Unit 1.2 Visigoths in Spain

Visigoths pushed the Vandals into

• Germany

• Northwest Iberian Peninsula

• Northeast Iberian Peninsula

• North Africa

• Southern Iberian Peninsula

Reccared achieved religious unity by converting to

• Islam

• Eastern Orthodox Christianity

• Catholicism

The Visigoth book of law was known as the

• The Liber Ludiciorum

• Council of Toledo

• Aula Regia

Where was the capital of the Visigoth empire?

Why did the Visigoths leave Southern Gaul?

• Because the Franks drove them south of the Pyrenees and into Hispania

• Because the Muslims drove them across the Mediterranean and into North Africa

• Because the Suebi drove them north in Galicia

The Visigoth Kingdom was based upon a....

• Strong Monarchy

• Control of North Africa

• Control of the Peninsula

• Legal and religious unification of Visigoths and Hispano-Romans

• Democracy

Which of the following was NOT one of the ways in which Roman traditions continued among the Visigoths of the Iberian Peninsula

• Latin was the spoken language

• Christianity was the primary religion

• Roman money was used

• Kings were advised by Roman counselors

• The government was a Republic

The Germanic tribe that occupied land from the south of Gaul to Hispania were the.....?

• Muslims

• Visigoths

• Franks

• Byzantines

• Suebi

Why is the Visigoth influence not as apparent in Spain as the Muslims, Romans and Christian Monarchs?

• Early Germanic Kingdoms had VERY LITTLE formal writing so little survived once they died

• They were busy fighting wars and didn't build any churches or monuments

• They completely copied Roman culture and added nothing new to the Iberian Peninsula

The Visigothic Kingdom was based upon a strong ........

• Monarchy

• Religious Leader

• Democracy

• Senate/Republic