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Key Facts: PAU Historia de España (Extremadura) Exam
UEx / Junta
Comisión Organizadora de la PAU de Extremadura
Universidad de Extremadura
90 Mins
Official examination duration
PAU Extremadura Regulations
Min 4.0
Minimum Access Phase mark to combine with Bachillerato GPA
UEx Admission Guidelines
6 Blocks
Syllabus blocks from Prehistory to Contemporary Autonomous Extremadura
LOMLOE 2º Bachillerato History Curriculum
100
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The Extremadura PAU History of Spain exam tests critical historical synthesis, text analysis, and political, socio-economic, and cultural history of Spain and Extremadura.
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1Which characteristic fundamental to Iberian prehistoric art distinguishes Franco-Cantabrian Palaeolithic cave art from post-Palaeolithic Levantine rock art?
A.Franco-Cantabrian art is polychromatic, naturalistic, and located deep inside caves, whereas Levantine art is narrative, schematic, and situated in open rock shelters.
B.Franco-Cantabrian art exclusively depicts human agricultural activities using geometric patterns.
C.Levantine art predates Franco-Cantabrian art and is confined to underground caverns of the Pyrenees.
D.Both artistic traditions are identical in color palette, location, and focus on Neolithic pottery decoration.
Explanation: Franco-Cantabrian art (Upper Palaeolithic, e.g. Altamira) features realistic, polychrome animal figures located deep within caves. In contrast, Levantine art (Epipalaeolithic/Neolithic) features schematic, dynamic human and animal group scenes in shallow outdoor rock shelters.
2What was a defining socio-economic feature of the Tartessian civilization in southwestern Iberia, as evidenced by archaeological sites like Cancho Roano in Extremadura?
A.A rigid feudal system controlled by Visigothic warlords.
B.An advanced metal-working society that engaged in extensive Mediterranean trade with Phoenicians and Greeks.
C.A maritime empire that colonized the Balearic Islands and North Africa.
D.A nomadic hunter-gatherer society without permanent architectural monuments.
Explanation: Tartessos flourished in the Guadalquivir and Guadiana river basins during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Wealth derived from mining (gold, silver, copper) and commercial exchanges with Eastern Mediterranean traders (Phoenicians), exemplified by sanctuary-palaces like Cancho Roano (Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz).
3Under Emperor Augustus in 27 BC, which city was founded to serve as the capital of the newly established Roman province of Lusitania?
A.Tarraco (Tarragona)
B.Hispalis (Seville)
C.Emerita Augusta (Mérida)
D.Corduba (Córdoba)
Explanation: Augustus founded Emerita Augusta (modern Mérida in Extremadura) in 27 BC for veteran soldiers (emeriti) of the V Alaudae and X Gemina legions. It became the capital of Lusitania and one of the most prominent administrative and cultural centers in Hispania.
4Which iconic Roman engineering monument in Extremadura, built under Emperor Trajan around 104 AD, spans the Tagus River to connect Norba Caesarina with Lusitanian trade routes?
A.The Aqueduct of Les Ferreres
B.The Aqueduct of Segovia
C.The Roman Bridge of Córdoba
D.The Alcántara Bridge
Explanation: The Alcántara Bridge (Puente de Alcántara), engineered by Caius Julius Lacer near Cáceres, is a masterpiece of Roman civil engineering spanning the Tagus (Tajo) River. It bears a dedicatory inscription to Emperor Trajan.
5What were the primary mechanisms of Romanization across the Iberian Peninsula?
A.Urbanization, construction of road networks (calzadas), dissemination of Latin, Roman law, and grant of Roman citizenship.
B.Enforced adoption of Germanic tribal customs and suppression of urban markets.
C.Replacement of monetary commerce with barter and destruction of aqueducts.
D.Mandatory conversion to Islam and establishment of autonomous tribal councils.
Explanation: Romanization was the process by which indigenous Iberian populations assimilated Roman culture, language (Latin), legal frameworks, municipal government, road networks (Via de la Plata), and eventual citizenship (Edict of Caracalla, 212 AD).
6Following the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which city became the permanent political and religious capital of the Visigothic Kingdom in Hispania?
A.Emerita Augusta
B.Toledo
C.Barcelona
D.Sevilla
Explanation: King Leovigild consolidated Visigothic power in the mid-6th century and established Toledo as the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, serving as the political center and seat of the Councils of Toledo.
7Which legal code, promulgated by Visigothic King Recceswinth around 654 AD, unified legal practice for both Hispano-Roman and Visigothic populations?
A.Leyes de Toro
B.Siete Partidas
C.Liber Iudiciorum (Fuero Juzgo)
D.Decretos de Nueva Planta
Explanation: The Liber Iudiciorum (later translated into Spanish as Fuero Juzgo) abolished legal dualism by providing a single legal code applicable to both Hispano-Romans and Visigoths throughout the kingdom.
8At the Third Council of Toledo in 589 AD, what major religious transformation occurred under King Reccared?
A.The total suppression of Christian monasteries across the Iberian Peninsula.
B.The official adoption of Judaism as the state religion.
C.The introduction of Islam into the Visigothic royal court.
D.The conversion of the Visigothic monarchy and nobility from Arian Christianity to Roman Catholicism.
Explanation: King Reccared converted from Arianism to Catholicism at the Third Council of Toledo (589 AD), unifying the Visigothic ruling class with the Catholic Hispano-Roman majority.
9Which 711 AD battle marked the defeat of Visigothic King Roderic (Don Rodrigo) and initiated the Umayyad conquest of Hispania?
A.Battle of Guadalete
B.Battle of Covadonga
C.Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
D.Battle of Simancas
Explanation: The Battle of Guadalete (711 AD) resulted in the defeat and death of King Roderic against forces led by Tariq ibn Ziyad, precipitating the rapid collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom and the creation of Al-Andalus.
10In 756 AD, Abd al-Rahman I established the Independent Emirate of Córdoba by breaking political allegiance to which Islamic authority?
A.The Fatimid Caliphate of Cairo
B.The Abbasid Caliphate of Baghdad
C.The Almohad Empire of Marrakech
D.The Ottoman Empire of Constantinople
Explanation: Abd al-Rahman I, an Umayyad prince who escaped the slaughter of his dynasty by the Abbasids in Damascus, fled to Iberia and proclaimed an Independent Emirate in Córdoba (756 AD), severing political dependence on the Abbasids in Baghdad while retaining religious recognition.
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