Geography and History Department

Retest portfolio Nº1. 3ºESO

This portfolio will be submitted prior to 1st February 2017 to your current

Geography and History teacher. In order to successfully complete it, students must

review the coursebook (Anaya Education) and handouts used in the previous year.

Any doubts that may arise must be asked to your teacher in 2016/2017 course.

Student:

Group:

Academic Year:

1. Which two dates mark the beginning and the end of the Middle Ages?

2. The Middles Ages is a period characterised by the fragmentation of the

Mediterranean Sea around the different civilizations: Christianity, Islam and the

Byzantine Empire. Colour and locate these civilizations on the map and point some

of their most important cities: Córdoba, Oviedo, Aachen, Rome, Constantinople,

Damascus, Baghdad, Mecca.

3. Describe in no less than 10 lines the most remarkable facts of the biography of

the following characters:

Muhammad; Charlemagne; Abd-al-Rahman III

4. Answer the following questions about the Germanic peoples:

a) Where did they come from?

b) Why did they move southwards from central Europe?

c) Which were the main Germanic kingdoms?

d) Who were the Visigoths?

5. Link Islam, Christianity and the Byzantine Empire to the following artworks.

Guess the type of building represented on the images, the century where they were

built as well as the name of the monuments shown in the pictures.

6. What are the two milestones that mark the beginning and end of the Byzantine

Empire? Why are these two dates important for History?

b) Who was Justinian? Write his most remarkable achievements in 5-10 lines.

7. Define the following concepts:

a) Hijra

b) Islam

c) Caliph

d) Vizier

e) Kaaba

f) Mosque:

8. Answer the following questionnaire:

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER:

a) Islam is the continuation of Christianity and Judaism.

b) Koran is the continuation of The Bible and gospels

c) For Muslims, Muhammad is the same god as the Jews and the Christians’ one.

d) A Muslim must go once in a lifetime to Jerusalem.

e) For Muslims, Christ is just a prophet and not the son of God.

MUSLIMS MUST FOLLOW 5 PREPHETS. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ONES:

a) Pray 5 times a day facing Mecca.

b) Fasting during the month of Ramadan.

c) Alms giving.

d) Accept Muhammad as the only god.

HIGHLIGHT ALL CORRECT STATEMENTS:

a) The Caliph used to have all powers except the religious one.

b) In Islamic societies, the administration of the Caliphate was in Vizier’s hands.

c) The Arabs conquered Al-Andalus but they were stopped by Charles Martel at

Poitiers Battle.

d) In Islamic societies, Arabs were part of the aristocracy and Christians and Jews

took part in the lowest social groups.

e) Islamic economy was very developed and they dedicated mainly luxury trade,

importing expensive products from Far East Countries and then exporting them to

Western Countries.

9. Answer the following questions referred to Muslim Spain (Al-Andalus).

a) Year in which the Islamic invasion took place….¿What people was defeated by

Muslims?

b) Who was the first Andalusian Caliph? Why was he called Caliph?

c) Write a C (Christian) or M (Muslim) for the following economic features:

Rural____urban_____coin____barter____trade___self-consumption economy

d) Name the two most important types of buildings of Islamic art.

e) In which important Spanish Islamic cities we can find examples of those

buildings?

f) List the main social groups in Andalusian society.

10. Draw a medieval monastery and write the name of its main elements. Indicate

the use that these parts used to have:

11. Explain the following concepts briefly (5 lines max.)

a) Guild:

b) Privilege:

12. Explain the three estates of Medieval Society. What were they dedicated to?

13. Following the relations between lords and vassals, how can we name a

monarchy in the Middle Ages? Explain the feudal relations.

Draw the pyramid that represents the feudal relations.

14. In which century there was a renaissance or a rebirth of European cities?

15. Explain the main European trade routes in the Late Middle Ages. Describe the

countries involved in the production of the main products and the type of products

they are. Provide some examples.

16. In the chart below you can see the main stages of History as well as their

starting and finishing dates.

On the right side, there are 19 key events that must be ordered, putting the oldest

ones below and the most recent ones above, as shown in the examples.

You must put the name of each period on the left side and the date they started.

PERIODS STARTING POINT EVENTS DATES

PREHISTORY Emergence of

human beings.

Some million

years ago-

invention of

writing

FOUNDATION OF

ROME

753 B.C

CONSTRUCTION OF

THE ACROPOLIS

437 B.C

INENTION OF

AGRICULTURE

3000 B.C

ACIENT HISTORY INVENTION OF

WRITING. 3.000

B.C- 476 A.D

BEGINNING OF

WWII

1939

INVENTION OF

AGRICULTURE

8000 B.C

ARRIVAL OF

MANKIND ON THE

MOON

1969

DISCOVERY OF THE

AMERICAS

1492

MIDDLE AGES 476 A.D-1453 A.D LUTHER’S

REFORMATION

1517

FRENCH

REVOLUTION

1879

FALL OF

CONSTANTINOPLE

1453

DEATH OF

EMPEROR

JUSTINIAN

565

EARLY MODERN

AGE

1453 A.D-1789

A.D

MUSLIM INVASION

OF SPAIN

711

CONSTRUCTION OF

THE PYRAMIDS

2570 B.C

FALL OF THE

ROMAN EMPIRE

476

ALTAMIRA CAVE

PAINTINGS

12.000 B.C

LATE MODERN

AGE

1789-nowadays FIRST STEAM

ENGINE

1774

TWIN TOWERS

TERRORIST

ATTACKS

2001

CORONATION OF

CHARLEMAGNE

800

APPEARANCE OF

MANKIND

1.000.000