Spanish Culture
This quiz will test your familiarity with Hispanic Culture.
- 1.What region of Spain has the most annual rainfall?
- A.
Southern
- B.
Central
- C.
Northern Coast and Northwest Mountain Region
- D.
Southeast
- E.
None of the above
- 2.
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Which city is located at location C?- A.
Seville
- B.
Toledo
- C.
Barcelona
- D.
Madrid
- E.
None of the Above
- 3.
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Which city is located at location B?- A.
Seville
- B.
Toledo
- C.
Barcelona
- D.
Madrid
- E.
None of the above
- 4.
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Which City is Located at location A?- A.
Seville
- B.
Toledo
- C.
Barcelona
- D.
Madrid
- E.
None of the above
- 5.
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ElWhich city is located at location D?- A.
Seville
- B.
Toledo
- C.
Barcelona
- D.
Madrid
- E.
None of the above
- 6.Spain is divided into 15 regions. The North includes all of the following except:
- A.
Galicia
- B.
El Pais
- C.
Cantabria
- D.
La Rioja
- E.
Valencia
- 7.The capital of Catalonia is
- A.
Seville
- B.
Cordoba
- C.
Bilbao
- D.
Barcelona
- E.
None of the above
- 8.The Prado Museum is located in
- 9.Toledo is located on the edge of the __________ river.
- 10.Barcelona is divided into two parts by__________, one of the most beautiful avenues in all of Europe.
- 11.____________ is the capital of Vizcaya and the industrial mining center of the North.
- A.
Cadiz
- B.
Cordoa
- C.
Valencia
- D.
Bilbao
- E.
None of the above
- 12.Salamanca is the sight of one of the oldest European Universities, the University of Salamanca founded in the ________ th century.
- A.
10
- B.
11
- C.
12
- D.
13
- E.
14
- 13.Mexico is primarily an agricultural country producing corn, beans, cotton and potatoes. It is also the major producer of _________in the world and one of the major producers of natural gas and petroleum.
- A.
Gold
- B.
Sugar
- C.
Coffee
- D.
Silver
- E.
None of the above
- 14.El Paseo de la Reforma, el Zocala, el Palacio de Bellas Artes and la Basilica de Guadalupe can all be found in which capital city?
- A.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
- B.
San Salvador, El Salvador
- C.
Mexico City, Mexico
- D.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- E.
Manaqua, Nicaragua
- 15.Which country is known as the "Pearl of the Antilles"?
- A.
Costa Rica
- B.
Honduras
- C.
Puerto Rico
- D.
Cuba
- E.
Dominican Republic
- 16.Which is the largest Spanish speaking country in the world?
- A.
Colombia
- B.
Peru
- C.
Argentina
- D.
Venezuela
- E.
Mexico
- 17.Which capital city is NOT found in South America
- A.
Montevideo, Uruguay
- B.
Panama City, Panama
- C.
Asuncion, Paraguay
- D.
La Paz, Bolivia
- E.
Quito, Ecuador
- 18.After the Punic Wars in 202 B.C, who laid the foundation for Spain's legal system, language, economic and social structure and built large aqueducts, schools bridges and theaters?
- A.
The Greeks
- B.
The Romans
- C.
The Phoenicians
- D.
The Carthaginians
- E.
The Iberians
- 19.Who was also known as el Cid Campeador?
- A.
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
- B.
Carlos V
- C.
Felipe II
- D.
General Francisco Franco
- E.
Pedro de Valdivia
- 20.In 1898 by way of the Treaty of Paris, Spain lost possession of which of the following?
- A.
Cuba
- B.
Guam
- C.
The Philippines
- D.
Puerto Rico
- E.
All of the above
- 21.
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- A.
Aztecs lived in Mexico. Tenochtitlan was their capital and is known today as Mexico City.
- B.
Mayans occupied the Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. They were the only Indian civilization to create a system of writing.
- C.
This is the correct answer here
- 22.
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- A.
Inca were located in the Andes which extends from Ecuador to central Chile and includes parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
- B.
Peru was the center of their nation and they spoke Quechua, a language still spoken in parts of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Northern Chile
- C.
This is the correct answer.
- 23.
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- A.
Columbus founded the first European colony in the New World in 1492. It is known today as Santo Domingo.
- B.
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- 24.
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- A.
Ponce de Leon established a Spanish colony in Puerto Rico in 1508.
- B.
He discovered Florida in 1513 while searching for the Fountain of Youth.
- C.
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- 25.
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- A.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513
- B.
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