Friday, December 16, 2011

Study Guide: Exam Byzantines, Russia, and Islam

Exam: Friday, December 23rd(Day before break-- please make arrangements if you know that you will not be here!!!)
Exam Format: Multiple Choice (20 Qs); Matching (20 Qs)

Materials to Study:
Ch. 11, Sec. 1 & 2(Byzantines & Russia)
Ch. 10, Sec. 1-3
Packet on Byzantine Empire
Packet on Early Russia
Packet on Islam: Spread of Islam; Achievements of Islam
Notes on Division of Muslim Empire

Key Terms to Know:
Byzantine Empire
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Justinian
Justinian's Code
Hagia Sofia
Patriarch
Icon
Iconoclast
Schism
Cyrillic Alphabet

Kievan Russa
Vladimir
Czar
Slavs

Allah
Mohammed
Prophet
Islam
Muslim
Hajj
Qu'ran (alternative spelling: Koran)
Mosque
Mecca
The Dome of the Rock
Five Pillars of Islam
Caliph
Ummayaad
Abbasid
Sufi
Calligraphy
Tribute
Caliph
Islam Achievements

Study Options:

1. Spend 20 minutes a day studying on your own (you can do it on the train!)
2. Come see Ms. Hanemann for 10 minutes of power studying during Lunch and Learn or SOS (or both!)

How to Use Your Notes for Studying:
1. Highlight Questions from Headings in HW
2. Do your notes answer the heading questions? If not, what are the answers to those questions?
3. Highlight Vocabulary from HW and in class assignments (including notes)
4. Find places where your HW notes match up with our classwork/class notes. If the information is in both then that means its IMPORTANT!
5. Find places where all of your notes and assignments match up with the Study Guide-- THAT MEANS ITS ON THE EXAM!
6. Can you answer all of the Aims from class since we began our work on the Byzantines, Russia, and Islam?

Practice Multiple Choice
Byzantine
Islamic Civilizations