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History Study Sheet
Cultural Trivia
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10/30/2003

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Universidad Nacional de México
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oldest university in Latin America
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El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar)
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national hero of Spain
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Fernnando Magellan
Definition
discovered the Straits of Magellan
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Incas
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spoke Quechua
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Benito Juárez
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a Zapotec Indian who became president of México
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used arches in architecture
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the Moors
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number of trips Columbus made to the New world
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four
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The Father of Cuban Independence
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José Martí
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The number of centuries the Moors stayed in Spain
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eight
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True or False: Portugal was once a part of Spain
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true
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The institution which once persecuted Moslems and Jews in Spain
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The Spanish Inquisition
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Juan Peron's first wife
Definition
Evita
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Mexico's Independence days
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September 15 & 16
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Spain's moriscos
Definition
Moslems who converted to Christianity
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First Communist leader of Cuba
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Fidel Castro
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occurred in 1985 and changed the face of Mexico
Definition
the great earthquake
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died by stoning in an Aztec rebellion
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Moctezuma II
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Became dictator of Spain after the Spanish Civil War
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Francisco Franco
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Led the northern revolutionary troops in Mexico's Civil war
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Pancho Villa
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Spanish explorer who conquored the Inca Empire
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Francisco Pizarro
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How long the Seven Years War lasted
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7 years
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Red in the Spanish flag represents this
Definition
Blood
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The Niña, the Pinta and the Santa María
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Columbus'three ships
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Mexican dictator during the Mexican-American War
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Santa Anna
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Built a summer palace in Cuernavaca, México
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Hernan Cortés
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16th & 17th centuries
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Golden Age of Spanish literature
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Mexican leader at the Alamo
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Santa Anna
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Animals Spain introduced to the New World
Definition
horses
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Monarchs who financed Columbus'first voyage
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Ferdinand and Iasbella
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Year in which Panamá assumed control of the Canal Zone
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1979
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System of government used in México
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Democracy
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Explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth
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Juan Ponce de León
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True or False: The Greeks colonized Spain
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True
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The white-skinned Aztec god
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Quetzalcoatl
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An Indian tribe in México known for their jade carvings
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Olmecs
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Capital city of the Incas of Perú
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Cuzco
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Animals appearing on the Mexican flag
Definition
eagel & serpent
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Country which defeated the Spanish Armada
Definition
England
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King for which Columbus claimed the New World
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Ferdinand
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Panamá was once a part of this country
Definition
Colombia
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Pre-Columbian
Definition
before 1492
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True or False: Mexico spends more on education than on defense
Definition
True
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Sickly child who grew up to be the conquorer of México
Definition
Hernan Cortés
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Portuguese explorer who left for a voyage around the world in 1519
Definition
Ferdinand Magellan
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Indians who built Tikal
Definition
Mayas
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what you can see in Teotihuacán
Definition
The Pyramids of the Sun and Moon
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People who built the mosques in Spain
Definition
the moors
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What the Aztec city of Tenochtitlán was built on
Definition
a lake
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The daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella
Definition
Juana La Loca
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Year the moors invade Spain
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711
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where the moors came from
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North Africa
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Died by a firing squad
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Maximilian
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Carlota
Definition
Maximilian's wife
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Sent Maximilian to rule in México
Definition
Napoleon
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Where Maximilian was from
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Austria
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