Ancient Greece Newspaper Project

We are preparing a newpaper from the year 322 BC, come and see next week what we are doing: interviews, editorial, articles, all made by real journalists.

Formation of the peninsular kingdoms

Every girl had to represent a king an explain his role in the conquest of the peninsula:

FORMATION OF PENINSULAR KINGDOMS (s. XI to XIII)

1.       Prepare your card

a) Name of the king or count

b) Name and colour of the zone she represents

1)                      Aragón (blue)

2)                      Asturias (yellow)

3)                      León (Brown)

4)                      Castilla (purple)

5)                      Pamplona (red)

6)                      Catalan Counties (orange)

7)                      Al- Andalus (green)

c) Draw a christian cross or a muslim crescent

d) Year and century they live in.

ORDER, These are the first three and so on.

	Name	Place	Year	Century	Did
1.	Pelayo	Asturias (yellow)	722	VIII	Began the Reconquest
2.	Alfonso I
3.	Alfonso II

First term exam

1.       Mark the following statements as true (T) or False (F) and write the correct sentence. (12  points):

1.       Fernando I declared himself king of Aragon.

2.       The emirs of Cordoba controlled all of the Cantabrian Mountains.

3.       Pelayo was a noble who defeated the Muslims near to Covadonga.

4.       Alfonso I and II created the Kingdom of Asturias

5.       Alfonso III built castles to defend Castile from Muslim attacks.

6.       The Muslims were so weakened during the 10^th century that they didn´t attack the kingdom of Leon.

2.       Complete these statements about Christian territorial expansion in the 11^th and 12^th centuries (8 points)

Almohads- Castile- count- Almoravid- parias- Aragon- caliphate- taifas

 

1.       The Christian kingdoms overtook the Muslims in military strength in 1031 when the _____________________ of Cordoba broke up into ________________. Muslims committed to pay _____________, annual tributes of gold and riches to buy peace. But attacks continued and the Islamic monarchs called on _______________ soldiers.

2.       When the power of these Muslim warriors declined, the _____________ arrived.

3.       Fernando I was the first king of ______________ and united the Kingdom of Leon with his kingdom.

4.       Alfonso II completed the occupation of ___________________ with the conquest of Caspe and the foundation of Teruel.

5.       The ___________ of Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer IV, completed the formation of the Catalan territories.

3.       Define the following terms (9 points):

1.       Resettlement:

2.       Mozarab:

3.       Marca Hispánica:

4.       Discuss a historical map (10 points):

1.       Description. Describe what you see in the map, the geography and the period represented in the map.

2.       Analysis: Explain who were the Almoravids and Almohads and why did they come to the Peninsula.

First term exam

And we finished the first term with this exam:

1.       What is the meaning of Mesopotamia? (2 points)

2.       What type of writing did they used in Mesopotamia?. On what material did they write? (2 points)

3.       Put in order the following names in the Egyptian social piramid: priest, slaves, pharaoh, peasants, craftmen, Scribes? (6 points)

4.       Draw the 3 different kinds of tombs of Egypt (6 points)

Name	Draw
1
2
3

5.      

5.       Draw a: (4 points)

Pyramid	ziggurat

6. Map colours: