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| A large prosperous city founded by the Phoenicians |
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| The name the Romans gave to their new territory |
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| when the Muslim Moors crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and invaded Spain |
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Spain's capital
the great center of Moorish culture |
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most famous alcazar (fortified palace)
located in Granada |
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Became the most powerful kingdom
conquered the northern half of Spain |
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| The Spanish national hero |
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| Place where the Moors were driven to & eventually surrendered |
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| Prince Ferdinand and Princess Isabella |
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| Their marriage united Castile and Aragon |
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| when the Moors surrendered |
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| An Italian navigator hired to find a route to the East Indies |
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| Wrote a grammar book for the Castilian's language that became the basis for the modern Spanish tongue |
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| Attempted to kill all the "heretics" in Spain |
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the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition.
His name became synonymous with cruelty and torture |
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| The Phoenicians and Greeks in the Iberian Peninsula settled here |
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| Portugal became an independent nation under his rule |
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| His reign marked the beginning of Portugal's greatest days of glory |
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| The beginning of the spread of European influence |
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| a Viking adventurer that sailed to America |
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| a device used to determine navigational location by measuring the angles of celestial bodies above the horizon |
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| Traveled with his father and uncle on a trip to China |
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