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7th Grade 1st Semester Final Review - 2015
7th Grade 1st Semester Final Review - 2015
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Review game to prepare for 1st semester final exams.
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1
How did the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai rise to prominence in West Africa?
By conquering European colonizers
By adopting new religions
By seizing control of the area’s trade routes
By creating new languages and cultures
2
In what geographic region did Hinduism and Buddhism develop?
The Indian subcontinent
North Africa
Persia
The Middle East
3
What Chinese philosophy focused on ethics, proper behavior, and concern for others?
Rastafarianism
Confucianism
Zoroastrianism
Shintoism
4
Which of these is a religion founded by Siddhartha Gautama as a reaction to Hinduism?
Zoroastrianism
Saladism
Buddhism
Shintoism
5
Who is considered to be the originator of Judaism?
Muhammed
Jesus
Siddhartha Gautama
Abraham
6
How did Africans contribute to the growth of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
Two of these answers are correct
They traded slaves for European goods
They willingly became slaves
They captured rivals and sold them into slavery
7
In which country was Apartheid, a policy of strict racial separation, practiced?
South Africa
Somalia
Sudan
Egypt
8
In which of the following lists is the order of Chinese dynasties correct?
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming
Ming, Yuan, Song, Tang, Sui, Han, Qin, Zhou, Shang
Sui, Yuan, Song, Ming, Han, Shang, Tang, Zhou, Qin
Han, Ming, Shang, Song, Tang, Yuan, Zhou, Sui, Qin
9
What influence did Zheng He’s voyages of exploration have?
They spread Chinese language and culture
They demonstrated China’s power
They led to the creation of new trade routes
They led to the decline of Chinese power
10
Why did Islam spread to Africa, Asia, and Europe?
Muslims did not like the areas they live in
Muslim traders traveled and taught people their religion
People in these areas didn’t like their currentreligions
The geography of these areas was conducive thenew religions
11
Why did Mesopotamian city-states fight with each other?
To force each other to learn their writingsystems
For control of the rivers
To impose their religions on each other
For control of the fertile farmland
12
Around which river in Pakistan did the first major Indian civilizations develop?
Brahmaputra
Indus
Ganges
Surdanetta
13
How did China’s isolation from other civilizations affect the development of it's culture?
The Chinese were behind the rest of the world
The Chinese were conquered by all the peoplearound them.
Chinese culture was the same as thepeople around them.
They developed inventions therest of the world would not see
14
Who is considered to be the originator of Islam?
Siddhartha Gautama
Muhammad
Jesus
Abraham
15
Which of these is a polytheistic religion that originated on the Indian subcontinent?
Shintoism
Hinduism
Christianity
Islam
16
In what geographic region did Judaism,Christianity, and Islam develop?
Persia
The Middle East
The Indian subcontinent
North Africa
17
Why did most major early civilizations develop near river systems?
Access to fresh water
All of these are correct
Access to fertile soil
Ease of transportation for trade and travel
18
Who would the Ancient Egyptians blame if the Nile did not flood at it’s normal time?
Their priests
The Hebrews
The people further down the river
The Pharaoh
19
Which two ethnic groups were part of a conflict in the African countries of Rwanda and Burundi?
Zulu and Maori
Aborigine and Maori
Hutu and Tutsi
Hutu and Zulu
20
How did the Silk Road influence the histories of Europe, Asia, and Africa?
It connected those areas
All of the these are correct
It allowed trade between those areas
It allowed the transfer of cultural ideasbetween those areas
21
From which religion did Christianity grow out of?
Judaism
Islam
Polytheism
Zoroastrianism
22
Who was the legendary leader who led the Mongols to great power?
Mao Zedong
Genghis Khan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shi Huangdi
23
What influence did Ibn Battuta have on geography?
He started revolutions wherever he went
He traveled much of the known world
He made new styles of maps
He gave names to unknown places
24
Why did Europeans want to colonize Africa and Asia?
To build their economies
All of these are correct
To gain natural resources
To demonstrate their power
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How did the Mongols rise to such great power?
Via the Silk Road
Cultural diffusion
Through violent conquests
Through peaceful trade and negotiation
