CSET SPANISH SUBTEST V with complete solutions

Greater Antillies - Answer- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico Panama Capital & currency - Answer- Ciudad de Panama, Balboa Dominican Republic - Answer- Island of Santo Domingo Agriculture: sugarcane Capital is Santo Domingo $ - Domincan Peso Cuba - Answer- Capital is Havana, last Spanish Colony in the new world, $ Peso Dictator: Fidel Castro Puerto Rico - Answer- unincoproraged US, Capital - San Juan Us Dollar Guatemala - Answer- Ciudad de Guatemala Agriculture: coffee sugarcane, bananas, Currency: Quetzal Capital: Cuidad de Guatemala El Salvador - Answer- Smallest county in Central America Capital: San Salvador Civil War Coffee Currency: Colon Costa Rica - Answer- Capital: San Jose Currency: Colones Agriculture: pinapples, cocoa South American Countries that speak Spanish - Answer- Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador Non Spanish Speaking Countries in South America - Answer- Guyana, Surnam, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil Central America - Answer- Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Spanish Armada - Answer- feet of ships, very strong but was defeated by Queen Eliz I This started the defeat of the Spanish Empire Bourbons - Answer- Big influence in Europe Carlos II de espana hasta Felipe V Miguel de Unamuno - Answer- Spanish author - generation of 98. These artist affected by moral, political and social crisis in Spain. Their message was that Spaini needed to abandon its traditions and integrate into Europe Inquisition - Answer- purpose was to discover and punish heretics and crimes against blasphemy, bigamy and forbidden books . Aboloished in 1843 General Francisco Franco - Answer- Spanish dictator , defeated the republic and made spain and absolute dictatorship until his death in 1975 Domingo Fasutino Sarmiento - Answer- President of Argentina Writer and politicial Horacio Quiroga - Answer- Uruguay, writer influenced by Edgar Alan Poe Mexico - Answer- Estados Unidos de Mexico Aztecs, Mayans, Chimichecas, Agriculture minining Tourism Nicaragua - Answer- The first state to declare its independence Cotton, sugar, banana Capital- Managua Currrency-Cordoba Ecuador - Answer- 1527 was discovered by the Spaniards Cap: Quito Currency: Us $ Economy: agriculture-bananas Colombia - Answer- South America, South of Panama, It starts the continent of South America. Spanish colonized it and called it "nueva granada" Economy: agriculture (coffee, corn, rice) Uruguay - Answer- Established as a state in 1825 Cap: Montevideo Currency: Uruguayan peso Venezuela - Answer- Cap: Caracas Currency: Bolivar Cocoa 1811 Declared its independence Argentina - Answer- Stayed under spanish until 1816, Andes Mts, Cap Buenos Aires Peso Livestock and oil Paraguay - Answer- A river divides it East and West, No sea access, Fought against Spain and Argentina 2 languages: Spanish and Guarni Capital Asuncion $ Guarni Bolivia - Answer- Part of South America, Capital: La Paz Silver mines Three languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Peru - Answer- Borders the pacific ocean Andes Machu Pichu Cap: Lima Currency: Sol Agriculture Languages: Spanish and Quechua Celia Cruz - Answer- Cantante Cubana Salsera Salsa Queen Fernando Botero - Answer- Boterismo Colombia pintor, matador, exaggerates volumes Placido Domingo - Answer- Spanish Opera Singer Educated in Mexico Frida Khalo - Answer- Mexican painter bright colors Influence by surrealism married to Diego Rivera Ernesto Sabato - Answer- Argentina Writer/painer El Tunel Diego Valazques - Answer- 17th c portraits "Las Meninas" Influenced Dali & Picasso Spanish Architecture - Answer- Roman influence Moorish Romanesque/Gothic Gaudi Zarzuela - Answer- Spanish started 17th c Opera/Theater Went to cuba in the 19th c Spanish Cinema - Answer- Luis Bunuell, Carlos Saura, Pedro Almodovar Royal Spanish Academy - Answer- Created in 1713 Regulates spanish language Metric/Iimperial Systems - Answer- Spanish speaking countries use mostly metric Civil War - Answer- Nationalists vs. Republicans Nationalists won the war, this divided the country Spain was a dictatorship for 40 years until F Franco died Jose Clemente Orozco - Answer- Mexican Painter, murallist , politics influenced his work Francisco Goya - Answer- Spanish painter painted what he wanted, not what he was told Diego Rivera - Answer- Famous muralist Mexican Revaporization of Mexican roots El Cantor Mio Cid - Answer- Anonymous, 114o singing poem Takes place during the reconstruction Spanish Possessions - Answer- Baleares, Canarias, Ceuta & Melia Miguel de Cervantes - Answer- Don Q author fought in a war, lost one arm "El manco" Emilia Pardo Bazam - Answer- Spanish novelist tried to introduce naturalism first woman to graduate form the university Benito Perez Galdos - Answer- Spanish author, realist novels and chronicles Mixed reality and fiction "Dona Perfecta" "Gloria Fortunata y Jacinta: "Misericordia" Alfonso X - Answer- Alfonso el Sabio King of Castilla-Leon Decided that Castilian the official language La Reconquita - Answer- Spain wanted to recover the land from the muslims who invaded in 711. Granada was the last city The Muslims in Spain - Answer- 711 the muslims from africa invaded spain. Under arab control until 1492 Arab influence is everywhere "al" mosque en Cordoba Spain - Answer- Iberian Peninsula North, South, Center and East Spanish language originated in Spain Federico Garcia Lorca - Answer- Writer, drama, poetry, theater, Super-realist Reality and Fantasy "La Casa de Bernarda Alba" Assassinated because he was a communist El libro del buen amor - Answer- 1320's Juan Ruiz Commentary on love and its behaviors Julio Cortazar - Answer- Argentina, essayist and novels reality, fantasy and the absurd Felix Lope de Vega - Answer- poet, playwright, founded the teatro nacional de españa Pablo Picasso - Answer- Artist, inspired by El Greco & Goya, Hated Franco & the fascistas Popol Vuh - Answer- Pre colombian writer Explained the mayan myths that explained the creation of the world Alhambra - Answer- 12-13c Moorish in Spain Mario Vargas Llosa - Answer- Peruvian novelist Isabel Presley (Enrique Iglesia's mom) girlfriend Examines the vulgarity of the human nature Isabel Allende - Answer- Born in Peru, but wrote in Chile Fantasy/Reality "La Casa de los Espritus" Dalí - Answer- Artist, surrrealits painter Barcelona Juan Rulfo - Answer- Mexico, novelist, short stores, magic realism, historic stories based on poor, ignorant country people Jorge Luis Borges - Answer- Spanish writer, born in Argentina, metaphysical problems Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Answer- Columbia Nobel Prize for lit "Cien Anos de Soledad" Carlos Fuentes - Answer- Novelest Wanted to protect mexican culture Jose Enriquez Rodo - Answer- Uruguay modernistic essays prose warned about the northamerican influence Ruben Dario - Answer- Writer/poet Nicaragua modernist searched for the ideal beauty against materialism Jose de S. Martin - Answer- Argentina general liberated Argentina & Chile Protector of Peru Cristobal Colon - Answer- First asked Portugal, then denial Arrived in October 1492 Miguel Hidalgo y Castillo - Answer- Mexico priest and patriot Sept 16 1810 he gave a cry in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato "The Cry of Dolores" started the Mexican War of independence from Spain Aztecs - Answer- Native people of central Mexico Most powerful group in mesoamerica Mayans - Answer- Yucatan, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduraz, Belize Famous for Mayan Calendar, Chichenitza Incas - Answer- Inhabited Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina & Chile Language: Quechua Machupichu David Alfaro Siqueiros - Answer- Mexican muralist, realistic, mexican revolution Hernan Cortes - Answer- Spanish conquistador, Founded "Española" Conqueror of the Aztecas Abused the natives Jose Marti - Answer- Cuba, writer/politicial modernist fought against spain Pablo Neruda - Answer- Chile, poet Marxist identified with the victims of wars, social injustice and tyranny Simon Bolivar - Answer- Liberat