Warm-Up #1 (10/3/14) 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?

Warm-Up #2 (10/7/14) Analyze the map and answer the following questions 1.Constantinople was an important location between which two seas? 2.At its greatest height, which civilizations that we already studied were included in the Byzantine Empire? 3.What two factors made it difficult to hold on to these lands? 4.What direction did the Turks who captured Constantinople in 1453 come from? The Byzantine Empire

Warm-Up #3 (10/8/14) Answer the following questions based on your Early Russia Assignment 1.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 culture 4.Identify one factor that contributed to the decline of Kiev 5.What role did the Mongols play in shaping Russian culture?

Warm-Up #4 (10/10/14) Each statement below comes from a Holy Book. Indicate whether you think the source of each statement is: (A) the Old Testament/Torah; (B) the New Testament of the Bible; or (C) the Qur’an. 1.And We Said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely of the fruits thereof where ye will; but come not near this tree lest ye become wrongdoer 2.O Children of Israel! Remember My favor wherewith I favored you and how I preferred you to all creature. 3.And remember when We deliver you from Pharaoh’s folk, who are afflicting you with dreadful torment slaying your sons and sparing your women. 4.And when We did not appoint for Moses forty nights of solitude, and then ye chose the calf, when he had gone from you, and were wrongdoers. 5.One among them said: Kill not Joseph, but if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit. Some caravan will find him.

Warm-Up #5 (10/16/14) For each statement below, determine whether the question applies to Christianity (C), Islam (I), or Judaism (J). Each statement may apply to more than one religion. 1.Their Holy Book is called the Qur’an 2.Jesus is considered the Son of God 3.This religion accepts both the Old and New Testaments as Holy Books 4.This religion is the oldest of the three western religions 5.Abraham is regarded as the father of their people 6.Abraham and Moses are considered prophets 7.Jerusalem is considered a holy city 8.Jesus is recognized as an important prophet 9.This religion is the second oldest religion of the three western religions 10.Their Holy Book includes the story of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 11.This religion believes in one Supreme Being 12.Followers participate in a pilgrimage to Mecca 13.Their place of worship is a synagogue 14.Their place of worship is a mosque 15.Their place of worship is a church

Warm-Up #6 (10/17/14) True or False. If the answer is false, explain why 1.The Qur’an contains elements of the Old and New Testaments 2.Jews, Christians and Muslims all believe in the same God 3.Muslims recognize Abraham, Moses, and Jesus as prophets of God 4.The creed (the Shahadah) of Islam expresses polytheism 5.Muhammad is viewed by Muslims as a divine being 6.Islamic scripture stresses kindness, generosity and honesty 7.Out of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Christianity is the oldest religion 8.Before Islam, people of Mecca were Christians 9.Sunni Muslims believe the caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad 10.The majority of Muslims in Iran are Shiites although the majority of Muslims in the world are Sunnis

Warm Up #2 (10/7/13) Byz, Russia, Islam Map Number from 1-10 and correctly match each number to the place below: Baltic Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Constantinople Danube River Dnieper River Kiev Mediterranean Sea Rome Tours

Warm-Up #4 (10/9/13) True or False. If the answer is false, explain why 1.The city of Novgorod prospered because of its key location on the Dnieper River 2.Russia adopted Roman Catholic Christianity 3.Yaroslav the Wise issued the Russkaia Pravda, the 1 st Russian law code 4.As a result of Mongol rule, Russia was isolated from Western Europe 5.Ivan the Terrible was responsible for unifying Russian principalities and challenging Mongol rule

Warm-Up #6 (10/23/12) Answer the following questions based on your Spread of Islam and Islamic Empires Assignments 1.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