Greek Geography & Culture
Early Rome
Islam
Key Historical Concepts
Early Rome
Islam
Key Historical Concepts
This peninsula, covered in mountains, was the main land of ancient Greece.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
Legendary twins who were abandoned, raised by a she-wolf, and founded Rome.
Who are Romulus and Remus?
Muslims, Christians, and Jews all trace ancestry back to this figure.
Who is Abraham?
The Shang valued the group over the individual, respect for parents, and consulted these in religion.
What are ancestors / family?
Name the two servants of the pharaoh for whom Joseph interprets dreams,
The baker and the cup bearer
Greeks became master shipbuilders because of this.
What is the sea / sea trade?
This form of government, established after the last king, allowed citizens to vote.
What is a republic?
This is the Islamic holy book, written in Arabic.
What is the Qur’an?
This political system gave land to nobles in exchange for loyalty to the king.
What is feudalism?
These narrative poems celebrated heroic deeds in Greek culture.
Answer: What are epics?
This group gave the Greeks architecture, burial customs, and religious rituals.
Who are the Minoans?
These wealthy landowners held most power in Rome, compared to the common farmers and artisans.
Who are the Patricians?
Islam requires this pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in a lifetime if possible.
What is the Hajj?
The Zhou claimed rulers had this “divine approval” to govern.
What is the Mandate of Heaven?
This war strategy by Carthage included using elephants to cross the Alps.
What is Hannibal’s invasion?
This poet wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
Rome fought this city in the Punic Wars.
What is Carthage?
The holy city Muhammad fled to during the Hijrah.
What is Medina?
These animal bones were used by the Shang to consult the gods.
What are oracle bones?
Greek city-states operated much like these today.
What are independent countries?
These ships were sturdy, had battering rams, and were used in Greek naval battles.
tryremes
He led an army with elephants across the Alps against Rome.
Who is Hannibal?
Muhammad was visited by this angel who instructed him to preach Islam.
Who is Gabriel?
These two rivers provided fertile soil and supported early Chinese civilizations.
What are the Huang He and Yangtze?
This pattern describes the rise, fall, and replacement of dynasties in China.
What is the dynastic cycle?