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)

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