2º ESO: THE IBERIAN PENINSULA IN THE MIDDLE AGES

During the 5^th century the Roman province of Hispania began to suffer from invasions by the

• Germanic people

• Muslims

• Vikings

• Carolingian empire

They did not invade the Roman province of Hispania

• Suebi

• Vandals

• Alans

• Huns

The Iberian Peninsula was reunified in the 5^th century under the control of the

• Muslim Empire

• Visigothic Kingdom

• Roman Empire

• Byzantine Empire

The Umayyad army led by Tarik entered Spain in

• 732

• 711

• 476

• 1031

In the 8^th century the Pyrenean area was under the control of the Carolingian Empire through the creation of the

• Catalan counties

• Kingdom of Pamplona

• Spanish March

• Kingdom of Aragon

The Asturian-Christian resistance was originally led by

Don Pelayo stopped the Islamic advance in the Battle of

The fist capital of the Kingdom of Asturias was…

• Gijón

• Pamplona

• León

• Oviedo

_____________ reached the Duero Valley and conquered Leon, where he decided to move the capital of his kingdom

• Alfonso I

• Alfonso II

• Alfonso III

• Alfonso IV

The Kingdom of Leon advance into the eastern part acquiring several territories later unified under the

• County of Burgos

• County of Castilla

• County of Pamplona

• Kingdom of Navarra