Reconquista

Question 1

When did the Reconquista start?

Answer 1

722

Question 2

How many centuries did the Reconquista take?

Answer 2

7 centuries

Question 3

What was the first battle of the Reconquista?

Answer 3

The Battle of Covadonga

Question 4

What King led the Battle of Covadonga?

Answer 4

Pelayo

Question 5

What was the first kingdom of the Reconquista?

Answer 5

Asturias

Question 6

When was the period of peace following the initial Reconquista?

Answer 6

911-1033

Question 7

What Muslim ethnic group was poorly treated by the Moors?

Answer 7

Berbers

Question 8

In what year did the Caliphate deteriorate into Taifas?

Answer 8

1031

Question 9

Who repressed the Spanish population (ex. banned drinking)?

Answer 9

Almoravids

Question 10

Who reunited the Taifas?

Answer 10

Almoravids

Question 11

What were the 3 main Christian Kingdoms?

Answer 11

• Castille
• Aragon
• Navarra

Question 12

At which battle were the Almohads defeated?

Answer 12

El Las Navas de Tolosa 1212

Question 13

What 3 kingdoms defeated the Almohads at the Battle of El Las Navas de Tolosa 1212?

Answer 13

• Castille
• Aragon
  -Navarra

Question 14

In what year did the Reconquista end?

Answer 14

1492

Question 15

What was the last Muslim kingdom to hold out in Spain?

Answer 15

Emirate of Granada

Question 16

Who managed to finally dislodge the Muslim Emirate of Granada from Spain in 1492?

Answer 16

Isabella and Fernando

Question 17

What two monarchs first unified Spain?

Answer 17

Isabella and Fernando

Question 18

Describe Isabella and Fernando’s power balance:

Answer 18

• Isabella ruled Castilla
• Fernando ruled Aragon

–> Isabella was more powerfull

Question 19

Why was the kingdom of Castilla stronger than Aragon?

Answer 19

• Because Aragon was composed of many other regions (ex. Valencia), , and needed their permission to act
• Castilla, on the other hand formed it’s own almost federal state, allowing Isabella’s full rule
• AKA Castilla had less powerfull nobles

Question 20

How many children did Isabella and Fernando have?

Answer 20

5 (4 girls 1 boy)

Question 21

List Fernando and Isabella’s children:

Answer 21

Isabel
Maria
Juan
Juana
Catalina

Question 22

Who was the most important one of the children of Isabella and Fernando?

Answer 22

Isabel (Future mother of Carlos I)

Question 23

Which one of Fernando and Isabella’s children died young of sickness?

Answer 23

• Juan

Question 24

Which one of Isabella and Fernando’s children went insane at an asylum?

Answer 24

Juanna

Question 25

What king founded the El Camino de Santiago?

Answer 25

Alfonso II

Question 26

Why did many younger sons travel the Camino?

Answer 26

• Because younger sons didn’t get any inheritances from their families because of primogeniture
• So, they came to the Camino to populate the area to protect it from the Berbers
• Alfonso gave 2nd sons tax exemptions and free plots of land to populate the areas
• When the Arab threat was no more, Alfonso stopped giving rights to those moving here

Question 27

Who lost at the Battle of los Navas de Tolosa?

Answer 27

The Almohads