2022 Fall EOC 7th grade

Which of the following was a major Byzantine industry?

System of rule where Romans gave full citizenship to some conquered peoples

Temple built to honor all of Rome's gods

The Egyptian invention to prevent the pharaoh’s body from decomposing was

What crops did the Egyptians grow?

______ was the collection of spells and prayers to help obtain the afterlife.

Woman pharaoh who concentrated on building the Egyptian economy

A group of many different lands under one ruler

Which of these was a result of the Nile River's flooding?

Why did Xerxes want to conquer all of Greece?

a narrow body of water with land on both sides

A very influential legal code of the Byzantine Empire

What happened on March 15th in the year 44 BC?

people who move from place to place regularly

Had twelve months, 365 days, and a leap year.

By 100 BC what percent of Italy's people were enslaved?

Human-made channel that carries water

Who could hold political office in early Rome?

What is the largest desert in the world?

an area of high flat land

Which of these did the Mycenaeans learn from the Minoans?

Early Greeks lived by

Time of great creativity and learning in Athens

Who could be citizens of Greek city-states?

Egyptians traded for...

The Nile River's flooding could be describes as

an artisan, shopkeeper, or owner of a small farm

Form of government used by the Spartans

a group of related people descended from the same ancestor

a body of land with water on three sides

According to legend, who founded Rome?

About how long did the Byzantine Empire last?

Spartan men could return to their homes when they were

developed a way of making iron strong enough to use as weapons

The empress Theodora helped

"cradle of civilization"

The library here attracted scholars from all over the world.

a long poem that tells the story of a hero

What is Africa's longest River

Like a tiny independent country.

Mansa Musa of Mali

Strong emperor and military leader of the Byzantine Empire from A.D. 527-565.

What changed the nature of slavery in Africa?

made Athens more democratic

things made by humans long ago

This became the basis of many modern European languages

How did Roman statues differ from Greek statues?

The time around 600 BC is called the Dark Ages because

Means "new stone age"

The chief god of the Egyptians was

Believed to be the son of Re, the sun god

thinkers who ponder questions about life

Sundiata of Mali put _______ in charge of provinces

studied how points, lines, angles, and planes relate to one another

Taught that the universe followed the same rules as music and numbers

Who said, "Give me a lever and a place to stand on and I will move the earth."

focused on government and education

A line of rulers that passes power from father to son is a

These were skilled workers who made clothes, pottery, and metal products.

Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher kings?

"Old Stone Age"

What is the worlds longest river?

_____________ helped ideas spread around the world

What religion did King Ezana of Axum bring to Africa?

What were the Twelve Tables?

This religion spread from Arabia into Africa beginning in the A.D. 600s.

The Greek alphabet was based on which of these alphabets?

Moved the capital of Rome to Constantinople

an island that is part of Italy

Forced payments sent by conquered people to a ruler is called ______.

What was the earliest known form of African art?

a traditional story about gods and heroes

tracing family decent through mothers rather than fathers

grassland south of Egypt

What was the Hadrian's Wall?

brought iron weapons to the Greeks

East Africa's language and culture; also means "Coast Dwellers".

The Sumerian form of writing was

the religious center of the Byzantine Empire

"Ships of the Desert"

200 years of peace that began with rule of Augustus

developed from African music

a mixture of copper and tin

Who were African story tellers responsible for passing on their culture?

Philip II got some Greek cities to join him by

Ruled on a temporary basis during an emergency

Socrates was sentences to death for his teachings.

thrived and became the Byzantine Empire

Who was the goddess of wisdom and crafts?

Homer's epic, the Iliad is about

chief god of the Greeks

began in the Roman Empire

Wild rapids formed by boulders and narrow cliffs

Rome defeated Carthage in 241 BC

One of the world's oldest continually-inhabited city

focused on military service

Who Wrote The Odyssey

Ghana grew powerful because it

An embalmed body wrapped in cloth strips is a