Byzantine Empire
How was the Byzantine Empire created?
When the Roman Empire split, the east half became the Byzantine Empire.
Name a landform in the Arabian Peninsula?
desert, mountains, swamps
Name the fastest growing modern day religion.
Islam
Which two minerals were mined in the West African Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
salt and gold
What form of democracy was used in Athens, Greece and in Rome?
Athens, Greece - Direct Democracy
Rome - Representative Democracy
What is a lasting effect of Justinian's Code?
It became the basis for many modern legal systems.
Who was a famous traveler who started his lifelong travels by taking a hajj to Mecca when he was young?
Ibn Battuta
Which three continents did Islam spread to from the Arabian Peninsula?
Asia, northern Africa, and Europe (Spain only)
What was an effect of Mansa Musa's hajj to Mecca after he returned to Mali?
Spread Islam. He brought back Islamic architects and scholars.
Which ancient governmental system had the most influence on the government in the USA?
Rome - US and Rome both use Representative Democracy.
Constantinople sat between which two continents?
Europe and Asia
What are the two main ways Islam spread to new places?
trade and conquest
Which letter on the map represents the Arabian Peninsula?
A
Which two African Kingdoms were not in West Africa?
Axum and Zimbabwe
Tell one reason for the fall of the Roman Empire.
too large, political infighting/poor leadership, disease, patricians fleeing, taxes were too high, barbarian invasions, etc...
Which invention brought down the Theodosian Walls? Who was it invented by?
Gunpowder. Chinese.
Why was calligraphy a popular art among Arab-Muslims?
Islam does not allow Muslims to draw images of people and animals. Calligraphy is decorative writing, so it does not violate the laws of Islam.
Which continent stopped the spread of Islam. How?
Europe. A Christian army stopped the Muslims in Tours, France.
What was an effect Muslim trading caravans had on Africa?
they spread the Arabic language and Islamic culture
How did the Roman Empire affect Christianity in the long term?
While Romans discouraged Christianity in the beginning, their vast road system actually helped spread Christian ideas far and wide. Eventually, Rome became a Christian Empire.
How did Constantine affect the Roman Empire?
He is credited with creating the Byzantine Empire. (The Eastern Roman Empire.)
Tell about two Muslim-Arabian inventions that impact modern society.
algebra, calligraphy, astrolabe, cartography, hospitals, antiseptic, etc...
What teaches Muslims about their duty to take a hajj to Mecca at least once in their life?
The Five Pillars of Islam in the Sunnah
How did African tribes keep the history of their tribe alive?
Griots - Were the storytellers and historians of each tribe memorizing the tribe's history and telling it orally.
Compare and contrast Greece's government with our own (USA).
Greece and USA - both democracies
Greece - direct democracy
USA - representative democracy