Spain and Latin America History

Question 1

When was the Golden Age of Spanish Literature?

Accepted Answer

16th and 17th centuries

Question 2

What does the red in the Spanish flag represent?

Accepted Answer

bloodshed in wars

Question 3

What was the President of Argentina, Juan Perón's wife's name?

Accepted Answer

Evita

Question 4

Who was considered the Father of Cuban Independence?

Accepted Answer

José Martí

Question 5

Which was not one of Columbus's ships?

Accepted Answer

Mar

Question 6

Juana la Loca was the daughter of ....

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand and Isabella

Question 7

Who was the Mexican leader at the Alamo?

Accepted Answer

Santa Anna

Question 8

The Greeks helped to colonize Spain.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

How many centuries did the Moors stay in Spain?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 10

What sickly child grew up to be a conqueror of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortés

Question 11

What group of people first used arches in architecture?

Accepted Answer

Moors

Question 12

Who were the monarchs who financed Columbus' voyage?

Accepted Answer

Fernando and Isabel

Question 13

What was the name of the white-skinned Aztec God?

Accepted Answer

Quetzalcóatl

Question 14

Who was the general who became the dictator of Spain after the Spanish Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Franco

Question 15

Who was the Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth?

Accepted Answer

Ponce de León

Question 16

For which king did Columbus sail?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand

Question 17

The Mexican government spends more money on defense than on education.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Fidel Castro was the first communist leader of Cuba.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

What animal did the Spaniards introduce to the Americas?

Accepted Answer

horses

Question 20

In what year did Panama assume control of the Canal Zone?

Accepted Answer

1979

Question 21

What does "Pre-Columbian" mean?

Accepted Answer

before Columbus' arrival in the New World

Question 22

Who is considered the national hero of Spain?

Accepted Answer

El Cid

Question 23

What two animals appear on the Mexican flag?

Accepted Answer

eagle and snake

Question 24

How many trips did Columbus make to the new world?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 25

What country defeated the Spanish Armada?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 26

What Spanish conquistador built a place in Cuernavaca, Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Hernán Cortés

Question 27

Which Spanish explorer conquered the Incan Empire?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizarro

Question 28

Who was the Mexican dictator during the Mexican-American War?

Accepted Answer

Santa Anna

Question 29

Portugal was once a part of Spain.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What is the name of the institution that persecuted Jews and Muslims in Spain?

Accepted Answer

Spanish Inquisition

Question 31

Panama was formerly a part of ...

Accepted Answer

Colombia

Question 32

What Mexican President was a Zapotec Indian?

Accepted Answer

Benito Juarez

Question 33

What are the date of both Mexican Independence Days?

Accepted Answer

September 15 and 16

Question 34

Who were Spain's "Moriscos"?

Accepted Answer

Muslims converted to Christianity

Question 35

What group of people built the mosques in Spain?

Accepted Answer

Moors

Question 36

On what was the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán built?

Accepted Answer

lake

Question 37

What was the capital city of the Incas?

Accepted Answer

Cuzco

Question 38

What is the oldest university in the new world?

Accepted Answer

University of Mexico

Question 39

What Indian tribe spoke Quechua?

Accepted Answer

Incas

Question 40

How did Maximilian die?

Accepted Answer

firing squad

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