WorksheetsUNIT 6. INSTITUTIONS OF CHRISTIAN MEDIEVAL SPAIN
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
During the Middle Ages, the Peninsula had similar institutions to the rest of the Western European states:
True
False
Long period that plunged the Peninsula into a struggle against Islam for eight centuries, leading to the creation of new frontiers as the Christian kingdoms advanced:
(a)
Agreement through which it was agreed that Isabella would rule Castile and Ferdinand Aragon:
Sevilla agreement
Segovia agreement
Tordesillas agreement
Lepanto agreement
The main two events that took place under the rule of the Catholica Monarchs were the discovery of America and the conquest of Portugal:
True
False
Which is the name of the Muslim that delivered the city of Granada in 1492 to the crown of Castile?
Alphonse XIII
Al Mansur
Abd al-Rahman III
Boabdil
The reign of the Catholic Monarchs marks the end of the Ancient History and the start of the Middle Ages:
True
False
In which year were the Jews expelled from the Peninsula?
1482
1475
1492
1501
Due to the special needs derived from the Reconquest, the king maintained all his power and the aristocracy played only a secondary role in politics:
True
False
We do not speak of Castilian seigneurial system, but Castilian feudalism:
True
False
Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims from 11th to 13th century:
(a)
Urban residents with no dependence to any lord aside from the king:
(a)
Mark the element which wasn’t part of the state in Christian medieval Spain:
Monarch
Nobles
Subjects
Territory
It represents the state with the aim of achieving the common good:
King
Noble
Clergy
Peasant
The public administration was represented by:
Nobles
Monarchs
Clergy
Citizens
It had the tasks of composing the documents that contained the orders and decisions of the monarch:
Royal House
Curia Regia
Chancellery
Curia plena
Advisory body formed by the elites of the kingdom and the closest confidants of the king:
Royal House
Royal Court
Curia plena
Curia regia
The frontier of the Reconquest since the 11th century was located in:
Guadalquivir valley
Tajo valley
Guadiana valley
Ebro valley
The Cortes were called by the king, where and when the king saw:
True
False
In which Christian territory the Cortes had a lot of power?
Castile and Leon
Aragon
Catalonia
Valencia
In Castile-Leon the aristocracy had a prominently military character and participated to a lesser degree in the government of the kingdom:
True
False
