Spanish MTEL Exam Questions and
Answers
Countries with Peso - ANS-Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, DR
Countries with US Dollar - ANS-Ecuador, Panamá, Puerto Rico
Venezuela Currency - ANS-bolívar
Peru Currency - ANS-nuevo sol
Bolivia Currency - ANS-boliviano
Paraguay Currency - ANS-guaraní
Countries with Colón Currency - ANS-Costa Rica, El Salvador
Guatemala Currency - ANS-quetzal
Honduras Currency - ANS-lempira
Nicaragua Currency - ANS-córdoba
Order of Cultures in Spain - ANS-1) Iberians
2) Celts
3) Phoenicians --> writing, metal works, money
4) Greeks --> grapes, olives
5) Carthaginians
6) Romans --> language, law, bridges, aqueducts
7) Visigoths
8) Moors
Moors in Spain - ANS-- invaded in 711
- war between Muslims and Christians until 1492
- brought architecture, art, irrigation, math, science, medicine
- Córdoba was Moorish capital
Reyes Católicos - ANS-- 1469 defeated Boabdil, last Moorish King of Granada
- Isabel de Castilla married Ferdinand de Aragón
- reorganized Inquisition
- expelled Jews from Spain
, - sent Columbus to New World
Carlos V - ANS-- 1517 to 1556
- Spain acquired territory in Germany, Austria, Italy, America, and North Africa
Felipe II - ANS-- 1556 to 1598
- son of Carlos V
- ended Ottoman Empire
- brought Portugal into Spanish empire when King Sebastian died in 1578
- Spanish Armada defeated by England in 1588
Felipe III and IV - ANS-- not able to rule an empire of such great size
- economic ruin due to wars, immigration of people to New World, and expulsion of
Jews/Moors
Spanish Republics before Franco - ANS-- 1st in 1873 lasted 11 months (4 presidents)
- Primo de Rivera: dictator
- 2nd in 1931 lasted 5 years
- new Constitution drafted
Treaty of Paris - ANS-- in 1898 Spain lost possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines,
and Guam
Franco - ANS-- dictator that ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975
- Civil War: Republicans (wanted democracy) vs. Nationalists (falangists, Franco) -->
1936 to 1939
King Juan Carlos - ANS-- became king after Franco's death in 1975
- democracy came back to Spain
Mayans - ANS-- 3rd to 16th century
- lived in the Yucatán Peninsula: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
- advanced in science, astronomy, and math
- made calendar that calculated the duration of a solar year
- invented numeral zero
- had a system of writing
Aztec - ANS-- 12th to 16th century
- lived in central Mexican valley and conquered every other tribe
- had mandatory education for all, causeways, canals
- capital was Tenochtitlán
Inca - ANS-- was the largest empire on earth
- capital was Cuzco
- lived in Andes (Ecuador to Chile)
- extensive political and social system
Answers
Countries with Peso - ANS-Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, DR
Countries with US Dollar - ANS-Ecuador, Panamá, Puerto Rico
Venezuela Currency - ANS-bolívar
Peru Currency - ANS-nuevo sol
Bolivia Currency - ANS-boliviano
Paraguay Currency - ANS-guaraní
Countries with Colón Currency - ANS-Costa Rica, El Salvador
Guatemala Currency - ANS-quetzal
Honduras Currency - ANS-lempira
Nicaragua Currency - ANS-córdoba
Order of Cultures in Spain - ANS-1) Iberians
2) Celts
3) Phoenicians --> writing, metal works, money
4) Greeks --> grapes, olives
5) Carthaginians
6) Romans --> language, law, bridges, aqueducts
7) Visigoths
8) Moors
Moors in Spain - ANS-- invaded in 711
- war between Muslims and Christians until 1492
- brought architecture, art, irrigation, math, science, medicine
- Córdoba was Moorish capital
Reyes Católicos - ANS-- 1469 defeated Boabdil, last Moorish King of Granada
- Isabel de Castilla married Ferdinand de Aragón
- reorganized Inquisition
- expelled Jews from Spain
, - sent Columbus to New World
Carlos V - ANS-- 1517 to 1556
- Spain acquired territory in Germany, Austria, Italy, America, and North Africa
Felipe II - ANS-- 1556 to 1598
- son of Carlos V
- ended Ottoman Empire
- brought Portugal into Spanish empire when King Sebastian died in 1578
- Spanish Armada defeated by England in 1588
Felipe III and IV - ANS-- not able to rule an empire of such great size
- economic ruin due to wars, immigration of people to New World, and expulsion of
Jews/Moors
Spanish Republics before Franco - ANS-- 1st in 1873 lasted 11 months (4 presidents)
- Primo de Rivera: dictator
- 2nd in 1931 lasted 5 years
- new Constitution drafted
Treaty of Paris - ANS-- in 1898 Spain lost possession of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines,
and Guam
Franco - ANS-- dictator that ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975
- Civil War: Republicans (wanted democracy) vs. Nationalists (falangists, Franco) -->
1936 to 1939
King Juan Carlos - ANS-- became king after Franco's death in 1975
- democracy came back to Spain
Mayans - ANS-- 3rd to 16th century
- lived in the Yucatán Peninsula: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador
- advanced in science, astronomy, and math
- made calendar that calculated the duration of a solar year
- invented numeral zero
- had a system of writing
Aztec - ANS-- 12th to 16th century
- lived in central Mexican valley and conquered every other tribe
- had mandatory education for all, causeways, canals
- capital was Tenochtitlán
Inca - ANS-- was the largest empire on earth
- capital was Cuzco
- lived in Andes (Ecuador to Chile)
- extensive political and social system
