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Worksheets5ºC Unit 1- The birth of Spain. Iberian Peninsula, Visigoths, Al-Andalus, Reconquista and Feudal Society
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
Portugal, France and Spain.
Portugal and Andorra.
Spain, Portugal, Ceuta and Melilla.
Spain and Portugal.
Choose the answer about geography in Spain.
The rivers Miño, Duero, Guadalquivir and Ebro flow into the Atlantic Ocean.
The River Ebro, Jucar and Segura flow into the Mediterranean Sea.
The River Duero Flows into the Atlantic Sea.
The river Duero is the longest in the Iberian Peninsula.
What were the names of the first tribes who invaded spain?
Visigoths, Alans and Vandals
Vandals, Suevi and the Alans.
Romans, Alans and Germanic.
The Visigoths
In AD 711, invaders from North Africa arrived in Spain.
True
False
Al-Ándalus became independent in AD 929
True
False
Which sentences are correct?
Christians were allowed to pray in synagogues and Jews in churches.
Christians were allowed to pray in churches and Jews in synagogues. The romans got the christian religion.
In al-Ándalus, there were lots of public baths. Hygiene was better there than in the rest of Europe at that time.
Which are the missing events on this timeline.
711 Alfonso VI captures Toledo and in 1085 the Reconquista begins.
711 the Visigoths enter in the Iberian Peninsula and in 1085 2nd the Roman empire falls.
711 the Reconquista begins and 2nd Alfonso VI captures Toledo in 1085
Label the feudal system pyramid. From lower rights and power to the king.
Serfs, peasants, clergy, nobels, monarch and knights
Serfs, peasants, clergy, knights, nobels and monarch
Peasants, serfs, clergy, knights, monarch and nobels.
serfs, peasants, clergy, knights, nobels and monarch
Choose the correct sentences.
The person owned everything in the country was the Knight.
These people fought in battles and received land from the nobles: These were the peasants.
Clergy were religious people.
The nobels were very rich and were given land and serfs by the monarch
The peasants farmed small plots of land.
Which kingdoms did these monarchs rule? Choose the correct answer.
How long, approximately, did the Reconquista last?
850 years
200 years
770 years
In what year did the Reconquista begin?
1492
AD 722
AD 500
What year did the Reconquista end?
711
1492
550
Which event marked the end of the Reconquista?
The Battle of Guadalete.
Jaime I, King of Aragón, conquers the Islas Baleares. He later captures Valencia.
Surrender of Granada by Boabdil
Mark the correct sentences.
In AD 711, invaders from North America arrived in Spain.
The invaders defeated King Leovigildo at the Battle of Guadalete.
Al-Ándalus was the name given to Spain by the invaders.
Al-Ándalus became independent in AD 929.
Who was the Cid?
A famous advisor of CAstilla with Alfonso VI.
A famous military leader with Alfonso VI.
A famous military leader with the Catholic Kings.
Feudalism. The king or queen ..... the country.
powered
told
ruled
Feudalism: The monarchy ..... the nobles land and serfs.
gave
given
give
Feudalism: Serfs ..... nothing.
owed
owned
own
Feudalism: Knights ..... fight for the nobles in battles.
had to
must
have to
Feudalism: Peasants ..... small plots of land.
worked
farm
farmed
Feudalism: The nobles ..... very rich.
was
were
is
Al Andalus: An independent state
Damasco.
Province
Taifa
Al Andalus: A Muslim ruler
Emir
Caliph
Advisor
Al Andalus: The group of Muslim people from North Africa who controlled Spain
from AD 711 to 1492:
Visigoths
Moors
Vandals
Al-Andalus: An Islamic state ruled a by a single religious and political leader:
Region.
Colony.
Caliphate.
Al Andalus: Why Almanzor, the Advisor of Hisam II, had to gobern in 976 ad.
Beacause there wasn't any emir to direct the Caliphate.
Because Hisam II was too young to direct the muslims.
Because Almanzor was the best emir at that moment.
Reconquista. The Kingdom of Castilla is established by Sancho II.
711
1212
920
Reconquista: King Boabdil surrenders Granada and the Reconquista officially ends.
1200
850
1492
Why Al-Andalus started to fall and lose power.
Because Christians defeat the Moors North to South
Because Moors wanted to leave the Peninsula.
Because the division in independent states or Taifas.
Beacuse Damasco didn't want the Al-Andalus Emirate of Cordoba.
The Visigoths period is
from 5th to 8th century.
from Ad 711- AD 1492
from 722-1492
The Al-Andalus period is
from 722-1492
from 5th to 8th century
from 711-1492
The Reconquista period is from
711-1492
722-1492
5th century to 8th century
The reconquista begins with
in Covadonga with Don Pelayo
Boabdil surrenders Granada
Defeat of the Romans
Which kingdom stablished the capital in Toledo.
Al Andalus.
The Visigoths
The Christians with the Catholic Kings.
Which sentences are correct
The moors were untolerant and they didn't want christians use their synagoges to pray.
Muslims, Christians and Jews lived in armony during the Al-Andalus period.
The Romans introduced the figs, the lemons and the rice.
In Cordoba there were more than 300 public baths.
The Mezquita of Cordoba and the Alambra of Granada were built at the same time.
In the feudal system, the nobles were ___________
than the clergy and peasants
richer
more rich
richest
less rich than the serfs
Which Visigoth king converted to Catholicism?
Leovigildo
Reccared
Roderic
Which famous Moor was an important Islamic philosopher?
Abd al-Rahman I
Almanzor
Averroes
Which king was called the Wise for his interest in scholarly works?
Alfonso X
Sancho II
Jaime I
Who won the Battle of Covadonga?
Don Pelayo
Alfonso X
El Cid
What was the name of the Moorish king who surrendered Granada to the Christians?
Abd al-Rahman III
Boabdil
Hisham II
Fernando and Isabel united Aragón and Castilla and created Spain.
929 AD
1469
711 AD
The Moors surrendered Granada and the Reconquista officially ended.
911
722
1492
The battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was one of the__________
important in the Reconquista.
least
less
most
