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