Summarizing Spanish During The Middle Ages
28.09.2014
BEGINNING SPANISH I SPANISH 1120
CULTURAL REPORT I (ASSIGNMENT I)
LECTURER: MR. R. STEVEN GARFIELD
DONE BY: SHALINI ATTANAYAKE
1. The Romans spoke the Latin language. It became the predecessor of Spanish during the middle Ages, when the Roman Empire fell. The Latin speaking regions that were politically unified began to disperse and differentiate. A nomadic tribe from Europe called Celts, mixed with inhabitants from Peninsula, formed a new group of people called the Celtiberians. (http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/resources/spanish/articles/history-of-spanish-language/)
The language they spoke was a Celtic language, which then evolved into a Hispanic language, included modified Latin. Consequently, this language …show more content…
Approximately 350 million people speak Spanish as their first language worldwide. (www.nccu.edu/academics/sc/.../modernforeignlanguages/spanish.cfm)
6.
a. Portugal shares the Iberian Peninsula with Spain.
b. The Pyrenees (Pirineos) are the mountains that separate Spain from France.
c. The Balearic Islands, found on the east of Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands, found off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean are the two groups of islands that form part of Spain.
d. Mexico is the Spanish speaking country that shares a common border with the United States.
e. Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico are three islands that speak Spanish in the region of the Caribbean Sea.
f. The Andes Mountains is the mountain chain that runs down the west coast of South America.
g. Lake Titicaca is the high mountainous lake that lies between Bolivia and Peru.
h. The Amazon River is South America’s largest river flowing through Brazil.
i. No, Brazil is not a Spanish speaking country.
j.
1. Buenos Aires – Argentine
2. San José – Costa Rica
3. Asunción – Paraguay
4. Managua – Nicaragua
5. San Juan – Puerto Rico
6. Bogotá – Colombia
7. Lima – Peru
8. Santiago – Chile
9. Wáshington – Estados Unidos de América
10. Caracas –
BEGINNING SPANISH I SPANISH 1120
CULTURAL REPORT I (ASSIGNMENT I)
LECTURER: MR. R. STEVEN GARFIELD
DONE BY: SHALINI ATTANAYAKE
1. The Romans spoke the Latin language. It became the predecessor of Spanish during the middle Ages, when the Roman Empire fell. The Latin speaking regions that were politically unified began to disperse and differentiate. A nomadic tribe from Europe called Celts, mixed with inhabitants from Peninsula, formed a new group of people called the Celtiberians. (http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/resources/spanish/articles/history-of-spanish-language/)
The language they spoke was a Celtic language, which then evolved into a Hispanic language, included modified Latin. Consequently, this language …show more content…
Approximately 350 million people speak Spanish as their first language worldwide. (www.nccu.edu/academics/sc/.../modernforeignlanguages/spanish.cfm)
6.
a. Portugal shares the Iberian Peninsula with Spain.
b. The Pyrenees (Pirineos) are the mountains that separate Spain from France.
c. The Balearic Islands, found on the east of Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands, found off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean are the two groups of islands that form part of Spain.
d. Mexico is the Spanish speaking country that shares a common border with the United States.
e. Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico are three islands that speak Spanish in the region of the Caribbean Sea.
f. The Andes Mountains is the mountain chain that runs down the west coast of South America.
g. Lake Titicaca is the high mountainous lake that lies between Bolivia and Peru.
h. The Amazon River is South America’s largest river flowing through Brazil.
i. No, Brazil is not a Spanish speaking country.
j.
1. Buenos Aires – Argentine
2. San José – Costa Rica
3. Asunción – Paraguay
4. Managua – Nicaragua
5. San Juan – Puerto Rico
6. Bogotá – Colombia
7. Lima – Peru
8. Santiago – Chile
9. Wáshington – Estados Unidos de América
10. Caracas –