Directions: Answer each question and then plot on your map.

1. In what Greek city did the idea of democratic government originate?

2. In what city did a republic form of government originate?

3. In what present day country did Christianity originate?

4. In 1215, the Magna Carta put this country on a long tough road to a more democratic form of government.

5. What European city was the center of enlightenment ideas that eventually led to a revolution made famous by “Madame Guillotine”?

6. What river was important to the development of the Egyptian civilization?

7. What 2 rivers formed Mesopotamia, or the “Land Between Two Rivers”?

8. What warrior civilization dominated the Indus River region in India and eventually became the name of Hitler’s “master race”?

9. What Christian city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire but later conquered by the Muslims and renamed Istanbul?

10. Identify the cities that launched the first 4 major Crusades to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.

11. What ancient empire dominated almost all of Europe and North Africa and the Middle East from 750 B.C. to 500 A.D.?

12. The Eastern Part of the Roman Empire transitioned into the ______Empire and did not suffer the same “Dark Period” that the Western Part of the Roman Empire experienced. 13. What the two main cities in the Holy Land do you think the Crusaders were trying to recapture?

14. What powerful group united Mesopotamia and established the capital city in Babylon?

15. This capital city is in the heart of Mesopotamia and was until just recently occupied by United States’ troops.