Islamic Spain
This is the name given to the area of Spain that was under Muslim rule for hundreds of years.
What is Al-Andalus?
This was the 700-year struggle by Christian kingdoms to retake Spain from Muslim rule.
What is the Reconquista?
In 1492, the King and Queen ordered these groups to leave Spain if they wouldn't convert to Christianity.
This explorer was funded by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492 to find a new route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This type of state is ruled by an "Emir" and has mainly political authority over a specific region.
What is an Emirate?
Al-Andalus focused on these three "pillars" to grow their power: Belief, Economy, and this.
What is Knowledge?
This is the name of the piece of land that contains both Spain and Portugal.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
To ensure religious unity and knowledge that aligned with the Christian worldview, these were burned.
What are books?
Spain wanted to spread this specific religion to every new land they discovered.
A state or territory ruled by a Muslim leader called a Caliph.
What is a Caliphate?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are known by this collective name.
What are the three Abrahamic Faiths?
These two leaders got married to join their kingdoms and create a unified Spain.
Who are Ferdinand and Isabella?
What is Gold?
God, Gold, Geography and this are the four reasons why Spain wanted to expand.
What is Glory?
The most common language spoken in Al-Andalus.
What is Arabic?
This city in Al-Andalus became a world center for learning, libraries, and universities.
What is Cordoba?
In 1492, this was the very last Muslim city in Spain to surrender to the Christian King and Queen.
What is Granada?
This term refers to the act of forcing a group of people to leave their country or home.
What is Expulsion?
This is the term for a country's policy of trying to get more land and more power.
What is Expansionism?
These people were driven north when the Muslims captured the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula.
Who are the Visigoths?
This prince fled from Syria to Spain and turned Cordoba into a magnificent capital city that rivaled Baghdad.
Who is Abd Al-Rahman?
These were the two specific kingdoms that Ferdinand and Isabella ruled before they were united.
What are Aragon and Castile?
A person accused of not practicing a religion properly.
What is a Heretic?
This Spanish phrase means "Geography is Everything."
What is La Geographia Manda?
This type of noble owned no land and often sought power through the military.
Who are the Hidalgo?