigue, decline of Visigothic power, increased social tensions

33
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Roderick

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last king, loses to Moors at the Battle of Guadalete

34
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Battle of Guadalete

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where Roderick lost to the Moors

35
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Tariq ibn Ziyad

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Moorish ruler who invaded Spain

36
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Abderraman I of Damascus

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emirate of Cordoba, taken over southern part of peninsula

37
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Abderamen III

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First Caliph of Cordoba, autonomous from Africa

38
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Muhammed bin Abi Amir

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de-facto ruler of Al-Andalus,, controls a huge area of Spain

39
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Mozarabs

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Christians who adopted Muslim customs under muslim rule

40
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Mudejars

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muslims living as vassals under Christian rule

41
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Muladies

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christians who accepted Muslim faith and culture

42
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Conversos

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Jews who became Christians, derogatory name

43
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Tornadizos

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Muslims who converted to Christianity

44
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Enaciados

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those who were at home with Christianity and Islam, despised and used as spies by both sides

45
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Aljama, Juderio

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Jewish hidden ghetto/temples

46
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Rodrigo Diaz

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El Cid, conquers Valencia in 1094, letting Christians into the leant

47
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Military orders of Spain

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Calatrava, Santiago, Alcantara, Montesa

48
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Ferdinand III

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preserved the Mosque of Cordoba, brought the bells of Santiago back from the Mosque in cordoba to their original cathedral

49
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St. Santiago

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Santiago Matamoros, (Saint James the Moor Slayer) pilgrimage to the Santiago de Compostella. Cockle shell is the sign of the pilgrimage

50
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Alfonso X “the Wise”

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compiled the Siete Partidas, the law code

51
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Los Millares

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prehistoric settlement in Andalusia, uncovered many artifacts including “owl looking” bowl

52
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Iberians (known for, animals they raised etc)

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known for horsemanship, raised pigs, cattle, sheep. Excellent with daggers/arrows

53
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Early Iberian Levantine Art

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The Biche of Balazote, Sphinx of Agost, Sphinx of Salobral, Lion of Coy

54
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The Ladies of Carthaginian Art

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La Dama de Baza, La Dama de Elche (greek influence), Le Dama de Ibiza

55
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Spanish born Roman writers

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Seneca (stoic), Lucan, Martial, Quintillian

56
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Spanish born Roman emperors

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Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus, Aurelius, Thodosius

57
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Saint Isodore

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revitalized language, law, culture of Roman Hispania in his Spain, wrote Origins. Became Bishop of Seville pushed for religious political reform that gave more power to the Church. Saint of the Internet. Wrote Origins (encyclopedia)

58
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Antonio Nebrija

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published the book of Grammatica, unified Spanish languege

59
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Cladius Ptolemy (3 big works)

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brilliant greco-roman thinker wrote The Almagest (astronomy), The Geography, and the Quadripartitum (astrological)

60
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La Celestina

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Fernando Rojas wrote, tragic comedy about descendants of converted Jews

61
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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Portugese prince who funded nautical missions. created a school at Sagres point

62
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Vasco de Gama

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sailed to India around the cape of Good hope

63
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Cathedral of Saint Domingo

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the first European cathedral in the Americas, in the DR

64
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Treaty of Tordesillas

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divided the new lands outside Europe west of the Cape Verde between Spain and Portugal, Portugal got the east, Spain the west (new world), Portugal got eastern part of Brazil and thats it

65
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Treaty of Saragossa

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peace treaty between Spain and Portugal, to resolve the dispute about the Mollucas islands. Provided a second line of demarcation. divided it east/west

66
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Pedro Caval

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Portugese noble man who discovered Brazil

67
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Amerigo Vespucci

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the first explorer to show that the new land mass Columbus discovered was not connected to Asia and Africa as previously supposed

68
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The battle of Toro

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deciding battle in the war of castillian sucession, Ferdinand told everyone the Portugese had been crushed, so they disbanded

69
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Tanto Monta, monta tanto

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motto of the catholic monarchs, ‘as much as one is worth, so too is the other’

70
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Muhammed XII

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22nd ruler of Granada, surrendered to the Catholic forces Granada

71
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Alhambra Decree

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the decree of expulsion, kicking all of the jews out of Spain

72
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Book of Good Love

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Juan Ruiz is the author, one of the most famous examples of Spanish poetry

Hispanic Civ (9 decks)

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