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Key Facts: Cantabria PAU History of Spain Exam
UNICAN
University of Cantabria PAU Organising Body
Universidad de Cantabria
90 Mins
Official examination duration
PAU Cantabria Regulations
Min 4.0
Minimum Access Phase score required to calculate university admission mark
Cantabria University Admission Regulations
5 Blocks
Prehistory-Ancien Régime, 19th C. Liberal State, Restoration & 2nd Republic, Civil War & Francoism, Transition & Constitution
LOMLOE 2º Bachillerato Syllabus
100
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1Which site in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos) has yielded the oldest human fossils in Western Europe, attributed to Homo antecessor?
A.Gran Dolina
B.Cueva del Castillo
C.Altamira
D.Torralba y Ambrona
Explanation: The Gran Dolina site at Atapuerca (Burgos) led to the 1994 identification of Homo antecessor, a hominin species dated to more than 800,000 years ago. The find reshaped theories of Europe’s earliest peopling.
2What name is given to the process by which peninsular peoples assimilated Rome’s culture, language (Latin), law, and social organization?
A.Hellenization
B.Romanization
C.Visigothic acculturation
D.Reconquista
Explanation: Romanization was the integration of the Iberian Peninsula into Roman civilization after conquest. It involved adopting Latin, Roman law, public works, and urban ways of life.
3At which 589 event did Visigothic king Reccared abandon Arianism, convert to Catholicism, and religiously unify the kingdom?
A.Council of Elvira
B.Treaty of Tudmir
C.Third Council of Toledo
D.Peace of the Pyrenees
Explanation: At the Third Council of Toledo (589), Reccared abjured Arianism and proclaimed Catholicism the official religion of the Visigothic Kingdom, consolidating ties between the Visigothic nobility and the Hispano-Roman population.
4Which battle around 722 in Asturias is traditionally treated as the start of the Christian Reconquista led by Don Pelayo?
A.Battle of Guadalete
B.Battle of Poitiers
C.Battle of Simancas
D.Battle of Covadonga
Explanation: The Battle of Covadonga (c. 722) is remembered as the first check on Muslim expansion in the northern peninsula and the mythic-historical starting point of the Kingdom of Asturias under Don Pelayo.
5What did the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (the Catholic Monarchs) mean for Iberian history?
A.Dynastic union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon under joint monarchy without full institutional merger
B.Immediate creation of a unitary centralized Spanish nation-state abolishing all kingdoms
C.Transfer of the Portuguese crown to Castile by hereditary right
D.Restoration of the Caliphate of Córdoba under Christian protection
Explanation: The Catholic Monarchs’ marriage created a dynastic union of Castile and Aragon. Each crown kept its own laws and institutions; political unity advanced gradually rather than through instant institutional fusion.
6Which of the following events did NOT take place in the emblematic year 1492 during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs?
A.The conquest and incorporation of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada
B.The publication of the Nueva Planta Decrees
C.The signing of the decree expelling the Jews
D.The arrival of Christopher Columbus’s expedition in America
Explanation: The Nueva Planta Decrees were issued by Philip V between 1707 and 1716, more than two centuries later. The year 1492 was marked by Granada’s fall, the Jewish expulsion decree, and Columbus’s voyage.
7What direct political consequence followed the abolition of the Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031?
A.Total unification of the peninsula under the Kingdom of León
B.Immediate invasion by Carolingian empires
C.Fragmentation of Al-Andalus into multiple independent taifa kingdoms
D.The definitive end of Islamic presence in the Iberian Peninsula
Explanation: The Andalusi caliphate’s crisis culminated in 1031 with the deposition of the last caliph Hisham III and the division of Islamic territory into more than twenty small autonomous political entities known as taifas.
8Why is the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) considered a decisive turning point in the Reconquista?
A.Because it meant Portugal’s definitive annexation to Castile
B.Because it caused the expulsion of the Moriscos from Iberia
C.Because it restored the Visigothic kingdom in Toledo
D.Because the Christian coalition’s victory opened the Guadalquivir valley to Castilian–Leonese advance
Explanation: Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) united Alfonso VIII of Castile, Peter II of Aragon, and Sancho VII of Navarre against the Almohad Empire. Their crushing victory broke the frontier balance and opened Andalusia to Christian expansion.
9Which privileged institution did Alfonso X the Wise found in 1273 to organize Castile’s transhumant Merino sheep husbandry?
A.The Honrado Concejo de la Mesta
B.The Casa de Contratación of Seville
C.The Consolat de Mar
D.The Tribunal of the Holy Office
Explanation: The Honrado Concejo de la Mesta (1273) grouped Castilian herders with important passage and pasture privileges and boosted Merino wool for export.
10What cause triggered the Revolt of the Comuneros of Castile (1520–1521) led by Juan de Padilla, Juan Bravo, and Francisco Maldonado?
A.Imposition of Lutheran Protestantism in Castilian towns
B.Anger at a foreign monarch (Charles I) who gave offices to Flemish advisers and demanded heavy taxes
C.The king’s attempt to suppress Catholicism in favor of Islam
D.Abolition of seigneurial regimes and land redistribution to peasants
Explanation: The Comunero revolt erupted when Charles I extracted subsidies from the Cortes to fund his German imperial coronation and favored foreign advisers such as Chièvres, alienating Castilian cities.
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