SEALY: 7th Grade Social Studies EOY Test

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a legacy of Rome?

Accepted Answer

calculus

Question 2

Which group of people agreed to use a part of the lord's land and promised to fight in war?

Accepted Answer

Knights

Question 3

Daimyois to lord as samurai is to ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Knight

Question 4

Whydid Henry VIII convert to Protestantism and start the Church of England?

Accepted Answer

he wanted to get a divorce from his wife

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT invented in Rome?

Accepted Answer

the compass

Question 6

Whatdoes "Renaissance" mean in Latin?

Accepted Answer

rebirth

Question 7

How did Mary I earn her nickname "Bloody Mary"?

Accepted Answer

She killed 300 Protestants during her reign

Question 8

Which of the following natural disasters is theresult of tectonic plates shifting in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

Tsunami

Question 9

Select all the options that explain why Italy was the center of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Cities competed with each other to get the best artists., Cities were wealthy and could pay for good artists., Italy was center of Roman empire & the ruins influenced them

Question 10

Who was known as the ultimate Renaissance Man?

Accepted Answer

da Vinci

Question 11

Which group benefitted economically from commerce (trading) on the Silk Road?

Accepted Answer

merchants

Question 12

Medieval manors could be best descibed as

Accepted Answer

they made copies of the BIble

Question 13

Whatis the main difference between traditional African religions andChristianity/Judaism/Islam?

Accepted Answer

African religions are polytheistic

Question 14

About what proportion of Europe died as a result of the Black Plague?

Accepted Answer

1/3

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT a political idea that emerged from the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

government provides social services (Roosevelt)

Question 16

Which Mesoamerican society was located in modern day Peru?

Accepted Answer

Incan

Question 17

What is a missionary?

Accepted Answer

someone who teaches their religion to others

Question 18

Which of following was NOT an innovation of the Scientific Revolution?

Accepted Answer

the Julien Calendar

Question 19

Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation because he didn't like that Catholics were:

Accepted Answer

selling indulgences

Question 20

Whichof the following is NOT a similarity between Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?

Accepted Answer

all speak arabic

Question 21

Which of the following was not traded in Africa?

Accepted Answer

sugar

Question 22

Which animal did the Olmec people worship, as shown in their art and sculptures?

Accepted Answer

jaguar

Question 23

Why are humans left out of Islamic art?

Accepted Answer

they don't worship idols

Question 24

What theory, provedto be true, did Copernicus state about the universe?

Accepted Answer

The sun is the center of the universe.

Question 25

Select the best term to describe the geography of Japan?

Accepted Answer

Archipelago

Question 26

Throughout Japanese history, the country's physical geography has contributed to

Accepted Answer

its isolation from the rest of the world

Question 27

Which of the following was NOT invented in China?

Accepted Answer

aqueducts

Question 28

Whatis a Renaissance man?

Accepted Answer

Someone who has different skills and knowledge in many areas

Question 29

Which group of people are responsible for remembering and telling a tribes history?

Accepted Answer

griots

Question 30

What did Isaac Newtonstudy after watching an apple fall to the ground?

Accepted Answer

gravity

Question 31

What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?

Accepted Answer

printing press

Question 32

Whatwas Prince Shotoku's main impact on Japan?

Accepted Answer

He opened Japan to Chinese influence

Question 33

Which of the following is not a natural barrier of China?

Accepted Answer

The Great Wall

SEALY: 7th Grade Social Studies EOY Test

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SEALY: 7th Grade Social Studies EOY Test

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