7th Grade Curriculum

Question 1

The Impact of Ideas: Which art had the greatest influence on Renaissance artists?

Accepted Answer

Ancient Greek and Roman art

Question 2

East Asia: A daimyo in medieval Japan was most like which person in medieval Europe?

Accepted Answer

A lord

Question 3

East Asia: The main job of the shogun was to...

Accepted Answer

Rule through military power

Question 4

East Asia: Which of the following was a benefit of the samurai style of armor?

Accepted Answer

It allowed them free movement

Question 5

Islam in Medieval Times: Before Muhammad was born, the people of Arabia were untied by...

Accepted Answer

A common language

Question 6

The Impact of Ideas: What was the relation between the industries of Florence and its culture?

Accepted Answer

Wealthy patrons sponsored many artists

Question 7

The Americas: Why did the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan build chinampas?

Accepted Answer

To enlarge their land area

Question 8

The Impact of Ideas: Ferdinand Magellan and his crew were the first Europeans to...

Accepted Answer

Sail around the tip of South America

Question 9

Islam in Medieval Times: Why is the city of Mecca important in Muslim tradition?

Accepted Answer

It was the birthplace of Muhammad

Question 10

West Africa: How did West Africans preserve their history before writing was introduced?

Accepted Answer

Poet-musicians memorized the stories and passed them down

Question 11

West Africa: How did Ghana raise money to pay government officials?

Accepted Answer

By taxing goods

Question 12

The Impact of Ideas: Galileo's scientific work on gravity and astronomy showed the value of...

Accepted Answer

Observation and experiment

Question 13

West Africa: Which of these is the best example of an oral tradition?

Accepted Answer

A grandfather telling a story about his childhood

Question 14

The Impact of Ideas: Why is Florence often called the "cradle of the Renaissance"?

Accepted Answer

The culture of the Renaissance was centered there

Question 15

The Americas: A pilgrimage site for Aztecs, was the ruins of a city built by the...

Accepted Answer

Teotihuacan

Question 16

West Africa: What is the main reason why people in different vegetation zones traded with each other?

Accepted Answer

Different resources were found in each zone

Question 17

The Impact of Ideas: How was the Enlightenment similar to the Scientific Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Both highly valued reason and observation

Question 18

Europe During Medieval Times: Which of these made the empire (Rome) harder to defend as it grew?

Accepted Answer

Slow communication

Question 19

East Asia: The Heian period is called Japan's golden age because of its...

Accepted Answer

Art and literature

Question 20

The Impact of Ideas: How did Martin Luther believe that people could gain salvation?

Accepted Answer

By having faith

Question 21

Europe During Medieval Times: Social class in the Middle Ages was determined mainly by...

Accepted Answer

Birth

Question 22

West Africa: Early travelers described Ghana as a land of...

Accepted Answer

Gold

Question 23

East Asia: Whom did the earliest emperors of China choose to help them govern?

Accepted Answer

Aristocrats

Question 24

The Impact of Ideas: The practice of selling indulgence troubled many Catholics because the practice made it seem like..

Accepted Answer

People could buy their forgiveness for sins

Question 25

Islam in Medieval Times: A chart listing the Five Pillars of Islam would include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Give to the neady

Question 26

The Impact of Ideas: Based on the meaning of the French word "renaissance," the period called the Renaissance refers to?

Accepted Answer

Rebirth of classical culture

Question 27

East Asia: Suppose four Chinese emperors are in the same dynasty. Which statement must be true about them?

Accepted Answer

They are members of the same family

Question 28

East Asia: Which tool would a student of calligraphy use most?

Accepted Answer

A brush

Question 29

Islam in Medieval Times: How did Muslims contribute to European knowledge of Plato and Aristotle?

Accepted Answer

They preserved and translated Greek texts

Question 30

East Asia: To people who believed in the Mandate of Heaven, when was it all right to overthrow an emperor?

Accepted Answer

When he ruled badley

Question 31

Islam in Medieval Times: Which is the best example of cultural diffusion?

Accepted Answer

Muslims spread the Chinese craft of paper making to Europe

Question 32

The Impact of Ideas: How did trade on the Silk Road help to cause the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Italian cities on the trade routes to the East became wealthy

Question 33

East Asia: After they learned about Chinese writing, the Japanese...

Accepted Answer

Used simplified Chinese characters for sounds in Japanese words

Question 34

Europe During Medieval Times: What was the main goal of the Crusades?

Accepted Answer

To take Jerusalem from Muslim empires

Question 35

East Asia: In Buddhist teachings, how does meditation help lead to wisdom?

Accepted Answer

By emptying the mind of distracting thoughts

Question 36

Europe During Medieval Times: A king gave his most important lords fiefs, which were...

Accepted Answer

Grants of land

Question 37

The Impact of Ideas: Which Renaissance invention greatly increased the communication of ideas across Europe?

Accepted Answer

Printing press with movable type

Question 38

The Impact of Ideas: What did the first Protestants protest against?

Accepted Answer

Corruption in the Catholic Church

Question 39

The Impact of Ideas: What great work by Michelangelo might a visitor to Rome see today?

Accepted Answer

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

7th Grade Curriculum

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7th Grade Curriculum

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