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THE GREAT QUESTIONS FROM HISTORY

- THE HISPANIC KINGDOMS & CATALUNYA –

1. What year the invade Spain? 2. What is the name of the oldest pilgrimage route in the world? 3. Where is this pilgrimage route? 4. Why is Santiago relevant for the Reconquest of Spain? 5. What is the full name of Santiago in Spain? 6. Which Asturian King halted the Moorish advance in the north of Spain? 7. What was the name of the battle? 8. What year was the battle fought? 9. What Christian kingdoms existed in the tenth century? 10. What was the Hispanic March? 11. Who was the of Urgell at the end of the ninth century? 12. True or false: The Catalan Counties maintained a good relationship with the Caliphs of Córdoba 13. What was the ? 14. What was the Kingdom of ? 15. When were the Catalan Counties established? 16. In which century did Portugal become independent? 17. Explain how the became the 18. What happened in 1137? 19. Name the four military orders that were found in Spain at this time 20. How did the Christian kings persuade people to populate the No Man’s Land between them and the Moors in the south? 21. What happened in 1212? 22. Explain the differences between the Castillian and Aragonese economies 23. Explain the differences between the Castillian and Aragonese forms of government 24. In Castile what was the Mesta? 25. In Aragon what was the Llibre del Consolat de Mar? 26. What did the Crown of Aragon call the Mediterranean? 27. What territories did the Crown of Aragon control in the Mediterranean? 28. What was the name of the architectural style executed by under Christian rule and is synonymous with the city of Teruel? 29. What is the name of the dialect and artistic style used in medieval manuscripts such as the famous Beatus de Liébana by Christians who had been arabised but not islamicised in territories occupied by the Moors? 30. Name one famous architectural monument of the Crown of Aragon 31. Name one famous architectural monument of the