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UNIT 4. INSTITUTIONS OF VISIGOTHIC SPAIN

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Visigothic kingdom instituted a monarchial system, with...

a)

Elected kings

b)

Kings with divine powers

c)

Kings with absolute powers

d)

The Visigoths did not have a monarchial system

2.

The Visigoths preserved the Roman provincial structure, dividing the kingdom into provinces, also called...

a)

Regia Provincia

b)

Duchies

c)

Comites

d)

Palatinum

3.

The Visigothic State had its capital in:

a)

Madrid

b)

Valladolid

c)

Toledo

d)

Granada

4.

Original name of the ‘Book of Judges’, enacted by Receswinth that became the law code for all inhabitants of Spain:

(a)  

5.

Spanish name of ‘Liber Iudicorum’ (Book of Judges), enacted by Receswinth that became the law code for all inhabitants of Spain:

(a)  

6.

Who was the king that conversed the Visigoths to Catholicism?

a)

Receswinth

b)

Leovigild

c)

Alaric

d)

Reccared

7.

In the Visigothic State, royal patrimony and royal treasury was the same:

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Initially, who were subjects with full civil rights?

a)

Only Goths

b)

Only Hispano-Romans

c)

Goths and Hispano-Romans

d)

Every inhabitant in the Peninsula apart from the slaves

9.

Name of the ecclesiastic gatherings of a provincial or general character:

(a)  

10.

Aula Regia was...

a)

A legislative assembly

b)

A political assembly

c)

A civil assembly

d)

A religious assembly

11.

The Officium Palatinum was another political assembly with...

a)

Legislative functions

b)

Administrative functions

c)

Religious functions

d)

Civil functions

12.

Who was in charge of the administration of Visigothic tax system and the royal patrimony?

a)

Tax comes

b)

Duces

c)

Comites

d)

Comes patrimonii

13.

The territorial administration established in the Later Roman Empire was essentially preserved:

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The sixth province of Visigothic State (apart from the Romans’ provinces of Tarraconensis, Baetica, Carthaginensis, Lusitania, and Gallaecia) was:

a)

Fideles

b)

Regis

c)

Septimania

d)

Stabuli

15.

The Visigothic territorial government was headed by:

a)

Duces

b)

Comites

c)

Comes

d)

Regis

16.

The comites ruled each territoria and their city of residence and their main functions were:

a)

Military, judicial and financial

b)

Legislative, political and judicial

c)

Political, judicial and financial

d)

Political and financial

17.

Visigoths were essentially urban:

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Abandonment of urban life and settlement in the countryside:

(a)  

19.

After the fall of the Roman Empire and the appearance of “barbarian” kingdoms, the seigneurial system was strengthened:

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The seigneurial system...

a)

Strengthened the power of monarchs

b)

Strengthened the power of comites

c)

Reduced the power of monarchs

d)

Reduced the powe of comites