Kingdom of León - Quiz
Kingdom of León
  • 1. Which Roman legion founded the city of León?
A) Legio VII Gemina
B) Legio X Fretensis
C) Legio IX Hispana
D) Legio V Alaudae
  • 2. What resource was primarily mined at Las Médulas and traded through León?
A) Copper
B) Gold
C) Silver
D) Iron
  • 3. Which Visigothic king conquered León in 569?
A) Wamba
B) Sisebut
C) Liuvigild
D) Recared
  • 4. In what year did León fall to the Moors?
A) 910
B) 742
C) 717
D) 569
  • 5. When did León become part of the Kingdom of Asturias?
A) 910
B) 717
C) 931
D) 742
  • 6. Which king divided his realm to create the Kingdom of León?
A) Alfonso the Great
B) García I
C) Ramiro II
D) Ordoño II
  • 7. Who was the first king of the independent Kingdom of León?
A) García I
B) Ordoño II
C) Alfonso IV
D) Fruela II
  • 8. What nickname was given to Ramiro II by his Muslim enemies?
A) The Devil
B) The Brave
C) The Great
D) The Conqueror
  • 9. What geographic region did Ramiro II turn into a no-man's land?
A) The valley of the Douro
B) The Meseta high plains
C) The Ebro valley
D) The Tagus valley
  • 10. What is the term for the process of repopulating the Meseta high plains?
A) Visigothic integration
B) Mozarabic revival
C) Repoblación
D) Reconquista
  • 11. Which three cultures are mixed in Mozarabic art?
A) Roman, Greek, and Persian
B) Asturian, Leonese, and Galician
C) Latin, Gothic, and Moorish
D) Visigoth, Islamic, and Byzantine
  • 12. Which church is a notable example of Mozarabic style in León?
A) Saint James of Compostela
B) Cathedral of León
C) San Isidoro de León
D) San Miguel de Escalada
  • 13. Which count sought to make Burgos independent from the Kingdom of León?
A) Ferdinand II of Castile
B) Alfonso Fróilaz
C) Ordoño II
D) García I
  • 14. In what year was the Count of Castile defeated by Sancho I of León?
A) 930
B) 966
C) 951
D) 914
  • 15. In what year was the Kingdom of León founded?
A) 914
B) 924
C) 932
D) 910
  • 16. From which city was the capital shifted to León?
A) Santiago de Compostela
B) Castile
C) Galicia
D) Oviedo
  • 17. What disease caused the death of King Fruela II?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Plague
C) Smallpox
D) Leprosy
  • 18. Who became king in 932 after capturing his brother Alfonso IV?
A) García
B) Ramiro
C) Sancho I
D) Ordoño III
  • 19. Who acted as regent during the minority of Ramiro, son of Sancho I?
A) Elvira the Abbess
B) Elvira Ramírez
C) Teresa Ansúrez
D) St Rudesind
  • 20. In what year did the County of Portugal become an independent kingdom?
A) 1230
B) 931
C) 1038
D) 1139
  • 21. What was the result of the power struggle after the death of Fruela II?
A) A civil war
B) The ascension of a foreign ruler
C) The dissolution of the kingdom
D) An immediate peace treaty
  • 22. Who ruled the Kingdom of León from 951 to 956?
A) Sancho I
B) Alfonso IV
C) Ordoño III
D) Ramiro
  • 23. When did the Kingdom of León enter a personal union with the Kingdom of Castile?
A) 1230s
B) 1032
C) 1300
D) 1139
  • 24. Which group primarily settled the southern frontier of the Extremadura Leonesa?
A) Viking mercenaries
B) Military orders
C) Peasant farmers
D) Royal governors
  • 25. In which century did the County of Castile split off from León?
A) 9th century
B) 12th century
C) 11th century
D) 10th century
  • 26. Who was the bishop that died fighting the Vikings in 968?
A) Gonzalo Sánchez
B) Sisnando
C) Alfonso III
D) Rudesind
  • 27. Which Viking raider attacked Spain's Atlantic coast?
A) Rudesind
B) Gunrod
C) Olaf Haraldsson
D) Sisnando
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