History of Spain Midterm

1.

1 point

Galacia borders the pyrenees

True

False

2.

1 point

The Canary Islands are off the western coast of Africa.

True

False

3.

1 point

Sponsered the Polygot Bible.

Cardinal Cisneros

Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba

Carlos/ Charles I

Antonio de Nebrija

4.

1 point

The beneficiaries and administrators of encomiendas and haciendas tried to make them self-sufficient and diversify production.

True

False

5.

1 point

In the Seven Years War, Spain lost Havana and Manila to invading British armies .

True

False

6.

1 point

Charles III expelled the Jesuits from Spain in 1773.

True

False

7.

1 point

The Ebro river runs parallel to the Pyrenees mountains

True

False

8.

1 point

Universities, colleges, hospitals, and printing presses established in major cities constituted the nuclei from which scientific culture developed throughout the Spanish Americas.

True

False

9.

1 point

Spain recovered Minorca and Florida from the British in the course of the American War of Independence.

True

False

10.

1 point

The order of the rivers from North to south is :
Duero
Tajo
Guardiana
Guadalquivir

True

False

11.

1 point

In 1640, Catalonia and then Portugal rebelled against the Spanish Crown.

True

False

12.

1 point

The War of Jenkins Ear between Britain and Spain erupted in 1739 over disputed commercial rights.

True

False

13.

1 point

Charles financed his wars through high-interest loans from (mostly Italian and German) bankers, which seriously compromised the financial stability of the monarchy.

True

False

14.

1 point

Slavery was illegal in early in Mexico City.

True

False

15.

1 point

Between 1779 and 1781, Louisiana Governor Bernardo de Galvez defeated the British at Baton Rouge, Mobile, and Pensacola, which, according to Cummins, decisively influenced the course of the American Revolution.

True

False

16.

1 point

Charles I of Spain confronted Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms.

True

False

17.

1 point

The Company of Jesus maintained a network of colleges throughout the Iberian overseas territories with educational programs that included local cultures, languages and traditions.

True

False

18.

1 point

Philip II of Spain became king of Portugak in 1581

True

False

19.

1 point

Charle's armies consisted of Spaniards, Italians, Germans, Flemings, and Turks.

True

False

20.

1 point

Valencia borders the Baleric Sea

True

False

21.

1 point

The encomienda, or grant of Indian labor and tribute, was the principal economic and political institution of early New Spain.

True

False

22.

1 point

Philip II of Spain married Elizabeth I of England in 1588.

True

False

23.

1 point

Philip II pursued policies that he believed God would favor.

True

False

24.

1 point

In 1571, the fleet of the Holy League, a Catholic alliance involving Spain, Venice, and Pope Pius V, defeated the Turka.

True

False

25.

1 point

First Habsburg king of Spain.

Charles I

Cardinal Cisneros

Ferdinand II

Isabella I

26.

1 point

Spanish troops conquered over half of Western Europe during the reign of Charles I.

True

False

27.

1 point

Reigned over Aragon.

Charles I

Ferdinand II

Isabel I

Cardinal Cisneros

28.

1 point

Morroco and Spain are seperated by the Strait of Gibralter.

True

False

29.

1 point

In 1469, Prince Ferdinand of Aragon divorced Queen Juana "la Beltraneja" of Castile to marry her illegitimate half-sister Isabella.

True

False

30.

1 point

The pyrenees mountains seperate Spain and France.

True

False

31.

1 point

Overwhelmed by internal coflicts, Spain remained neutral during the Thirty Years War.

True

False

32.

1 point

In his will, Charles II left the Spanish throne to Philip of Bourbon, grandson of Louis XIV of France.

True

False

33.

1 point

Early Mexico City lacked formally educated physicians and lawyers.

True

False

34.

1 point

The canary islands are near the phillipines

True

False

35.

1 point

Philip III vilido (favorite minister), the Duke of Lerma, was processed and executed by the Inquisition after exposing his marriage to a Morisco woman.

True

False

36.

1 point

Under the administration of Bernardo de Galvez, New Orleans became a major supply base for the armies of George Washington.

True

False

37.

1 point

During the 16th century, the Hapsburgs considerably raised the taxes of their Castilian subjects to help finance their constant wars, whcih prevented the reinvestment of profits into the local economy of Castile.

True

False

38.

1 point

The revolt of the Low Coubtries resulted in the division of the region between the predominantly Catholic Spanish Netherlands, and the predominantly Calvinist Dutch Republic

True

False

39.

1 point

During the early moderneriod, the organization and development of Iberian scientific activity was marked by a determination to build an empire.

True

False

40.

1 point

The 1520-1521 Revolt of the Comuneros resulted in the seperation of Spain and Portugal.

True

False

41.

1 point

The Sierra mountain range lies vetween the Guardiana and Guadalquivir rivers in south-western Spain in the extremadura region.

True

False

42.

1 point

Professor Rivaya is from Andalucia on southern Spain near the Sierra Nevada mountains.

True

False

43.

1 point

Assuming an habito of a Spanish Military Order in the Early Modern period was at once a proof of nobleza and limpieza de sangre.

True

False

44.

1 point

Death sentences from the Soanish Inquisition resultedin the execution of hundreds of thusands of people during the reign of Philip II

True

False

45.

1 point

Under the Boubons, Spain was no longer a union of crowns, becoming instead a unified kingdom

True

False

46.

1 point

The surrender of the Moorish kingdom of Granada in 1492 put an end to the Christian re-conquest in Iberia.

True

False

47.

1 point

The Spanish Royal Council of the Inquisition was the only one with jurisdiction over both Castile and Aragon during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs.

True

False

48.

1 point

According to Parker, bith the Spaniards and their Engoish, Dutch, and French enemies regarded their victories as the result of divine intervention

True

False

49.

1 point

In 1643, the Spanish army decisively defeated the French at the Battle of Rocroi.

True

False

50.

1 point

In 1648, Spain recognized the Dutch United Provinces (Netherlands) as an independent state.

True

False

51.

1 point

By the mid 18th century the Church was the single largest land owner in the realm.

True

False

52.

1 point

The order of the rivers from North to south is :
Duero
Tajo
Guardiana
Guadalquivir

True

False

53.

1 point

The encomiendas of the Spanish Military Orders were never held by women.

True

False

54.

1 point

The Count-Duke of Olivares put habitos of the military orders for sale.

True

False

55.

1 point

Professor Rivaya is from Asturias in northern Spain near the Cantabrica Mountain range

True

False

56.

1 point

The Baleric Islands are in the mediteranean sea.

True

False

57.

1 point

The evolution of the great estate in Spanish America was charecterized by a constant rise in the legal ownership of land, an increase in permanent workers, and a decrease in temporary ones.

True

False

58.

1 point

In 1588, Soanish troops occupied southeastern England for three weeks

True

False

59.

1 point

Charle's armies defeated the German Protestants at the 1547 Battle of Muhlberg.

True

False

60.

1 point

Wrote the first Castillian grammar.

Ferdinand II

Cardinal Cisneros

Antonio de Nebrija

Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba

61.

1 point

Reigned over Castile

Charles I

Isabella I

Cardinal Cisneros

Ferdinand II

62.

1 point

The Primitive Rules of the Spanish Military Orders contained no requirements of nobility, blood, or occupation. Sush exclusions began to appear formally in the 16th century.

True

False

63.

1 point

A Spanish expedition of some 350 men led by Miguel de Legazpi conquered the Phillipines in 1565.

True

False

64.

1 point

Valencia borders the Bay of Biscay

True

False

65.

1 point

Charle's armies defeated the French at the 1525 Battle of Pavia, which resulted in the capture of Francis I of France.

True

False

66.

1 point

The Central Mountain range lies between the Duero and Tajo rivers, running East to West in Castile

True

False

67.

1 point

The Morena mountain range runs parallel to the Pyrenees mountains

True

False

68.

1 point

During Philip's reign, continuous wars oushed the Spanish Crown into successive bankruptcies

True

False

69.

1 point

A grandson of Louis XIV of France became King Philip V of Spain.

True

False

70.

1 point

Military leader that modernized the Castilian army.

Antonio de Nebrija

Charles I

Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba

Cardinal Cisneros

71.

1 point

Hapsburg rulers followed the Catholic Monarchs' practice of governing through councils.

True

False

72.

1 point

Legally, Spain's overseas empire was Castile's. Subjects of the Crown of Aragon were excluded, along with other Europeans.

True

False

73.

1 point

Rising taxes and war costs contributed to impair the economy of Castile

True

False

74.

1 point

A network of Spanish spies and observers scattered throughout the British colonies of North America provided information and served as initial points of both diplomatic and commercial contact between Spain and the American rebels.

True

False

75.

1 point

Galacia borders Asturias and Portugal in nort western Spain

True

False

76.

1 point

Charles I of Spain, also known as Charles V, was the youngest son of Isabella and Ferdinand.

True

False

77.

1 point

During the early modern period, Iberian monarchs repeatedly sponsored the dissimination of the scientific knowledge gathered overseas through the puboication of scientific treatises in diverse European languages.

True

False

78.

1 point

What is the body of water to the north of Spain?

Bay of Biscay

Atlantic Ocean

Mediterranean Sea

79.

1 point

The original encomienda had no juridical connection with land.

True

False