Practice: colonisers and conquerors

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1. 1 · Colonisers

   Why did the colonisers come to the Iberian Peninsula?

   Silver, copper, tin…

   • a) For its metal resources
   • b) To escape the cold
   • c) To see the Romans
   • d) To find oil
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   Respuesta: a) For its metal resources

   They were attracted by the metal resources of the Peninsula and came to trade.

2. 2 · Colonisers

   What is a colony?

   Think about Gadir or Emporion.

   • a) A town set up by people from another land
   • b) A Roman road
   • c) A type of boat
   • d) A mountain
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   Respuesta: a) A town set up by people from another land

   A colony is a settlement founded by people who come from another land.

3. 3 · Colonisers

   Drag the colonisers who arrived first

   12th century BC.

   ____ → Ancient Greeks → Carthaginians

   Fichas: Phoenicians · Romans · Celts · Iberians

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   Respuesta: Phoenicians

   First came the Phoenicians, then the Greeks and then the Carthaginians.

4. 4 · Colonies

   Match each colony with its modern name

   Ancient name → today.

   1. Gadir
   2. Malaka
   3. Carthago Nova
   4. Emporion

   • a) Cádiz
   • b) Cartagena
   • c) Empúries
   • d) Málaga
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   Respuesta: Gadir → Cádiz · Malaka → Málaga · Carthago Nova → Cartagena · Emporion → Empúries

   Gadir and Malaka were Phoenician, Carthago Nova was Carthaginian and Emporion was Greek.

5. 5 · Colonisers

   Match each people with the time they arrived

   Use the lesson.

   1. Phoenicians
   2. Ancient Greeks
   3. Carthaginians

   • a) 12th century BC
   • b) 6th century BC
   • c) 8th century BC
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   Respuesta: Phoenicians → 12th century BC · Ancient Greeks → 8th century BC · Carthaginians → 6th century BC

   Phoenicians (12th century BC), Greeks (8th century BC) and Carthaginians (6th century BC).

6. 6 · Saguntum

   Who led the Carthaginians in the siege of Saguntum?

   He crossed the Alps with elephants.

   • a) Julius Caesar
   • b) Hannibal
   • c) Scipio
   • d) Viriathus
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   Respuesta: b) Hannibal

   Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, laid siege to Saguntum.

7. 7 · Saguntum

   Who were the allies of the Saguntines?

   That is why a big war started.

   • a) The Carthaginians
   • b) The Greeks
   • c) The Romans
   • d) The Phoenicians
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   Respuesta: c) The Romans

   Saguntum was an ally of Rome, so its conquest started the Second Punic War.

8. 8 · The conquest

   What did the Romans call the Iberian Peninsula?

   The origin of the name España.

   • a) Iberia Nova
   • b) Hispania
   • c) Gallia
   • d) Carthago
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   Respuesta: b) Hispania

   The Romans called it Hispania, and that is where the name España comes from.

9. 9 · The conquest

   How long did the Roman conquest of Hispania take?

   From 218 BC to 19 BC.

   • a) About 20 years
   • b) Almost 200 years
   • c) About 600 years
   • d) One year
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   Respuesta: b) Almost 200 years

   From 218 BC to 19 BC: almost 200 years.

10. 10 · The conquest

    Match each event with its phase

    First, second or third phase?

    1. The Romans take the Carthaginian territory
    2. The Lusitanians and Celtiberians resist
    3. The mountainous north is conquered

    • a) First phase
    • b) Second phase
    • c) Third phase
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    Respuesta: The Romans take the Carthaginian territory → First phase · The Lusitanians and Celtiberians resist → Second phase · The mountainous north is conquered → Third phase

    1st: Carthaginian territory; 2nd: Lusitanians and Celtiberians; 3rd: the north, until 19 BC.