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Moors and the Renaissance 1
Take this quiz to see how much you know about the Moorish influence on Spain and Europe!
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Last updated: January 20, 2026
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| First submitted | January 20, 2026 |
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1. The Moors were:
Christians
A powerful family
Muslims
2. The Moors invaded Spain and then ruled it from:
300-500 BC
711-1492 AD
709-1490 AD
1485-1517 AD
3. A Moor would rather...
go without soap than bread
eat oranges than apricots
go without bread than a bar of soap
4. The Moorish conquest of Spain, which was lead by Tariq ibn Ziyad, is known as the:
Umayyad Conquest
The Spanish-Muslim War
Reconquista
Al-Andalus Conquest
5. The Moors were:
All of the above
Arabs
Mauritanians
Berbers
6. Moors introduced shaving for men, deodorants, perfumes, and toothepaste.
False
True
7. Al-Andalus refers to:
the name of the Moor who led the conquest
the territories in the Iberian Peninsula captured by the Moors
the name of a Spanish Moor who fought in the Reconquista
their conquest of Spain
8. In terms of food, Moorish rule was more about:
creating new foods with what the Spanish and Moors already had
introducing new foods
introducing new techniques, ideas, and agricultural practices
all of the above
9. The Moors introduced oranges, apricots, almonds, eggplant, and seasonings like Saffron. But they did not introduce sugar cane.
False (They introduced all of those things, including sugar cane.)
True (Sugar cane was very common in Spain before Moorish rule.)
10. How many public baths were built by the Moors in Cordova, Spain?
100
50
900
600
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