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?

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 #3 (10/8/13) Answer the following questions based on your Early Russia HW 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 (10/9/13) 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 #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 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 #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