MAPS 1
What word best describes the shape of the earth?
sphere
What are myths?
stories that explain nature or why things happened
What geographical term describes Italy?
peninsula
The Dark Ages, or Medieval period was also known as _____________________
Middle Ages
What three continents make-up the Middle East?
Europe, Africa, and Asia
The earth rotates on its________.
axis
What was Mount Olympus?
home of the gods
The Romans rebelled against the king and established ____________.
a republic
What was a manor?
large farm owned by a noble
What is a wadi?
a dry stream bed
Imaginary line halfway between North and South Poles
Equator
What was most important to Sparta?
military strength
Roman citizens were divided into what two classes?
plebeians and patricians
In feudalism, most peasants worked for the _____________
lord of the manor
Which Middle Eastern country is landlocked?
Afghanistan
Why do maps have grids?
to help show location
Who fought in the Battle of Salamis?
Greeks and Persians
In an emergency Rome would be rules by a ________
dictator
What was the purpose of the crusades?
control the Holy Land or Jerusalem
Who told the stories of the
Arabian Knights?
Scheherazade
What do we call lines that run parallel to the Equator?
latitude lines
Who was the father of Alexander the Great?
Philip 2
Julius Caesar served nine years as __________
governor of Gaul
What church official was in charge of area churches?
the bishop
The Arabic term Bedouin means ________________
desert dwellers