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The name of Spain comes from what original name which the Romans called the region during the period of their occupation?
Spa-Ino
Aspin
Hispania
Span-Arum
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Spain's history is impacted by its geography. What is the name of the peninsula where Spain is found?
The Yucatan Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula
The Phoenician Peninsula
The Callan Peninsula
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In the 8th Century, Spain's history was forever altered when what empire conquered the Iberian Peninsula?
The Byzantine Empire
The Umayyad Caliphate
The Ottoman Empire
The Mali Empire
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What is the name of the drawn-out period of rebellion in which Spanish nationals drove out the Umayyad Caliphate?
The Reconquista
The Troubles
The Hundred Years' War
The Madrid Event
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What Reconquista hero and knight lord is known for capturing Valencia from caliphate control during the 11th Century?
El Libertador
Don Quixote
La Rosa
El Cid
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As the Reconquista wound down, what region on the western half of the Iberian Peninsula split off from Spain?
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Following the Reconquista, what two Spanish kingdoms were unified to reform the singular nation of Spain?
Madrid and Toboso
Castille and Aragon
Toledo and Valencia
Coburn and Tiarra
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What King of Aragon reunified Spain when in the 15th Century he married a lady of Castille?
Maximillian I
Caesar-Tiberius III
Ferdinand II
Alfonse I
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What Castilian noble married Ferdinand II to reunite Spain?
Edwina
Harriette
Isabella
Francine
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After its reunification, Spain recaptured what final region of the Iberian Peninsula which was still ruled by the caliphate?
Grenada
Espartha
Avignon
Sevilla
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Spain funded the expedition of what Italian explorer who rediscovered the Americas?
Francisco Pizarro
Vasco de Gama
Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus
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The island which Columbus first landed upon in the Americas is known by what name in honor of his patrons?
Espanios
Hispaniola
Isabella Isle
San Fernando
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What is the term for the Spanish explorers/conquerors/missionaries that journeyed to colonize the Americas?
Conquistadors
Urals
Dragoons
Christeros
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What is the name of the infamous conquistador warlord who conquered the Aztecs?
Ferdinand Magellan
Bartolomeu Diaz
Francisco Pizarro
Hernan Cortes
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One of Spain's most prolific artists was what Renaissance writer behind the tale of Don Quixote?
Cervantes
El Greco
Raphael
Von Goethe
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In the 16th Century, what Spanish fleet met with a disastrous defeat as it sailed to invade England?
The Holstaddle
The Spanish Armada
The Valencine Fleet
The Corsairs
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What famous ruler brought about the Spanish Golden Age as he placed Portugal temporarily under the Spanish crown?
Miguel the Prudent
Horace III
Philip II
Frederick the Great
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What famous battle in the Gulf of Patras saw Philip II's Spain lead a Christian coalition to victory against a massive Ottoman naval incursion?
The Battle of Pyries
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Lepanto
The Battle of the Gulf of Tonkin
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One of the most infamous events in Spanish history was what period where Catholic officials interrogated and tortured citizens who didn't align with their beliefs?
The Inquisition
The Reformation
The Pogroms
The Enlightenment
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Following the Eighty Years' War, Spain lost control of what colonial land?
Mexico
The Netherlands
Cuba
Albania
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Spain continued its period of decline after its leaders unsuccessfully challenged the French Bourbon dynasty during the Thirty Years' War. What rival dynasty ruled Spain during this war?
The Hapsburgs
The Tudors
The Martels
The Sevilles
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Catherine of Aragon was an influential Spanish noble who was the first wife of what famous monarch?
Henry VIII
Charlemagne
Frederick Barbarossa
Knut
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Napoleon Bonaparte influenced the history of Spain when he placed his brother on the country's throne. What was the name of this puppet ruler?
Oskar Bonaparte
Isaac Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte
Andrew Bonaparte
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In 1898, Spain ceded control of Cuba and Puerto Rico to what country whom they lost to in a brief war?
Mexico
Great Britain
Italy
The U.S.A.
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The Second Spanish Republic was founded in 1930 with the deposition of what monarch?
Albert II
Montes IV
Alfonso XIII
Georges XI
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What autocrat led the Second Spanish Republic until he was forced to flee the country in 1939?
Ambrosio Kahlein
Fellipe Redclay
Francisco Franco
Manuel Azana
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What military dictator led the fascist Nationalist Faction to victory during the Spanish Civil War?
Mahrim Olivande
Francisco Franco
Che Guevara
Fidel Castro
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What Spanish artist is known for painted works like The Old Guitarist and Guernica?
Salvador Dali
Pablo Picasso
El Greco
Jan van Eyck
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In 1975, what King of Spain began the process of making his country into a democracy?
Juan Carlos I
Junipero Sera I
Sebastian Hera I
Nicholas Ferina II
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As of 2023, what man is the current King of Spain?
Felipe VI
Perrin I
Maxwell II
Armant III
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