Fall of the Romans
These were the years when the Roman Empire was split into two and when the Roman Empire fell, respectively.
What is 395 and 476?
The year when the Muslims first took the Iberian Peninsula.
What is 711?
This was the Christian Kingdom established by the Visigoths taking refuge in the northern mountains.
What is the Kingdom if Austurias?
This was the name for the Islamic fortress which fortified a city.
What is an Alcázar?
These are a few examples of cultural contributions made by the Muslims to Spanish society.
What is chess, Arabic numerals, the number zero, turrones, alfajores, and mazapanes?
The Roman name for the Germanic tribes, meaning “foreigner.”
BONUS: Extra points to anyone who can give the original Roman term from which “Arganda” was derived.
What is “Barbarian”?
BONUS: “Area canda”
This was the battle where King Rodrigo was defeated.
What is the Battle of Gauadalete?
This was the process in which the Christian leaders encouraged settlers to cultivate land around the Iberian Peninsula to defend territory.
What is repopulation?
These people made up the majority of the population in the Christian Kingdoms. They paid heavy taxes and had little rights.
Who are the peasants?
These are a few Spanish words taken from Arabic.
BONUS: Extra points if you can give the original Arabic spelling for “Madrid.”
What is aceite, ajedrez, and almohada?
Bonus: Majrit or Mayrit
The tribe which conquered the Iberian Peninsula at the behest of the Romans.
What are the Visigoths?
The capital of Al-Andalus (also where I’m going tomorrow).
What is Córdoba?
This is the name of a deciding victory for the Christian Kingdoms in 1202.
What is the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa?
The names for the Islamic central market and the working class neighborhoods, respectively.
What is a souk and the arrabales?
These are two incredible architectural wonders in Spain contributed by the Muslims.
What is the Mezquita de Córdoba, and the Alhambra de Granada?
The three original Germanic tribes which invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 409.
What are the Suevi, the Alans, and the Vandals?
This was the last city in Al-Andalus to hold out before the Christians retook the entire Iberian Peninsula.
What is Granada?
These were the four major Christian Kingdoms that existed on the Iberian Peninsula by the 13th Century.
What is the Corona de Castilla, the Corona de Aragón, Navarra, and Portugal?
Christian cities were organized into these.
What are Boroughs?
This style of architecture in the Middle Ages emphasized tall, ornate cathedrals with stained glass windows.
What is Gothic Architecture?
These were the arches used in early Visigothic churches.
What are horseshoe arches?
These were the four periods of Al-Andalusian history.
What is the Emirate, the Caliphate, the Tarifa States, and the Reino Nazarí de Granada?
These monarchs unified Spain and defeated the Muslims in 1492.
Who are the Reyes Católicos?
The four things that helped fortify a castle in a Christian town or city.
What are moats, walls, drawbridges, and towers?
These are three cities where medieval universities were established.
What is Palencia, Salamanca, and Valladolid?