Islamic Rule in Spain
The Muslim rulers of Spain, a mix of North African Berbers and Arabs.
Who are the Moors?
What kingdoms did Ferdinand and Isabella unite through their marriage?
What are Castile and Aragon?
The term describes the dispersion of Jews after the Roman conquest.
What is the diaspora?
The year the Reconquista officially end.
What is 1492?
What language still carries traces of Arabic influence?
What is Spanish?
What is the name of the centuries-long effort by Christian kingdoms to reclaim Spanish land from the Muslims?
What is the Reconquista?
What infamous religious institution did Ferdinand and Isabella establish to enforce Catholicism?
What is the Spanish Inquisition?
What name is given to Spanish Jews?
What are Sephardic Jews?
Which Christian kingdom first resisted the Muslim conquest in 718?
What is Asturias?
How long did the Spanish Inquisition last, from its start to its final act?
What is nearly 400 years?
Which Muslim-controlled kingdom was the last to fall to Christian Spain in 1492?
What is Granada?
What explorer did Ferdinand and Isabella sponsor in his voyage to the New World?
Who is Christopher Columbus?
During Muslim rule, what did the Jews have to pay?
What is a tax?
Which king tried to use Isabella for political gain through arranged marriages?
Who is King Enrique IV?
Which pope apologized for the abuses of the Inquisition in 2000?
Who is Pope John Paul II?
What cultural aspects of Spain today still show Islamic influence?
What are language and architecture?
What proclamation expelled the Jews from Spain in 1492?
What is the Edict of Expulsion?
After the 1492 expulsion, where did many Sephardic Jews relocate?
What are North Africa, Turkey, and Greece?
What was the goal of the Reconquista?
What is to reclaim Spain from Muslim rule?
What New World areas saw harsh Inquisition courts?
What are Mexico and Peru?
In what year did the Muslims first conquer most of Spain?
What is 711?
Who was the first grand inquisitor of Spain, known for his brutality?
Who is Tomas de Torquemada?
What term refers to the public ceremony where Inquisition sentences were announced?
What is auto-da-fé?
What major European movements largely bypassed Spain due to the Inquisition?
What are the Renaissance and Reformation?
What percentage of those tried during the Inquisition were executed?
What is about 1%?