Spanish: quiz 1

Hernan Cortez landed in Vera Cruz, Mexico in

1519

When did Spain's exploration and colonization occur

15th-18th centuries

Francisco Pizarro took over the Incan empire with less than

200 men

Spanish is an official language of how many countries?

21

Alvaro Nunez Cabeza de Vaca walked the North American continent for:

8 years

What continent has the Spanish-speaking country with the smallest population?

Africa

Select the country in Africa where Spanish is spoken.

Equatorial Guinea

Select the countries in Central America where Spanish is spoken.

Nicaragua Panamá Costa Rica El Salvador Honduras Guatemala

What continent has the Spanish-speaking country with the largest population?

North America

Select the countries in the Caribbean where Spanish is spoken.

Puerto Rico Cuba Dominican Republic

Spanish will probably come in handy if you travel to Miami, California, New Mexico, or Arizona.

True

learning Spanish can actually make you smarter

True

Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was looking for

a shorter trade route

Before the first settlers came to the American continent there were no ________

clothing made of wool covered wagons tied to horses shoes to walk in the snow

a word that comes from the same origin, looks alike, and has the same meaning as a word in another language

cognate

Learning Spanish will help you to

learn another language be more marketable in the work force

how many people in the world speak Spanish?

over 330 million people

Language, religion, art, and architecture are

some of the areas of Native American life influence by the Spanish explorers

most frequently spoken foreign language in the U.S

spanish