Visigoths
Moorish History
Moorish Influence
Reconquista
Grab Bag
100
The capital of the Visigoth Kingdom.
What is Toledo?
100
The name of the Moorish territory in Spain
What is al-Ándalus?
100
This sour, yellow fruit was introduced to Europe by the Moors.
What are lemons?
100
The Reconquista lasted this many years.
What lasted more than 700 years?
100
The system of government in most Kingdoms.
What is the feudal system?
200
King Roderic lost this battle to the Moors in A.D. 711.
What is the Battle of Guadalete?
200
He established the Emirate of Córdoba in A.D. 756.
What did Abd al-Rahman I do in A.D. 756?
200
This famous building in Granada was built by the Moors.
Who built the Alhambra?
200
1492
What year did the Reconquista end?
200
Allowing many different religious groups to live in harmony.
What is tolerance?
300
This group asked the Visigoths to battle other Germanic tribes in Hispania.
Who were the Romans?
300
Under this Caliph's reign, a civil war broke out in A.D. 976.
What happened under the rule of Hisham II?
300
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
What are the Arabic numerals?
300
A statue of this famous warrior commemorates his capture of this city from the Moors for Alfonso VI.
Why is there a statue of El Cid in Valencia?
300
An example of this is that there were 300 public baths in Córdoba alone!
What is an example of how hygiene changed under Moorish rule?
400
This king converted to Catholicism in this year.
What did King Reccared I do in A.D. 589?
400
These independent states where created in A.D. 1031.
When were the Taifas created?
400
The ancestor of the modern-day harp
What is the qanun?
400
Sancho II established this kingdom that year.
Who established the Kingdom of Castilla in 1065?
400
The Visigoths adopted these aspects of Roman society despite being enemies.
Who adopted the laws, clothes, weapons, and religion of the Romans?
500
These the Germanic tribes that the Visigoths fought to take control of Hispania.
What are the Vandals, the Suebi, and the Alans?
500
This was created by Abd al-Rahman III in this year.
What was the Caliphate of Córdoba that was created in A.D.929?
500
Many words beginning with these letters are derived from Arabic.
Where do words beginning in al- come from?
500
The Kingdoms of Aragón, Castilla, Navarra, and Portugal united to win this battle in that year.
Which kingdoms united to fight the Battle of las Navas de Tolosa in 1212?
500
What does a fig look like?