MAP EXERCISE # 2 - HISTORY 151

15 points

DUE      March 16


Please answer the following questions by referring to the maps linked below.  Please note, some of these questions require more than one answer.  15 pts.

1.  In 150 CE, did the Roman Empire control the city of Hippo?  The city of Strasbourg? The region of Jutland?       

http://fsmitha.com/h1/map19rm.htm

 

2.  As the Roman Empire collapsed, identify the ‘barbarian’, tribal peoples dominating in the region of North Africa?   Name two peoples settled in modern day France (Gaul).

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/map01.htm

 

3.  In 527, did the Byzantine Empire control Cordova?  JerusalemAthens?

http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/262/268312/art/figures/KISH_07_149.gif

 

4. Identify three ‘important commercial centers’ emerging as a result of Medieval trade routes.

http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/262/268312/art/figures/KISH_09_201.gif

 
5.  By what year did the Black Death reach the city of StockholmValenciaGdansk?

http://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/262/268312/art/figures/KISH_10_225.gif


6.  As a result of the Protestant Reformation and Age of Religious Wars – identify one region of Europe that was dominantly Calvinist?  Identify one area that was dominantly Lutheran

http://www2.wwnorton.com/college/english/nawest/content/resources/imaps/9/13_2.htm

 

7. The early capital city of Nara is located on what Japanese island?

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/map07-ja.htm

 

8. In what year (or years) did Muslim armies invade AlexandriaBasraBarcelona?

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/map03is.htm

 

9.  At its furthest extent (1294), did the Mongol Empire control the city of Moscow?  The city of Delhi?  The city of Baghdad?  (NOTE - there is more than one map on this site.)    http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/2532/page4.html

 

10. During what period did the Ottoman Empire gain control of the city of Algiers?  The city of Cairo?  The city of  Kosovo?

http://www.naqshbandi.org/ottomans/maps/expansionmap.gif

 

11. Identify four of the East Coast Swahili city-states.

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/map15-af.htm

 

12. Name four cities linked by caravan routes to the city of Ghana.

http://www.virginia.edu/woodson/courses/aas-hius365/maps/african-trade-routes-and-centers.jpg

 

13. Was the city of Tuxpan under the control of the Aztec empire?  What about the city of  Coatzacoalcos?   

http://encarta.msn.com/media_461517561/Aztec_Empire.html

 

14,  By what year, did the Incan empire control the city of Chan Chan?  The region of Quito?  The region of Lake Titicaca?     

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/map16-in.html

 

15.  What was the estimated population level of Native Americans (pre-Columbus/European contact) in the region of what is today Florida?  The Ohio River Valley?  

http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/map16-na.html

 


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