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C. Spain is located on the Iberian Peninsula which is bordered by the Bay of Biscay to the northwest, the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west. The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and separates the peninsula from Africa. The Iberian Peninsula is connected to France and the rest of Europe to the northeast.
B. Nearly simultaneous, coordinated bombings of Madrid commuter trains killed 192 people and injured about 2,000 on the morning of March 11, 2004. A government investigation said the attacks were directed by an al-Qaeda terrorist cell. Responsibility for last week’s attacks was claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group, which was once associated with al-Qaeda.
A. More than 1,000 people died as armed Basque separatists battled Spanish authorities from 1959 to 2011. Both Basques and Catalans have different languages from Castilian-based Spanish. After the Romans, Spain was ruled by Germanic invaders like the Vandals and then by Moorish Muslims who invaded from North Africa.
D. London has been the site of multiple vehicle attacks and four pedestrians were killed in Stockholm after being rammed by a stolen beer truck. U.S. attacks include one at Ohio State University in Ohio and the recent fatal attack in Charlottesville, Va. Deadly vehicle attacks also have struck, France, Germany, Israel and Canada.