Final answer:
The statement about the Spanish reconquering the Iberian Peninsula being a military and religious action is true. The Reconquista had significant religious motivations alongside military and political ones.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement 'For the Spanish, reconquering the Iberian Peninsula was a military and religious action' is true. The Reconquista, as this period is known, was a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory taken by Muslims (known at the time as Moors) on the Iberian Peninsula. The effort was not only to reclaim land for political and military reasons but also had a strong religious component, as the Christian kingdoms of the north sought to reclaim their territories for Christendom from the Muslim Moors who had ruled parts of the peninsula for centuries.