Answers
Q1
Costa Rica currency
Answer: colon costarricense
Q2
El Salvador currency
Answer: colon salvadoreno
Q3
Civilizations that invaded Spain
Answer: Iberians of Mediterranean origin, Celts of European origin, Phoenicians of
north African origin, Greeks, the Carthaginians, the Romans, the Visigoths, Muslims
(the Moors)
Q4
Phoenicians
Answer: introduced writing, metal works, currency into Spain
Q5
Greeks
Answer: introduced cultivation of grapes and olives on Orientral coast of Spain 7th C.
B.C.
Q6
Carthaginians
Answer: originated in northwest Africa; conquered the Phoenicians in the 6th C. B.C.
, Q7
Roman Legions
Answer: conquered the Carthaginians in 202 B.C.; known as the Punic Wars; Romans
stayed for six centuries influencing law system, language, economic and social
structures, aqueducts, bridges, cities, schools, theaters, outdoor arenas, Christianity
and the Church
Q8
Muslims
Answer: invaded Spain in 711 B.C. and conquered the Visigoths; contributed
architecture, art, irrigation system, mathematics, science, medicine
Q9
Visigoths
Answer: regained control of Spain in 718 B.C., beginning continuous war between the
Moors and the Christians until 1492
Q10
Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
Answer: el Campeador de Cid, named ruler in 1094 when Christians defeated the
Muslims in Valencia; ruled until he died in 1099 in Cuenca after defeated by Muslims
Q11
The Catholic Kings
Answer: Princess of Castilla, Isabel, and Prince of Aragon, Ferdinand. Married in 1469,
defeated Boabdil, last Moorish King in Granada, improved the Inquisition, expelled
Jews from Spain, encouraged Christopher Columbus in the New World to expand
Spanish empire
Q12
Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba
Answer: el Gran Capitan, conquered part of Italy in the name of Spain