Warm-Up #1 (10/3/13)

• Read “Byzantine and Moslem Empires” and answer the following questions:

1. What is the modern day city and country of Constantinople?

2. What was the original name that the capital city was known by? What did Constantine rename it and how was this shortened?

3. Why was Constantinople’s location important?4. What are three ways the Byzantines helped preserve the

culture of Ancient Greece and Rome?5. What caused the end of the Byzantine Empire?

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Warm Up #2 (10/7/13) Byz, Russia, Islam Map Number from 1-10 and correctly match

each number to the place below:

Baltic SeaBlack SeaCaspian SeaConstantinopleDanube River

Dnieper RiverKiev Mediterranean SeaRomeTours

Warm-Up #3 (10/8/13)• Answer the following questions based on your Early

Russia HW Assignment1. Identify one geographic feature that contributed to the

rise of Kievan Rus (early Russia)2. What was Vladimir’s most significant accomplishment?3. Identify one contribution of Yaroslav the Wise to early

Russian culture4. Identify one factor that contributed to the decline of

Kiev5. What role did the Mongols play in shaping Russian

culture?

Warm-Up #4 (10/9/13)• True or False. If the answer is false, explain why1. The city of Novgorod prospered because of its key

location on the Dnieper River2. Russia adopted Roman Catholic Christianity3. Yaroslav the Wise issued the Russkaia Pravda, the

1st Russian law code4. As a result of Mongol rule, Russia was isolated

from Western Europe5. Ivan the Terrible was responsible for unifying

Russian principalities and challenging Mongol rule

Warm-Up #5 (10/10/13)• What do you already know…or THINK you

know about Islam?(pssst…if you did your HW, you should know at least a few things!)

Warm-Up #6 (10/17/13)• True or False. If the answer is false, explain why1. The Qur’an contains elements of the Old and New Testaments2. Jews, Christians and Muslims all believe in the same God3. Muslims recognize Abraham, Moses, and Jesus as prophets of

God4. The creed (the Shahadah) of Islam expresses polytheism5. Muhammad is viewed by Muslims as a divine being6. Islamic scripture stresses kindness, generosity and honesty7. Out of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Christianity is the oldest

religion8. Before Islam, people of Mecca were Christians9. Sunni Muslims believe the caliph should be a descendant of

Muhammad10. The majority of Muslims in Iran are Shiites although the

majority of Muslims in the world are Sunnis

Warm-Up #6 (10/23/12)• Answer the following questions based on your Spread of

Islam and Islamic Empires Assignments1. At first Islam was spread by military conquest, but then it

was spread by _______________.2. Porcelain, silk and spices were brought from China to the

west on the _________________.3. ________________ stopped the spread of Islam in Europe.4. The Ottoman Empire was located in __________, the

Safavid Empire was located in ___________, and the Mughal Empire was located in ___________.

5. _________________,a leader of the Ottoman Empire, helped create the Ottoman Golden Age and granted freedom of worship to Christians and Jews