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THE IBERIAN PENINSULA DURING THE LATE MIDDLE AGES

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was there an increase in production and a growth of the population, as in the rest of Europe?

a)

Due to a larger amount of land under cultivation.

b)

Both answers are true.

c)

Due to a larger amount of land under cultivation.

2.

What were the mestas?

a)

Associations created by the sheep farmers in Castilla to defend their rights.

b)

Associations created by the monarchs to defend their rights.

c)

Associations created by the feudal lords to defend their rights.

3.

Why was the city of Medina del Campo important?

a)

Because it was where one of the most important fairs in Castilla took place.

b)

Because it was an important centre of craftsmanship

c)

Because it was where the Honourable Council of the Mesta was based.

4.

What were the destinations of the Castilian wool produced in Burgos?

a)

Flanders and England.

b)

Santander and Bilbao.

c)

Medina del Campo.

5.

What type of economic activity did the Honourable Council of the Mesta organise?

a)

Castilian livestock farming and agriculture.

b)

Sheep farming.

c)

The economic activity of the plains.

6.

What were the cañadas reales?

a)

Trails which the feudal lords travelled along.

b)

Trails which the sheep travelled along.

c)

Trails which the Alfonso X travelled along.

7.

What was the transhumant farming?

a)

The farmers moved with their flocks in search of pastures in the south during the winter and in the north during the summer.

b)

The farmers moved with their flocks in search of pastures in the north during the winter and in the south during the summer.

c)

The farmers moved with their flocks in search of pastures in the south during the summer and in the north during the winter.

8.

Consistía en repartir latifundios (grandes extensiones de tierras) a los nobles y a las órdenes militares que habían participado en la conquista.

a)

Repartimiento

b)

Latifundismo

c)

Reparticiones

9.

Las cartas pueblas eran....

a)

las cartas de la baraja española.

b)

fueros para atraer pobladores a un territorio o ciudad.

c)

fueros para expulsar pobladores de un territorio o ciudad.

10.

Acuerdos por los cuales se permitía a los habitantes judíos y musulmanes permanecer en los territorios musulmanes conquistados por los cristianos a cambio de pagar unos impuestos especiales.

a)

Capítulos.

b)

Capitulaciones.

c)

Pogromos.

11.

The lower nobility during the Late Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula consisted of.....

a)

Jews and the Mudéjar.

b)

the hidalgos or infanzones, who were impoverished nobles.

c)

landowners.

12.

The urban bourgeoisie during the Late Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula consisted of.....

a)

merchants, traders, craftsmen and Jewish bankers.

b)

the landowners.

c)

Jews and the Mudéjar.

13.

The upper nobility and upper clergy during the Late Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula.....

a)

consisted of merchants, traders, craftsmen and Jewish bankers.

b)

were the landowners

c)

lived in the cities and were workers or servants.

14.

Which was the last Muslim kingdom to survive the expansion of the Christian kingdoms?

a)

The Kingdom of Granada.

b)

The Kingdom of Córdoba.

c)

The Kingdom of al-Andalus.

15.

Which kingdom on the peninsula expanded into northern Africa, conquering Ceuta in 1415?

a)

Castilla.

b)

Portugal.

c)

The Crown of Aragón.

d)

The Crown of Maranchón.

16.

Why wasn’t Granada conquered?

a)

Because of its military power.

b)

Because of the weakening power of the Christian kingdoms.

c)

Because it bought its freedom by paying parias to Castilla.

17.

Which kingdom was unable to expand its territories?

a)

Navarra.

b)

Portugal.

c)

Aragón.

18.

Which monarch permanently unified the Crowns of Castilla and León?

a)

Alfonso X, the Wise.

b)

Fernando III, the Saint.

c)

Alfonso II, the Chaste.

19.

Which sovereign united the Crown of Aragón and the County of Barcelona?

a)

Pedro III, the Great.

b)

Jaime I, the Conqueror.

c)

Ramón Berenguer IV.

20.

Órgano encargado de la redacción de los documentos reales y de la custodia de su sello.

a)

Cancillería Real

b)

Cancillería Feudal.

c)

Diputación de Guadalajara.

21.

Institución con personas cualificadas que aconsejaba al monarca.

a)

Consejo de la Mesta.

b)

Consejo Real.

c)

Consejo de Castilla.

d)

Consejo de Tortuera.

22.

El de Barcelona era muy poderoso y se llamaba Consejo de Ciento.

a)

Concejos.

b)

Ayuntamientos.

c)

Junta de Comunidades.

23.

Recibían diferentes nombres: jueces y alcaldes en Castilla, jueces y jurados en Aragón y Navarra, consellers en Cataluña, batlle o jurats en Valencia y Mallorca, etc.

a)

Concejales.

b)

Magistrados.

c)

Maestros.

24.

The Cantigas de Santa María (Alfonso X, the Wise) were written in this language.

a)

Galician-Portuguese

b)

Basque

c)

Catalan

25.

Alfonso X made it the official language of government in the Kingdom of Castilla, and it was used to write the Código de las siete partidas (a set of Castilian laws).

a)

Astur-Leonese

b)

Spanish

c)

Navarro-Aragonese

26.

Who wrote Los milagros de Nuestra Señora?

a)

Gonzalo de Berceo

b)

Joanot Martorell

c)

Don Juan Manuel

d)

Manuel Torrubiano

27.

Who wrote El libro del buen amor?

a)

Ramon Llull

b)

Archbishop of Hita

c)

Anonymous

28.

What was the Flamboyant Gothic?

a)

The first gothic style in the Iberian Peninsula.

b)

A more ornamental type of Gothic architecture that emerged during the 15th century.

c)

A less ornamental type of Gothic architecture that emerged during the 15th century.

29.

Name of this gothic feature.

a)

Flying buttress.

b)

Buttress.

c)

Contrafuerte volador.

30.

Name of this gothic building.

a)

Burgos Cathedral

b)

El Pobo de Dueñas church.

c)

Santa Clara church in Molina de Aragón.

31.

The Mudéjar style....

a)

Added elements of Romanesque and Gothic to the characteristic features of Muslim art.

b)

Was a kind of Muslim art.

c)

Include expensive materials and non-figurative decoration.

32.

Name of this muslim building.

a)

Mezquita de Córdoba.

b)

Alhambra of Granada.

c)

IES Doña Blanca de Molina.

33.

Miembros de la baja nobleza y del bajo clero se sublevaron contra los abusos señoriales en Galicia.

a)

Guerra irmandiña

b)

Guerra de los Remensas

c)

Guerra civil catalana.

34.

En la Guerra civil catalana se enfrentaron....

a)

La Busca y la Biga.

b)

La Busca y los Remensas.

c)

El Pobo y Tortuera.

35.

Violentos asaltos de los cristianos a las juderías para masacrar a sus habitantes y saquear sus propiedades.

a)

programas.

b)

pogromos

c)

expulsión de los judíos.

36.

He conquered Cuenca (1177) and defeated the Almohads at the Battle of Navas de Tolosa (1212).

a)

Alfonso VIII (the Noble)

b)

Fernando III (the Saint)

c)

Alfonso XI (the Tough)

37.

He conquered Cádiz, making the Kingdom of Granada the only remaining Muslim state.

a)

Alfonso VIII (the Noble)

b)

Alfonso X (the Wise)

c)

Alfonso XI (the Tough)

38.

Who subdued the Muslim Kingdoms of Mallorca (1229) and Valencia (1238)?

a)

Jaime I (the Conqueror)

b)

Jaime II.

c)

Oscar Abán I (the Conqueror)

39.

Which Greek Duchies conquered the almogavars?

a)

Sicily, Sardinia and Naples.

b)

Athens (1331) and Neopatras (1319)

c)

Athens (1331) and Sicily (1319)

d)

Milmarcos, Castilnuevo y Mazarete.

40.
a)

semi-circular arch

b)

pointed arch