7th Grade 22.4 Quiz

The Iberian Penninsula is located in the area of present- day

• North Africa

• Jerusalem

• Spain and Portugal

• Russia and Turkey

Who were the Moors?

• Muslims of Spain

• Muslims of Turkey

• Christians of Spain

• Non-Muslims of North Africa

During the Reconquista, Christians tried to

• conquer Spain

• expel Muslims from Constantinople

• expel Muslims from Spain

• conquer Constantinople

Which sentence best describes the city of Cordoba in the tenth century?

• Cordoba was a center of Catholic learning

• Cordoba was the largest city in Europe

• Cordoba had fewer people than Rome or Paris

• Cordoba was the base for the Reconquista

What region was the center of Muslim culture in Spain?

• Castile-Leon

• Toledo

• the Ottoman empire

• as-Andalus

Torquemada was a Dominican monk who headed the Spanish Inquisition.

• True

• False

Muslims rulers wanted to maintain stability, and Quran encourages tolerace.

• True

• False

Reconquista means reconquest.

• True

• False

Under Isabella and Ferdinand thousands of Jews were saved from persecution.

• True

• False