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