SPAIN IN THE MIDDLE AGES - TEST A

The Visigoths

• were a Roman tribe

• came from Africa

• were a Germanic tribe

Visigoths

• learned to speak Latin

• adopted Muslim laws

• spoke Spanish

The capital of the Visigothic Kingdom was

• Toledo

• Córdoba

• Granada

Muslims empires were called

• kingdoms

• caliphates and were ruled by the caliph

• tribes

The Visigoths were defeated by the Muslims

• At the battle of Navas de Tolosa

• At the battle of Guadalete

• At the battle of Covadonga

The Córdoba Caliphate was divided into

• small kingdoms called the taifa kingdoms

• counties

• emirates

In Al-Andalus, apart from muslims,

• there no were other religions

• there were also christians

• there were also christians and jews

In Christian Kingdoms, society was divided in three groups:

Choose arquitectural features related to the Romanesque style:

• Thin walls

• Thick walls

• Round arches

• Pointed arches

• Small windows

Between the 8th and the 15th centuries, the Christian kingdoms expanded to the south. They conquered lands from Al-Andalus. This process is called