Spain

1. Calentamiento y los objetivos
1 de septiembre
 What do you already know about Spain? Write cierto
(c) or falso (f) next to the following statements:
 __ 1. France and Portugal border Spain.
 __ 2. Spain is next to the Pacific Ocean.
 __ 3. Christopher Columbus was from Spain.
 __ 4. Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter.
 Objetivos hoy:
 Discutir la geografía, la historia y el arte de España
 Hablar sobre los saludos y las despedidas

2. Mapa de
España
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3. EL ARTE: GUERNICA
La historia de España

4. The Early Years: Moorish Rule
 Who were the Moors?
 North Africans, Arab &
African descent, Islamic
 711 A.D. – 1492
 La Reconquista: European
Catholics retake Spain
piece by piece
 Moorish influence on:
 Architecture
 Language
 i.e. hasta comes from the
Arabic word hatta

5. Spain’s Golden Age…
 What happened in 1492?
 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel commission Cristóbal Cólon
to the Indies…

6.  Key players:
 Spain
 France
 England
 Portugal
 Holland (Dutch)
 Russia
 But remember! Spain was
first!
…And so began the conquest of the
Americas

7. Spain and the Americas
 Los conquistadores:
 Hernán Cortés – México (los aztecas y los mayas)
 Francisco Pizarro – Perú (los incas)
 How did they destroy these nations?
 Natives thought they were gods
 Disease
 Advanced weaponry
 Spanish Inquisition:
 Divine right
 Persecution of natives

8. Spain: Later Years
 Spanish Civil War: 1936-1939
 Dictatorship in Spain: 1939-
1975
 Promote Roman Catholic Church
 Unify Spain @ all cost
 Cut off Spain from other countries
 People who had rights:
 Men of his political party and
religious affiliation
 Juan Carlos I & democracy:
1975
Guernica, Pablo Picasso

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