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Key Facts: PAU History of Spain (Castilla y León) Exam
90 min
Exam Time Limit
COEBAU / Junta de Castilla y León
0–10
Grading Scale
Junta de Castilla y León
4.0 / 10
Minimum Access Mark
PAU Regulations
1188
Cortes of León
UNESCO Memory of the World
1494
Treaty of Tordesillas
Crown of Castile / Portugal
EUR 76.82
Base PAU Fee
Junta de Castilla y León 2026
The Castilla y León PAU History of Spain exam is a core subject for Bachillerato students seeking university admission in Castilla y León (USAL, UVA, UBU, ULE). Graded on a 0-10 scale with a 90-minute limit, it requires a minimum 4.0 to average with high school GPA. The syllabus covers prehistory through 20th-century history and contemporary democracy, highlighting Castilian-Leonese historical landmarks. Local questions here provide an English-language MCQ study adaptation to build core concept mastery.
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1Which archaeological site in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos) yielded human fossil remains dating back over 800,000 years, classified as Homo antecessor?
A.Altamira Cave
B.Gran Dolina
C.Torralba and Ambrona
D.Los Millares
Explanation: The Gran Dolina cave site within the Sierra de Atapuerca in Burgos yielded fossil remains dating to around 850,000 years ago, defining the species Homo antecessor, the oldest known hominin species discovered in Western Europe.
2The Sima de los Huesos site at Atapuerca is internationally famous for containing an unprecedented concentration of middle Pleistocene hominin fossils attributed to which species?
A.Homo neanderthalensis
B.Homo habilis
C.Homo heidelbergensis
D.Homo erectus
Explanation: Sima de los Huesos in Atapuerca has yielded thousands of fossil bones from at least 28 individuals dating back approximately 430,000 years, categorized as Homo heidelbergensis, evolutionary ancestors of the Neanderthals.
3How does Paleolithic cave art of the Franco-Cantabrian region (such as Altamira and Ojo Guareña) differ from post-Paleolithic Levantine rock art in eastern Spain?
A.Franco-Cantabrian art features realistic polychrome animals in deep caves, while Levantine art depicts schematic human dynamic scenes in rock shelters.
B.Franco-Cantabrian art exclusively depicts farming scenes, while Levantine art features geometric abstract pottery designs.
C.Franco-Cantabrian art was painted on open-air cliff monuments, while Levantine art was carved onto bronze shields.
D.Franco-Cantabrian art focuses on human portraiture, while Levantine art depicts only marine fauna.
Explanation: Franco-Cantabrian Paleolithic art (e.g. Altamira, Ojo Guareña) features large, realistic, polychrome animal representations painted deep inside dark caves, whereas Levantine art (Epipaleolithic/Neolithic) features small, monochromatic, highly stylized human figures engaging in hunting and gathering inside shallow rock shelters.
4Which Celtiberian hillfort (oppidum) near modern Soria became famous for its heroic resistance and eventual mass suicide during a siege led by Roman general Scipio Aemilianus in 133 BCE?
A.Numantia
B.Saguntum
C.Clunia
D.Asturica Augusta
Explanation: Numantia, an Arevaci Celtiberian stronghold located near Soria, endured a grueling 15-month siege by Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus in 133 BCE before its defenders burned the city and chose suicide over Roman enslavement.
5Which pre-Roman Celtic people inhabited the central Duero Basin (modern Valladolid, Palencia, and Zamora) and were distinguished by their collective agricultural land distribution?
A.Vacceos
B.Lusitanians
C.Turdetani
D.Vascones
Explanation: The Vacceos were a pre-Roman Celtic tribe settled in the fertile Duero River basin (central Castilla y León). Classical historians recorded that they practiced an egalitarian form of collective agriculture, sharing harvested crops annually among community members.
6The final stage of the Roman conquest of Hispania (29–19 BCE), led directly by Emperor Augustus and Marcus Agrippa in northern Spain, is known as which conflict?
A.The Cantabrian Wars
B.The Lusitanian War
C.The Sertorian War
D.The Second Punic War
Explanation: The Cantabrian Wars (Guerras Cántabras, 29–19 BCE) represented the final campaign of Roman conquest in Hispania. Emperor Augustus personally directed military operations to subdue the Cantabri and Astures tribes in northern Spain.
7Which iconic Roman engineering monument in Castilla y León was built during the late 1st century CE without mortar to transport water from the Fuenfría spring to the city center?
A.The Aqueduct of Segovia
B.The Bridge of Alcántara
C.The Wall of Lugo
D.The Arch of Medinaceli
Explanation: The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the most remarkably preserved monuments of Roman civil engineering. Built with granite blocks fitted together without mortar, it spans over 800 meters in length and features double arches reaching nearly 29 meters high.
8Which major event during the Third Council of Toledo (589 CE) unified the Visigothic ruling elite and the Hispano-Roman population under a single state religion?
A.King Recared's official conversion from Arianism to Nicene Roman Catholicism
B.King Leovigild's defeat of the Suebi Kingdom
C.The promulgation of the Liber Iudiciorum legal code
D.The election of Roderic as the last Visigothic king
Explanation: At the Third Council of Toledo in 589 CE, King Recared officially renounced Arian Christianity and converted to Nicene Catholicism, eliminating the primary religious barrier between the Visigothic nobility and the Hispano-Roman majority.
9Promulgated by King Recceswinth in 654 CE, which landmark Visigothic legal code created a single territorial legal system for both Visigoths and Hispano-Romans?
A.Liber Iudiciorum (Book of Judgments)
B.Fuero Juzgo
C.Siete Partidas
D.Decretos de Nueva Planta
Explanation: The Liber Iudiciorum (also called Forum Iudicum) was enacted by King Recceswinth in 654 CE. It replaced separate legal codes for Visigoths and Romans, creating a unified legal code for all inhabitants of the kingdom.
10Which skirmish in 722 CE in the Cantabrian mountains is traditionally viewed as the beginning of Christian resistance and the Reconquista under the Asturian leader Pelagius (Pelayo)?
A.Battle of Covadonga
B.Battle of Simancas
C.Battle of Guadalete
D.Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Explanation: The Battle of Covadonga (722 CE) was a confrontation in the Picos de Europa where Pelagius and his Asturian followers ambushed a Muslim force, laying the foundation for the Kingdom of Asturias and the Christian Reconquista.
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