HIstory of Spanish and Portugal

What type of language is Spanish?

• Romance

• Germanic

• Semitic

• Nordic

Most Spanish vocabulary comes from what language?

• Latin

• Arabic

• French

• German

What type of languages did the Germanic tribes that invaded Spain speak?

• Romance

• Germanic

• Semitic

• Tonal

In which peninsula are Spain and Portugal located?

• Italic

• Korean

• Iberian

• Laconian

Who conquered the Iberian Peninsula in the 8th century?

• The French

• The Moors

• The English

• Sea monsters

In what year did the Moors invade the Iberian Peninsula?

• 711

• 1812

• 1492

• 1089

Due to the Moorish conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, many Spanish and Portuguese words come from which language?

• Moorish

• Latin

• Persian

• Arabic

Spanish words like aceite (oil) and álgebra come from which language?

• English

• French

• Arabic

• Hebrew

In what year did Columbus first sail to the Americas?

• 711

• 1812

• 1492

• 1089

In which century did Spain lose most of its colonies?

• 18th

• 17th

• 19th

• 20th