Humanities 335 - Midterm Exam Study Guide (Rev-F13) Power Point Outline/Power Point Presentation #1 What do we mean by culture?What do the words Latino or Hispanic mean? To what principal continents do we return to uncover Latino roots? Why is knowing the geography of Spain (Iberian Peninsula) key to understanding its first peoples and history? Be able to identify major geographic features and cities as presented in Class #1 Outline and PowerPoint Presentation (See also Maps). Know the origin of these names of Spain: Tarshish, Iberia, Hesperia, Ispania, Hispania, Al-Andalus. What's in the cave of Altamira?Where are the caves?Why are they significant? Who is the Dama de Elche (Lady of Elche) and what cultures does she represent? Which peoples of ancient Spain came to the Iberian Peninsula principally to trade, living on the Mediterranean coast, and which peoples migrated there to settle, mostly in the interior? Of all the ancient peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, which was the most important to later Spanish culture What happened in the city of Numantia? #2 Why is Roman civilization so important in the development of Spanish culture? What did Rome bring to the Iberian Peninsula? Describe some of the Roman buildings and other structures we can still see today 1
When did Christianity arrive in Spain? What is the most important and longest lasting heritage of Roman Spain? How did Roman rule end in Hispania? What German tribe ended up dominating the Iberian Peninsula after the Romans and until the arrival of the Moors in 711? #3 What is Islam? Tell how this new religion was born and how it spread - when? What are the central beliefs of Islam? Who is Muhammad? Who were the Moors? When did the Moors come to Spain? Did the Moors arrive with their families? What unique perspective did the Moors in Spain bring to the treatment of women? How did the Moors modify the concept of "honor"? Who is Pelayo? What is Al-Andalus? What are some of the typical architectural features of Islamic structures in Spain (consider the Great Mosque of Córdoba and the Alhambra?) When and where was the advance of the Moors in Europe stopped? What were some of the languages we could have heard spoken in the Spain of the Moors? What is the “Reconquista” (the Reconquest)? Where did the Reconquista start? List some cultural strengths of the Moors. What products did the Moors introduce to the Iberian Peninsula? 2
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