Vocab!
What is a city-state?
City-states political units are made up of a city and all the surrounding lands.
What is Niagra Falls?
The waters of the Niagara River created Niagara Falls.
What is the definition of empire?
Empire, land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
Where is Constantinople located?
It is in the eastern capital of the Roman Empire.
Constantinople was the capital of what empire?
Constantinople was the capital of the roman empire.
Where are the Rocky Mountains?
The Rocky Mountains are located in western North America.
What was the Byzantine Empire?
Byzantine Empire society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the west fell.
True or False? Byzantine Empire society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the West fell.
True
What kind of art is a mosaic?
Mosaic pictures are made with pieces of colored stone or glass.
Where did the St. Lawrence River get its name?
The St. Lawrence River gets its name from Saint Laurent.
True or False? The Roman Empire was a vast and influential civilization that emerged from the Roman Republic.
True
What is the Sierra Madre?
Sierra Madre's “mother range” comprises three mountain ranges in Mexico.
What kind of land is a peninsula?
A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water.
What is the word for the definition, "huge expanses of farm or ranch land"?
Haciendas, are huge expanses of farm or ranch land.
What is the difference between the Byzantine and Roman Empire?
The Byzantine Empire focused on mostly Greek language and Orthodox Christianity. The Roman Empire on the other hand focused on Latin, and Catholicism, and had its capital in Rome.
What is a vocabulary word for church outposts?
Another word for church outposts is missions.
Why is the St. Lawrence River important?
St. Lawrence River is an important international waterway that links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
True or False? Río Bravo River, known in the United States as the Rio Grande, forms part of Mexico’s border with the United States
True
What is Constantinople?
Constantinople is the eastern capital of the Roman Empire.
What is mestizos?
Mestizos Spanish name for people of mixed European and Indian ancestry.