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Los Moros + Reyes
pps. (8 - 11)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What year is important in Spanish history? | 711 |
| Who are the moros? | The Moors or Muslims (musulmanes) |
| What occured in 711? | Los moros invadieron Espana in 711 desde el norte de Africa. |
| Desde | From |
| What did the influence of the Moors do to Spain? | Hace la civilazacion muy diferente de otros paises europeos. |
| What is the capital of the Moors? | Cordoba |
| Culta | Elegant |
| What was the capital of the Moors like in Europe? | Mas culta que las ciudades europeos, cuando el resto de continente vivia en la oscuridad de la Edad Media. |
| La oscuridad | Darkness |
| In the 10th century, what was the population of Cordoba? | Tenia un poblacion de trescientos mi habitantes. |
| What else did they establish? | A library (biblioteca) con 250,000 books |
| Who did the Moors work in harmony with? | The Christians (cristianos) and jews (judios) |
| Who did they make important discoveries in? | In medicine, math, other sciences |
| Discoveries | Descubrimientos |
| What origen of most spanish words? | Arabic Origen (arabe) |
| Examples of expressions (costumbres) | Buen Provecho - Ojala - Mi casa es su casa |
| Arab Products | Sugar (azucar) - Oranges (naranja) - Egg Plant (berenjena) |
| Types of Spanish-Arabic Words | Begin with "Al" (alcazar (fortress) - almohada - alfombra) |
| Where did Christians go? | Montanas de Asturias |
| Who was named King? | don Pelayo - 1st of spanish dynasty (dinastia) |
| When + where 1st battle of Moors and Spanish? | Covadonga - 718 |
| What then began after 1st battle? | La Reconquista - a series of battles lasting 8 centuries |
| What did the Christians do during this period? | Recover (recuper) terrain (terreno) from the arabs |
| What did the Christians do with the recovered lands (terreno recuperando) | Formed independent kingdoms (reinos) - resulted in a lack (falta) of political unity |
| How does lack of unity affect Spain today? | The desire (el afan) of independence of various small communities (los comunidades autonomas) |
| Small Community in Spain | La comunidad autonoma |
| Most independent minded community? | Pais Vasco (Euskadi) + Cataluna |
| When was the unity of Spain made (realizar)? | 1469 |
| How was the unity made? | The marriage of Isabel de Castilla and Fernando de Aragon |
| Who were Fernando and Isabel? | The "Reyes Catolicos" - Catholic Rulers |
| What did the Reyes Catolicos establish? | An absolute monarchy (monarquia absoluta) |
| What did the Reyes Catolicos want in Spain? | Religious (religioso), political (politica), and territorial |
| What didn't exist under the Reyes Catolicos? | Religious tolerance (tolerencia) |
| When was the Tribunal of the Inquisition? | 1481 |
| Who were thrown out in 1492? | In 1492, the jews that didn't convert were thown out (expulsar). |
| Why was their expulsion a disaster to Spain? | Contributed in many fields to the prosperity of the country |
| What were the thrown out jews called? | Sefardies |
| Where did the jews go? | North of Africa, Greece (Grecia), and Turkey (Turuia) |
| Ladino | A language that became much like spanish in the 15th century |
| Where did the troops enter in 1492? | Granada |
| What was in Granada? | The final bastion (fort) of the Moors in Spain |
| What city's taking ended the Reconquista? | Granada |
| Who was the final king of the Moors? | Boabdil |
| Why was Boabdil crying (llorando)? | The loss (la perdida) - Alhambra |
| What else happened in 1492? | "El navegador genoves" Cristobal Colon encontro las Bahamas en las Americas. |
| Who sponsored (patrocinador) Cristobal? | Isabel |
| Where did Cristobal leave? | El puerto de Palos in the south of Spain |
| When did Colon land in America? | The 12th of October |
| What was Colon trying to discover (descubrir)? | A new route (ruta) to the Indies (Indias) |
| What did the discovery begin? | The conquering (conquista), exploration (exploracion), and colonization (colonizacion) of the Americas in the name of the Spanish crown |
| What happened to Spain after the discovery? | Coverted Spain to a rich "Imperio" in the world |
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