Warm-Up #1 (10/3/14)Read “Byzantine and Moslem Empires” and answer the following questions:

1. What is the modern day city and country of Constantinople?

2. What was the original name that the capital city was known by? What did Constantine rename it and how was this shortened?

3. Why was Constantinople’s location important?4. What are three ways the Byzantines helped preserve the

culture of Ancient Greece and Rome?5. What caused the end of the Byzantine Empire?

Warm-Up #2 (10/7/14)Analyze the map and answer the following questions1. Constantinople was

an important location between which two seas?

2. At its greatest height, which civilizations that we already studied were included in the Byzantine Empire?

3. What two factors made it difficult to hold on to these lands?

4. What direction did the Turks who captured Constantinople in 1453 come from?

The Byzantine Empire

Warm-Up #3 (10/8/14)Answer the following questions based on your Early Russia Assignment

1. Identify one geographic feature that contributed to the rise of Kievan Rus (early Russia)

2. What was Vladimir’s most significant accomplishment?

3. Identify one contribution of Yaroslav the Wise to early Russian culture

4. Identify one factor that contributed to the decline of Kiev

5. What role did the Mongols play in shaping Russian culture?

Warm-Up #4 (10/10/14)Each statement below comes from a Holy Book. Indicate whether you think the source of each statement is: (A) the Old Testament/Torah; (B) the New Testament of the Bible; or (C) the Qur’an.

1. And We Said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely of the fruits thereof where ye will; but come not near this tree lest ye become wrongdoer

2. O Children of Israel! Remember My favor wherewith I favored you and how I preferred you to all creature.

3. And remember when We deliver you from Pharaoh’s folk, who are afflicting you with dreadful torment slaying your sons and sparing your women.

4. And when We did not appoint for Moses forty nights of solitude, and then ye chose the calf, when he had gone from you, and were wrongdoers.

5. One among them said: Kill not Joseph, but if ye must be doing, fling him into the depth of the pit. Some caravan will find him.

Warm-Up #5 (10/16/14)For each statement below, determine whether the question applies to Christianity (C), Islam (I), or Judaism (J). Each statement may apply to more than one religion.

1. Their Holy Book is called the Qur’an2. Jesus is considered the Son of God3. This religion accepts both the Old and New Testaments as Holy Books4. This religion is the oldest of the three western religions5. Abraham is regarded as the father of their people6. Abraham and Moses are considered prophets7. Jerusalem is considered a holy city8. Jesus is recognized as an important prophet9. This religion is the second oldest religion of the three western religions10.Their Holy Book includes the story of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem11.This religion believes in one Supreme Being12.Followers participate in a pilgrimage to Mecca13.Their place of worship is a synagogue14.Their place of worship is a mosque15.Their place of worship is a church

Warm-Up #6 (10/17/14)True or False. If the answer is false, explain why1. The Qur’an contains elements of the Old and New Testaments2. Jews, Christians and Muslims all believe in the same God3. Muslims recognize Abraham, Moses, and Jesus as prophets of

God4. The creed (the Shahadah) of Islam expresses polytheism5. Muhammad is viewed by Muslims as a divine being6. Islamic scripture stresses kindness, generosity and honesty7. Out of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, Christianity is the oldest

religion8. Before Islam, people of Mecca were Christians9. Sunni Muslims believe the caliph should be a descendant of

Muhammad10. The majority of Muslims in Iran are Shiites although the

majority of Muslims in the world are Sunnis