7th Grade Fall Final Review

Which river is the most important for West Africa?

Who is the funniest elective teacher?

Which groups of people does the city of Jerusalem have religious significance for?

The origins of Islam can be traced to which other monotheistic religions?

Calligraphy & geometric designs were common decorations in mosques because anyone could create perfect humans & animals.

A desert would best describe the type of land in which location?

Muslims believed that only Allah can create perfect humans and animals.

Buddhism spread in China after the collapse of the Han dynasty because Empress Wu forced everyone to become Buddhist.

Which list is in order of most power to least power in Japanese social hierarchy?

The following is the correct sequence in the development of Islam. Gabriel ->Qur'an->Muhammad->Sunnah

The civil services system helped ensure that talented, intelligent people became scholar-officials.

Which two forms did many people in West Africa believe in to honor their relatives?

Diocletian tried to make it easier to rule the empire by choosing another leader to rule half of the empire.

When Rome was a strong, peaceful & stable empire, the government was able to reduce the political influence of the popes

What did advances in agriculture during the Song dynasty lead to besides increased trade?

Ghana became a major trade center due to its location between the salt mines and gold fields.

What role did the emperor have during the shogun period?

Ms. Enokian is the BEST 7th grade, social studies teacher in Room 204.

Who is the BEST physical education teacher at Luther?

Who were the verses of the Qur'an first revealed to?

Since Arabia was centrally located to the rest of the known world it is considered to be a what?

What was the goal behind many of the great Roman engineering and artistic achievements?

Why did the use of iron tools help West African societies feed more people?

What was so great about the size of the Roman Empire?

Which religion with an emphasis in meditation was favored by samurai warriors?

What is the purpose of the Five Pillars of Islam?

What did Prince Shotoku of Japan do during his reign?

Constantinople's location of being surrounded by water and difficult to defend played a role in its development.

What was a noble landowner who hired samurai to protect their land called?

What was an economic achievement of the Tang and Song periods that made trade easier?

A mosque is a place of worship for which religion?

What are the moral, ethical and religious teachings of Islam contained in?

Which did not contribute to the downfall of Rome?

The Ming Dynasty showed off their power to the rest of the world by Zheng He traveling on a fleet of ships.

The pope ordered the eastern emperor to start the new religion known as the Eastern Orthodox Church.

In early Arabia, what was the factor that determined where people settled and the routes they traveled?

The recognition of Mali by people throughout Africa, Asia & Europe was a direct result of Mansa Musa's journey to Mecca.

Which was a positive effect of Mongol rule during the Yuan Dynasty?

Which of the following was built during the Ming Dynasty in China?

As Islam spread in West Africa, what language grew in trade, government and education?

What is the MOST important difference between the Sunni & Shia?

The Japanese practice of seppuku was used by early samurai and is considered to be a ritualistic form of suicide.

Which of the following is considered to be the crowning literary achievement of Medieval Japan?

What happened to the Eastern Roman Empire when the Western Roman Empire came to an end?

During the Song Dynasty, an examination system for selecting public official was put in place from the idea of who?

What was the early of Shintoism closely tied to?

The Tang and Song periods made books, calendars, and government pamphlets more available to people. Why?

Which Roman emperor organized all the laws into a legal system?

What is the name of the dynasty that Kublai Khan founded as his own?

How did griots contribute to West African societies?

Women were responsible for writing some fo the greatest literature during Medieval Japan.

How did geography affect the people of Japan?

Which religion was practiced by most of the traders in Ghana, West Africa?