Benchmark #1 Flash Cards Rome, Islam, & Africa Units.
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Benchmark #1 Flash Cards
Rome, Islam, & Africa Units
Instructions
• I have provided you with a list of terms & ideas that you will need to study for your Benchmark.
• Print out the flash cards & define the words on the back of each card.
• Quiz yourself by seeing if you can define each word or read the definition and see if you can identify the word it relates to.
RISE & FALL OF ROME
Constantine
Roads
Roman Empire
Augustus (formerly Octavian)
Roman Republic
Coliseum
Diocletian
Julius Caesar
Aqueducts
Great Schism
Eastern Orthodox
Church
Roman Senate
Roman Legions
Pax Romana
Germanic tribes (barbarians)
Catholic Church
Punic Wars
Mercenaries
Constantinople (city)
Christianity
Eastern Roman Empire
(Byzantine Empire)
Fall of Rome (Reasons for it)
Western Roman Empire
Rome (city)
Roman Strengths
(What were they?)
GROWTH & SPREAD OF ISLAM
Medina
Qur’an
Prophet
Kabah
Muhammad
Gabriel (the angel)
Hijrah
Mecca
Allah (God)
Sedentary
Sunnah
Oasis
City-Dweller
Arabian Peninsula (Arabia)
Mosque
Bedouin
Nomad
5 Pillars of Islam
Seljuk Turks
Jihad
Umayyad Dynasty
Cordoba (city in Spain
for Umayyads)
Caliph
Suqs
Two branches of Islam
(name them)
Abbasid Dynasty
Muslim Achievements
WEST AFRICA IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Niger River
Ghana (3-5 details)
Caravan
Sahara Desert
Geographic zones in Africa
(name the 3 types)
Songhai (3-5 details)
Trans-Saharan Caravan Trade
Trade Goods in West Africa
Mali (3-5 details)
Kinship
Oral Traditions
Mansa Musa
Spread of Islam to West Africa
(How?)
Berbers
Growth of Islam & Arabic
(explain)
Labor Specialization
Askia Muhammad
Griots
Patriarchal (hint: think of
“padre”)
Timbuktu
Matriarchal (hint: think of
“madre”)
Growth of cities in West Africa (explain how it
happened)
BLANK FLASH CARDS (IN CASE YOU WANT TO CREATE MORE)