1 ESO IBERIAN PENINSULA

The Iberian Peninsula has been inhabited by humans since the ____________________.

• Paleolithic period

• Mesolithic period

• Neolithic period

• Bronze Age

Their crafts were based on pieces of jewelry and a few sculptures depicting animals, like the verracos (or toros) de Guisando (Ávila).

• The Celts

• The Tartessians

• The Iberians

• Celtiberians

They were Indo-European tribes, which began to spread across Europe during the I Millennium BC.

• The Celts

• The Tartessians

• The Iberians

• Celtiberians

Tribes who settled in the west of the Peninsula.

• Lusitans

• Vettones and the Celtiberians

• The Phoenicians

• The Gallaeci, the Astures, the Cantabri and the Vascones

Tribes who settled in the north, between the Cordillera Cantábrica and the coast. These northern peoples lived in castros.

• Lusitans

• Vettones and the Celtiberians

• The Phoenicians

• The Gallaeci, the Astures, the Cantabri and the Vascones

They were the Peninsula’s first colonizers. They arrived around the 10th century BC and set up colonies on the south coast,

• Lusitans

• Vettones and the Celtiberians

• The Phoenicians

• The Gallaeci, the Astures, the Cantabri and the Vascones

Their main economic activity was farming. They were also skilled metalworkers and they introduced the iron metalwork in the Iberian Peninsula.

• The Celts

• The Tartessians

• The Iberians

• Celtiberians

This territory was very rich in minerals; therefore, one of their main economic activities was mining.

• The Celts

• The Tartessians

• The Iberians

• Celtiberians

They were excellent farmers. They traded wheat, grapes and olives. They also traded minerals with the Mediterranean colonizers.

• The Celts

• The Tartessians

• The Iberians

• Celtiberians

After the Roman conquest, Rome’s administrative model was extended to the _________________. They were divided into provinces.

• Peninsula

• Islands

• Coastline

• Gulf