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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:
Muslims
A powerful family
Christians
2. The Moors invaded Spain and then ruled it from:
709-1490 AD
1485-1517 AD
711-1492 AD
300-500 BC
3. A Moor would rather...
go without soap than bread
go without bread than a bar of soap
eat oranges than apricots
4. The Moorish conquest of Spain, which was lead by Tariq ibn Ziyad, is known as the:
Umayyad Conquest
The Spanish-Muslim War
Al-Andalus Conquest
Reconquista
5. The Moors were:
All of the above
Berbers
Arabs
Mauritanians
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
their conquest of Spain
the name of a Spanish Moor who fought in the Reconquista
the territories in the Iberian Peninsula captured by the Moors
8. In terms of food, Moorish rule was more about:
introducing new techniques, ideas, and agricultural practices
all of the above
creating new foods with what the Spanish and Moors already had
introducing new foods
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?
50
600
900
100
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