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1. The Basque Region is located in what two European countries?
France and Spain
2. Which mountain chain serves as a boundary between these two countries?
Pyrenees
3. How many Basque provinces are there?
seven
4. What does "Zazpiak Bat" mean?
The seven are one.
5. What do the Basque people call themselves?
Euskaldunak
6. To how many other languages is the Basque language related?
none
7. Basques have a high frequency of blood group ______.
O
8. Basque men have always been expected to marry a woman from a different Basque village. True or false?
false
9. What does the oft-seen prefix "etche" mean?
home
10. When the parents of a farmstead family die, how many heirs generally inherit the farm?
one
11. When one sees whole flocks of sheep and herds of cows being led through the region's streets in spring, it is because they are being moved to _____________________ pastures.
mountain
12. The Basque beret symbolized a defender of the ___________ and a ______________ of Don Carlos.
church, supporter
13. Why do Basques cover the eyes of their oxen
To protect them from flies.
14. What is the chief crop of the Basque farmer?
corn
15. The "pottokak" are ___________ _____________ and are related to prehistoric _____________ portrayed in cave paintings.
wild ponies, horses
16. A "bota" is a ____________________ _________________ for wine.
sheepskin flask
17. Many coastal-dwelling Basques engaged in what occupation from the Thirteenth through the Seventeenth Centuries?
whaling
18. In what other ways have Basques profited from their maritime skills?
fishing, piracy
19. What is the religious affiliation of the Basque people?
Roman Catholicism
20. The marriage of Louis XIV and Maria Theresa sealed what agreement?
The Treaty of the Pyrenees
21. This agreement concerned the border between ________________ and_________________ and divided the Basque people into two official nationalities.
France, Spain
22. After the wedding of Louis XIV, the church door in Saint Jean de Luz was sealed so that __________________________could not pass through it.
commoners
23. Name three "supernatural creatures" that live on in Basque myth and legend
Sorginak, Ilargia, Mari, or Lamiñak
24. What three things have the power to protect homes from evil spirits, according to Basque beliefs?
ash leaves, dried thistle heads, fire
25. Which French town is said to be haunted by witches?
Sare
26. In which century were Basques the target of a witch hunt?
Seventeenth
27. Voltaire described the Basques as the "people who __________________, or rather, who _______________________ , at the foot of the Pyrenees."
dwell, dance
28. A ________________________ is an open court for the game of pelote, or pelota.
fronton
29. The mountain pass at Roncesvalles is significant because of the _________________ of Roland and his ________________________.
massacre, men
30. The Basque hunt wild doves in the high passes of the ____________________.
Pyrenees
31. Do Basques tend to be trustful or distrustful of outsiders?
distrustful
32. "__________" or "___________" were special privileges granted to Basques by France and Spain.
Fors, fueros
33. What happened to Guernica during the Spanish Civil War?
It was bombed.
34. The ETA is an organization of Basques fighting for a __________________________.
homeland
35. What are the usual targets of the ETA?
government officials, police, military
36. Who are ETA's "legal commandos"?
operatives whose identities are unknown
37. How do French Basques aid Spanish Basque exiles?
They offer them refuge.
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