Pajaro's Journey
a Middle School
Spanish Language iAdventure
Research Guide 2
1. Where is Spain located?
2. What is Spain's national holiday?
3. How was Spain seen by the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries?
4. What was the purpose of the "Conquistador"?
5. What colors are in the Spanish flag?
6. What do the colors and images symbolize?
7. What is the national bird of Spain?
8. What is the capital city of Spain?
9. What is the currency of Spain? How many are in a US dollar?
10. How many provinces is Spain divided into?
11. What US state is Spain roughly the size of?
12. Which countries border Spain?
13. What are some of Spain's natural resources?
14. How many miles of coastline does Spain have?
15. What kind of climate does Spain have?
16. Describe the Spanish Golden Age ?
17. How did the Black Legend begin? What was it's effect on Spain?
18. What is Spain's most popular tourist destination?
19. How does the food in Spain differ from the food of other Spanish speaking
countries we are more familiar with?
20. What contributions did the Moors make that still are evident in modern Spain?
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1. Where were the Spanish West Indies located?
2. What countries comprised the Spanish West Indies?
3. How long did Spain control the Spanish West Indies? Until?
4. Describe the native Taino culture?
5. What factors led to the extinction of the Taino culture?
6. Different cultures have different creation stories, what is the Taino story?
7. What were the two classes of Taino called?
8. How many wives did some caciques have? What were some other cacique
privileges?
9. How did the Taino people spend their days?
10. How was the game batey played? What two modern sports does it appear to
resemble?
11. Hispaniola is known by two other names, what are they? How did this occur?
12. "Haiti" means what in the Taino language?
13. Decribe the Haitian flag and the meaning behind its colors and symbols.
14. The Dominican Republic has the second largest economy in the Caribbean.
What industry fuels that economy?
15. Why do you think Spain neglected their holdings in the Caribbean after
conquering the Incas and Aztecs?
16. What is the Dominican monetary unit? How many are in one American dollar?
17. Describe the Dominican flag and the meaning behind its colors and symbols.
18. What city is the oldest permanent European settlement in the Americas?
19. Compare conditions in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Which side of the
island would you choose? Why?
20. Punta Cana, a popular tourist destination since the 1970s, means what?
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