Final Exam - Official List of Places, Dates and Terms

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Note 1:
On the final exam students select 3 out of 9 items on Spain (one place, one date, one term) and 3 out of 9 items on the Hispanic world outside Spain (one place, one date, one term), define them and explain their significance for Hispanic culture (writing 4-6 lines for each).

Note 2:
The following list gives brief definitions as clues to aid in looking up more detailed information in library books (found in the reference, short loan and regular sections of the General Library). Most items are also covered at some length in the Fuentes video and book and in class lectures. Students should consult the lecturer about items in doubt when reviewing before the final exam.

SPAIN

places

1. Alhambra (Granada Moorish palace)
2. Córdoba (Moorish capital/centre)
3. Costa del Sol (beach resorts in S.)
4. El Escorial (palace N. of Madrid)
5. Gibraltar (Brit. territory in S.)
6. Guernica (Basque town bombed 1937)
7. Prado (Madrid art museum)
8. Salamanca (renais. univ. town)
9. Santiago-Compostela (pilgrim ctr.)
10. Sevilla (Lat.-Am. trade, pícaro, Expo)
11. Toledo (old capital, El Greco)
12. Valle de los Caídos (civil war mem.)

dates

1. 711 (Muslim conquest of Iberia)
2. 1252-1284 (Alfonso X el Sabio)
3. 1479 (Fernando+Isabel unite Spain)
4. *1492 (Columbus finds America)
5. 1516-56 (Charles V emperor)
6. 1580-1640 (Spain+Portugal)
7. 1588 (Eng. defeats Span. Armada)
8. 1808-12 (Napoleonic occupation)
9. 1936-39 / -75 (Civil War-Franco)
10. 1978 (new democratic constitution)
11. 1986 (Spain joins European Union)
12. **1992 (500 anniversary of 1492)

terms

1. autonomías (federal democratic system)
2. converso (Moorish/Jewish convert)
3. convivencia (plural/hybrid culture)
4. ETA (Basque separatist terrorists)
5. Falange (Span. fascists, pro-Franco)
6. guerrilla (popular armed resistance)
7. hidalgo (Span. gentleman/squire)
8. mudéjar (Arabised Span. culture/art)
9. PSOE (Span. socialists, rule 1982-96)
10. Reconquista (crusade wars v. Moors)
11. Renaixença (Catalan cultural revival)
12. Siglos de Oro (empire + renaissance)

* 1492 also includes: reconquest of Moorish Granada, expulsion of Jews, first Spanish grammar printed.

** 1992 also includes: Expo in Sevilla, Olympics in Barcelona, NAFTA treaty (US, Canada, México).

HISPANIC WORLD

places

1. Chiapas (Mex. prov.-Indian revolts)
2. Chichén Itzá (ancient Maya centre)
3. El Dorado (legendary source of gold)
4. La Española (1st Sp. colony=R.D.)
5. Guadalupe (Mex. shrine of V.Mary)
6. Macchu Picchu (ancient Inca city)
7. Malvinas =Falklands (Brit.-Arg. war)
8. Mariel (Cuban port–exodus to US)
9. Panama Canal (US strategic zone)
10. Paraguay reductions (Jesuit missions)
11. Potosí (Bolivia silver mine)
12. San Agustín (Sp. colony–Florida)

dates (also 1492+1992 as above)

1. *1519-21 (Cortés conquers México)
2. 1531-34 (Pizarro conquers Perú)
3. 1542-45 (new Laws of Indies)
4. 1565-71 (Legazpi conquers Filipinas)
5. 1811-21 (Sp.-Amer. independence)
6. 1846-48 (Mexican-US war)
7. 1898 (Span.-US war, lost colonies)
8. 1911 (Mexican revolution)
9. 1959 (Cuban revolution, Castro)
10. 1962 (Cuban missile crisis)
11. 1970-73 (Allende presid. Chile)
12. 1979-90 (Nicaragua-Sandinistas)

terms

1. el boom (Lat.Am. lit. fame 1960-70s)
2. chabolas (shanty towns around cities)
3. chicano (Mexican minority in US)
4. criollo (colonial Sp. descent/culture)
5. desaparecidos (victims of Arg. repression)
6. Día de la Raza/Hispanidad (12 Oct.)
7. indigenismo (support for Indian culture)
8. liberation theology (Catholic left)
9. maquiladora (US factory in Mexico)
10. mestizo (mixed European+Indian)
11. PRI (Mex. ruling party since Revol.)
12. realismo mágico (Lat.-Am. lit. style)

* 1519-21 also includes: Magallanes & Elcano circumnavigate the globe.