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What group of people conquered Spain in 711 thus necessitating the Reconquista?
The Parthian Empire
The Persian Empire
The Umayyad Caliphate
The Ottoman Empire
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What imperial ethnicity ruled Spain before the Umayyads' conquest?
The Carolingians
The Normans
The Visigoths
The Ostrogoths
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What last Visigoth king of all Spain lost his life repelling the Umayyad invasion in 711?
Roderic
Frederic
Donald
Ronald
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Roderic lost his life at what 711 battle that essentially gave the Umayyad dominion over most of Spain?
The Battle of Catalaunian Plains
The Battle of Abritus
The Battle of Toledo
The Battle of Guadalete
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Most of Spain's rebel Christian knights and lords fled to the country's northwest. There, they founded what temporary kingdom that would resist the Umayyad invasion?
The Kingdom of Asturias
The Kingdom of Basque
The Kingdom of Deceavo
The Kingdom of Santiago
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At what 722 battle did the Kingdom of Asturias decisively repel the Umayyad assault on their borders?
The Battle of Covadonga
The Battle of Guadalcanal
The Battle of Alfiers
The Battle of Sierra Leone
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The Umayyads gave what name to the Spanish territory they conquered?
Az-Iberia
Northern Algeria
Al Andalus
Sy-Toledo
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The Reconquista was briefly interrupted when what Frankish king attacked Pamplona but then had to flee the region following the Battle of Roncevaux Pass?
Charlemagne
Pepin the Short
William the Conqueror
Maximillian
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As the Kingdom of Asturias was forced further northwest, it dissolved in 910 and adopted what new name?
The Holy Roman Empire
The Kingdom of Portugal
the Kingdom of Bascogne
The Kingdom of Leon
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As the Umayyad Caliphate was taken over in its homeland, those Umayyads who remained in Spain established what new empire in 929 within their stolen territory?
The Caliphate of Abassid
The Caliphate of Turakesh
The Caliphate of Cordoba
The Caliphate of Barbar
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After the Caliphate of Cordoba fell, it left the remaining Muslim territories in Spain to become independent rivals of one another. What was the name given to these Moorish kingdoms in Spain?
Ogiers
Aesirs
Toulons
Taifa
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In 1056, what nobleman crowned himself the first Emperor of Spain in a bid to try and unite all of his countrymen under his banner?
King Albert II
King Ferdinand I
King Sancho II
King Palamedes
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In the 11th Century, the Taifa kingdoms were slowly united by what Berber dynasty who took the reins of Muslim Spain?
The Abyssinians
The Almoravids
The Hishiites
The Bengals
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The Taifa kingdoms invited what Almoravid emperor to lead their war against Reconquista Spain in the mid-Eleventh Century?
Yusuf Ibn Tashfin
Yosum Shar-Ali
Aganazzar Hosa-In
Jazir
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At the historic Battle of Clavijo, legends say that victory was given to the Spanish rebels by the intercession of what apostle of Christ?
St. Andrew
St. Peter
St. Thomas
St. James
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One of the rebel Spanish states during the Reconquista was what largely independent kingdom that didn't even rejoin the other Spanish states until the Reconquista's very end? (Hint: the state was also called Pamplona)
Navarre
Rienne
Pyrens
Toledo
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What Spanish king is known for peacefully gaining control of Toledo back in 1086?
Alfonso VI
Ricardo II
Tristan IV
Robard I
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One of the most famous Muslim leaders of the Reconquista era was what famous chamberlain and advisor who led the conquest of Spain by using his lord Hisham II as a puppet?
Almanzor
Saladin
Aganazzer
Shabti
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Alfonso VI's armies were shattered by King Yusuf Ibn Tashfin of the Almoravid Dynasty at what 1086 battle?
The Battle of Sagrajas
The Battle of Montblanc
The Battle of Kirsk
The Battle of Domingo
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What Reconquista knight earned the nickname of El Campeador because of how he conquered the Taifa of Valencia?
Cabell
El Greco
El Cid
La Roen
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The next major phase of the Reconquista came to fruition in 1118 when what King of Aragon reclaimed Zaragoza?
Stefan the Invincible
Marcus the Proud
Alfonso the Battler
Robin the Wise
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The Reconquista, in 1,159, was taken up by what new caliphate that arose in the Berber lands?
The Nadar Caliphate
The Abyssinian Caliphate
The Almohad Caliphate
The Assirhad Caliphate
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In the 12th Century, what Reconquista warlord became the first King of Portugal after he reclaimed it in the Battle of Ourique?
Tomas I
Alfonso I
Uther I
Seres I
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The Almohad Caliphate retook Toledo from the Spanish at what 1195 battle that marked one of the last major gains by Muslim forces during the Reconquista?
The Battle of Alarcos
The Battle of Gadilla
The Battle of Godiva
The Battle of Mesalle
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In 1212, what battle marked the turning point of the Reconquista as Spanish forces once again started claiming ground against the Almohad Caliphate?
The Battle of Los Cruces
The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
The Battle of Los Peregrinos
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What was the last Muslim kingdom to survive in Spain until it was conquered at the Reconquista's end?
Seville
Granada
Toledo
Toboso
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What dynasty ruled over the Emirate of Granada and paid tribute to Spain's Reconquista kingdoms as a means of buying time?
The Nasrid Dynasty
The Ebezal Dynasty
The Wydaun Dynasty
The Sonamani Dynasty
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In what year did Granada's surrender end the Reconquista?
1385
1414
1453
1492
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What King of Aragon reunified Spain by marrying the Queen of Castille at the Reconquista's tale end?
Felix VI
David I
Alfonso XI
Ferdinand II
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What Queen of Castille and Leon united Christian Spain when she married Ferdinand II of Aragon and also funded Christopher Columbus's voyage to the Americas?
Isabella I
Mary II
Aricia I
Maude II
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