Spain and Europe before the Conquest

What was the name of the kingdom that the Muslims founded in the territory of the Iberian Peninsula?

• Al-Andalus

• Cataluña

• Granada

• Mallorca

In what century did the Muslims conquer the Iberian Peninsula?

• 8th century

• 9th century

• 10th century

• 11th century

True or false. The Al-Andalus territory was divided into taifa kingdoms, which facilitated the Christian reconquest.

• True

• False

True or false. Towards the end of Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula, the territory of Al-Andalus was reduced until only the Kingdom of Granada remained.

• True

• False

True or false. In the 8th century the Muslims were definitively expelled from the Iberian Peninsula.

• True

• False

True or false. The kingdom of Granada was reconquered for the Crown of Castile by the Catholic kings.

• True

• False

True or false. Constantinople was the crossroads between the European and American continent.

• True

• False

True or false. Constantinople was a key point in trade due to its strategic location.

• True

• False

True or false. One of the main consequences of the taking of Constantinople was that Christopher Columbus reached the American continent.

• True

• False

True or false. With the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, trade routes between East and West opened and improved for Europeans.

• True

• False