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5ºC Unit 1- The birth of Spain. Iberian Peninsula, Visigoths, Al-Andalus, Reconquista and Feudal Society

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

Portugal, France and Spain.

b)

Portugal and Andorra.

c)

Spain, Portugal, Ceuta and Melilla.

d)

Spain and Portugal.

2.

Choose the answer about geography in Spain.

a)

The rivers Miño, Duero, Guadalquivir and Ebro flow into the Atlantic Ocean.

b)

The River Ebro, Jucar and Segura flow into the Mediterranean Sea.

c)

The River Duero Flows into the Atlantic Sea.

d)

The river Duero is the longest in the Iberian Peninsula.

3.

What were the names of the first tribes who invaded spain?

a)

Visigoths, Alans and Vandals

b)

Vandals, Suevi and the Alans.

c)

Romans, Alans and Germanic.

d)

The Visigoths

4.

In AD 711, invaders from North Africa arrived in Spain.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Al-Ándalus became independent in AD 929

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which sentences are correct?

a)

Christians were allowed to pray in synagogues and Jews in churches.

b)

Christians were allowed to pray in churches and Jews in synagogues. The romans got the christian religion.

c)

In al-Ándalus, there were lots of public baths. Hygiene was better there than in the rest of Europe at that time.

7.

Which are the missing events on this timeline.

a)

711 Alfonso VI captures Toledo and in 1085 the Reconquista begins.

b)

711 the Visigoths enter in the Iberian Peninsula and in 1085 2nd the Roman empire falls.

c)

711 the Reconquista begins and 2nd Alfonso VI captures Toledo in 1085

8.

Label the feudal system pyramid. From lower rights and power to the king.

a)

Serfs, peasants, clergy, nobels, monarch and knights

b)

Serfs, peasants, clergy, knights, nobels and monarch

c)

Peasants, serfs, clergy, knights, monarch and nobels.

d)

serfs, peasants, clergy, knights, nobels and monarch

9.

Choose the correct sentences.

a)

The person owned everything in the country was the Knight.

b)

These people fought in battles and received land from the nobles: These were the peasants.

c)

Clergy were religious people.

d)

The nobels were very rich and were given land and serfs by the monarch

e)

The peasants farmed small plots of land.

10.

Which kingdoms did these monarchs rule? Choose the correct answer.

a)
b)
c)
11.

How long, approximately, did the Reconquista last?

a)

850 years

b)

200 years

c)

770 years

12.

In what year did the Reconquista begin?

a)

1492

b)

AD 722

c)

AD 500

13.

What year did the Reconquista end?

a)

711

b)

1492

c)

550

14.

Which event marked the end of the Reconquista?

a)

The Battle of Guadalete.

b)

Jaime I, King of Aragón, conquers the Islas Baleares. He later captures Valencia.

c)

Surrender of Granada by Boabdil

15.

Mark the correct sentences.

a)

In AD 711, invaders from North America arrived in Spain.

b)

The invaders defeated King Leovigildo at the Battle of Guadalete.

c)

Al-Ándalus was the name given to Spain by the invaders.

d)

Al-Ándalus became independent in AD 929.

16.

Who was the Cid?

a)

A famous advisor of CAstilla with Alfonso VI.

b)

A famous military leader with Alfonso VI.

c)

A famous military leader with the Catholic Kings.

17.

Feudalism. The king or queen ..... the country.

a)

powered

b)

told

c)

ruled

18.

Feudalism: The monarchy ..... the nobles land and serfs.

a)

gave

b)

given

c)

give

19.

Feudalism: Serfs ..... nothing.

a)

owed

b)

owned

c)

own

20.

Feudalism: Knights ..... fight for the nobles in battles.

a)

had to

b)

must

c)

have to

21.

Feudalism: Peasants ..... small plots of land.

a)

worked

b)

farm

c)

farmed

22.

Feudalism: The nobles ..... very rich.

a)

was

b)

were

c)

is

23.

Al Andalus: An independent state

a)

Damasco.

b)

Province

c)

Taifa

24.

Al Andalus: A Muslim ruler

a)

Emir

b)

Caliph

c)

Advisor

25.

Al Andalus: The group of Muslim people from North Africa who controlled Spain

from AD 711 to 1492:

a)

Visigoths

b)

Moors

c)

Vandals

26.

Al-Andalus: An Islamic state ruled a by a single religious and political leader:

a)

Region.

b)

Colony.

c)

Caliphate.

27.

Al Andalus: Why Almanzor, the Advisor of Hisam II, had to gobern in 976 ad.

a)

Beacause there wasn't any emir to direct the Caliphate.

b)

Because Hisam II was too young to direct the muslims.

c)

Because Almanzor was the best emir at that moment.

28.

Reconquista. The Kingdom of Castilla is established by Sancho II.

a)

711

b)

1212

c)

920

29.

Reconquista: King Boabdil surrenders Granada and the Reconquista officially ends.

a)

1200

b)

850

c)

1492

30.

Why Al-Andalus started to fall and lose power.

a)

Because Christians defeat the Moors North to South

b)

Because Moors wanted to leave the Peninsula.

c)

Because the division in independent states or Taifas.

d)

Beacuse Damasco didn't want the Al-Andalus Emirate of Cordoba.

31.

The Visigoths period is

a)

from 5th to 8th century.

b)

from Ad 711- AD 1492

c)

from 722-1492

32.

The Al-Andalus period is

a)

from 722-1492

b)

from 5th to 8th century

c)

from 711-1492

33.

The Reconquista period is from

a)

711-1492

b)

722-1492

c)

5th century to 8th century

34.

The reconquista begins with

a)

in Covadonga with Don Pelayo

b)

Boabdil surrenders Granada

c)

Defeat of the Romans

35.

Which kingdom stablished the capital in Toledo.

a)

Al Andalus.

b)

The Visigoths

c)

The Christians with the Catholic Kings.

36.

Which sentences are correct

a)

The moors were untolerant and they didn't want christians use their synagoges to pray.

b)

Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in armony during the Al-Andalus period.

c)

The Romans introduced the figs, the lemons and the rice.

d)

In Cordoba there were more than 300 public baths.

e)

The Mezquita of Cordoba and the Alambra of Granada were built at the same time.

37.

In the feudal system, the nobles were ___________

than the clergy and peasants

a)

richer

b)

more rich

c)

richest

d)

less rich than the serfs

38.

Which Visigoth king converted to Catholicism?

a)

Leovigildo

b)

Reccared

c)

Roderic

39.

Which famous Moor was an important Islamic philosopher?

a)

Abd al-Rahman I

b)

Almanzor

c)

Averroes

40.

Which king was called the Wise for his interest in scholarly works?

a)

Alfonso X

b)

Sancho II

c)

Jaime I

41.

Who won the Battle of Covadonga?

a)

Don Pelayo

b)

Alfonso X

c)

El Cid

42.

What was the name of the Moorish king who surrendered Granada to the Christians?

a)

Abd al-Rahman III

b)

Boabdil

c)

Hisham II

43.

Fernando and Isabel united Aragón and Castilla and created Spain.

a)

929 AD

b)

1469

c)

711 AD

44.

The Moors surrendered Granada and the Reconquista officially ended.

a)

911

b)

722

c)

1492

45.

The battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was one of the__________

important in the Reconquista.

a)

least

b)

less

c)

most