THE GREAT QUESTIONS FROM HISTORY

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THE IBERIANS

1.  Where did the Iberians live in Spain? Inland: in the north and centre or on the coast: south and towards the east?
2.  What river in Spain are the Iberians named after?
3.  In what century did the Iberians appear in Spain?
4.  What was the name of the Iberian tribe that had inhabited Ullastret?
5.  Which other great group of people occupied Spain at this time and was originally from central Europe? C__________
6.  Which Mediterranean people did the Iberians trade with? G__________
7.  What was the first urban civilization to appear in Spain and had its own king? T____________________
8.  What other trading people, originally from modern-day Lebanon, settled in the south of Spain and founded cities such as Gadir (Cádiz) and Malakka (Malaga).
9.  What is Spain’s, and Europe’s, oldest settlement that is still occupied today?
10.  True or false: Today, we still cannot decipher Iberian writing
11.  What did the Iberians at Ullastret do with the heads of their enemies, which was a tradition they took from the Celts?
12.  True or false: There used to be a lake at Ullastret and it took 30 years to drain
13.  Describe the defensive entrance to Ullastret according to the description of the guide and the image we saw in the video
14.  Why did they make people enter the main gate with the walls on their right-hand side?
15.  Were the Iberians in Spain before or after the Romans?
16.  Why did the Iberians eventually leave Ullastret?
17.  Why did the Greeks come to Spain?
18.  Why did the Romans come to Spain?
19.  Why did the Phoenicians come to Spain?
20.  What did the Greeks teach the Iberians at Ullastret how to make?
21.  True or false: all the houses at Ullastret were the same size?
22.  Where did they keep their food?
23.  What did they find buried under the doorway of a house at Ullastret? Why was it there?
24.  How did they make flour?
25.  Describe the typical Iberian home
26.  Name a famous piece of Iberian sculpture:
27.  The Lady of B_______________
28.  The Lady of E______________
29.   The Lady of G________________

TARTESSOS

30. Where was Tartessos located in the Iberian Peninsula?

31. Why is Tartessos unique in Spain’s history?

32. Why is Tartessos mentioned in the Old Testament?

33. What was the name of the famous city mentioned in this Bible story?

34. What story do you know from the Old Testament that mentions Tartessos

35. What is the modern name of the place today and which city is it near?

36. Name one treasure found from this civilization

37. True or False: Tartessos was a colony

38. True or False: Tartessos had a king

HISPANIA

39. Which was the Roman city allied to Rome that was conquered by the Carthaginians?

40. Which Carthaginian general attacked this city?

41. Name the five Roman provinces of Hispania

42. Why did the Romans name the peninsula ‘Hispania’?

43. Name three things the Romans introduced into the Iberian Peninsula

44. Name five things the Romans imported from the Iberian Peninsula to Rome

45. True or False: Julius Caesar was Roman governor in Hispania for a time

THE VISIGOTHS

46. What does the name ‘Visigoth’ mean?

47.  Were the Visigoths Celts?

48. Where were the Visigoths based before they invaded Hispania?

49. Where did they establish their capital in the Iberian Peninsula?

50. Which Tribe settled in Gaul?

51. Which three tribes settled in Britannia?

52. Which tribes settled in the Italian Peninsula?

53. Who did the Romans defeat on the Iberian Peninsula?

54. Apart from the Visigoths, which other tribes settled in the Iberian Peninsula?

55. Which architectural feature typically associated with Islamic Spain is in actual fact a Visigothic innovation?

56. True or False: The Visigoths Kings were elected not born

57. Name three things the Visigoths established in Spain

58. What was the name given to the Visigothic council (parliament)?