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Descriptive Statements:
- Demonstrate knowledge of major political, economic, social, and cultural trends and developments that have shaped the history and perspectives of the Spanish-speaking world.
- Analyze the roles of major historical events and key eras in the Spanish-speaking world and their influence on the development and evolution of their respective cultures.
- Analyze the roles of major figures in the history of the Spanish-speaking world and their influence on the development and evolution of their respective cultures.
- Recognize the major physical and geographic features of Spanish-speaking regions and the roles that these features have played in the development and evolution of Spanish-speaking cultures.
Sample Item:
In which of the following ways did Isabella Ithe first and Ferdinand IIthe second most influence the development of Spain during the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?
- They formed a coalition with France and England that expanded Spanish political power.
- They unified Spain's kingdoms under the authority of a central monarchy.
- They instituted economic policies that made Spain the wealthiest nation in the world.
- They promoted the artistic and literary developments of Spain's Golden Age.
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B. This question requires the examinee to demonstrate an understanding of major developments
in the history of Spanish-speaking cultures and the cultural significance of these developments. As joint
sovereigns, Ferdinand IIthe second and Isabella Ithe first united the once diverse Spanish kingdoms into one nation, under the
authority of a central monarchy. This union, along with bringing the nation together under one religion and
one common spoken and written language, established Spain as a major European power in the Western Hemisphere
during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Descriptive Statements:
- Demonstrate knowledge of characteristic practices of daily life and customs in Spanish-speaking cultures and ways in which such practices reflect the perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.
- Demonstrate knowledge of products used in daily life in Spanish-speaking cultures (e.g., food products, household items) and ways in which they reflect the perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.
- Demonstrate knowledge of major cultural institutions and practices (e.g., social relationships, major holidays and festivals, educational systems, patterns of work and leisure) of Spanish-speaking cultures and ways in which such institutions and practices reflect the perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.
- Demonstrate knowledge of major works, genres, and authors of literature written in Spanish and ways in which they reflect the perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.
- Demonstrate knowledge of major works, achievements, characteristic forms, and key individuals in the arts and sciences (e.g., visual and performing arts, architecture) of Spanish-speaking cultures and ways in which they reflect the perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures.
- Identify major regional differences in the practices, products, and perspectives of various Spanish-speaking cultures.
- Compare and contrast the practices, products, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures with the practices, products, and perspectives of non-Spanish-speaking cultures.
Sample Item:
The early murals of Mexican painter Diego Rivera can best be seen as part of an effort to:
- create a popular art that blended secular and religious themes.
- promote appreciation of recent innovations in European art.
- create a national art based on revolutionary themes.
- promote appreciation of the beauty of the Mexican landscape.
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C. This question requires the examinee to demonstrate an understanding of the practices,
products, and perspectives of Spanish-speaking cultures. Diego Rivera sought to create a new national art
based on revolutionary themes that would decorate public buildings in the wake of the Mexican Revolution.
Many of these themes are apparent in his works on major buildings such as the Ministry of Public Education
building in Mexico City, the Cortés Palace in Cuernavaca, and the National Palace in Mexico City. Rivera's
huge murals depict Mexican history, agriculture, industry, and culture as narration within the context of
national art.
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