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Social Studies Second Semester Test Review Part I
Test Description: Chapter Content Questions
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The followers of Jesus founded a new religion called ____________.
A
Christianity
B
Hinduism
C
Islam
D
Buddhism
2) Who became the first Roman emperor to accept Christianity?
A
Nero
B
Constantine
C
Caligula
D
Augustus
3) Which civilization did the Romans admire and often copy their ideas?
A
the Egyptians
B
the Phoenecians
C
the Greeks
D
the Sumerians
4) What was the lanugage of Ancient Rome on which many European languages are based today?
A
English
B
French
C
Spanish
D
Latin
5) Which Roman emperor moved the capitol of the empire from Roman to Byzantium?
A
Augustus
B
Theodossius
C
Constantine
D
Hadrian
6) What was the Eastern Roman Empire known as?
A
the Ottoman Turks
B
the Eastern Orthodox Empire
C
the Constantine Empire
D
the Byzantine Empire
7) What was the name of the form of Christianity developed by the Greek-speaking Christians in the Eastern Roman Empire
A
the Byzantine Church
B
the Roman Catholic Church
C
the Eastern Orthodox Church
D
the Justinian Church
8) Who claimed that he was viisted by an angel who told him to preach Islam?
A
Constantine
B
Muhammad
C
Siddhartha Guatama
D
Saladin
9) What are followers of Islam called?
A
Israelites
B
Islamists
C
Muslisms
D
Islamites
10) What is the Holy book of Islam that instructs Muslims about how they should live?
A
the Quran
B
the Arabic Bible
C
the Torah
D
the Talmud
11) Who built the Mongol empire using a well-trained army to invade major civilizations?
A
Prince Shotoku
B
Alexander the Great
C
Genghis Khan
D
Emperor Tzu
12) What were the two most popular traded items in West Africa?
A
sugar and gold
B
gold ans silver
C
silver and sand
D
salt and gold
13) What is the term given to the spread of African people and culture around the world due to the slave trade?
A
African Exit
B
African Exodus
C
African Diaspora
D
Out of Africa
14) Because of Japan's mountains, only about 80 percent of its land is farmable
A
FALSE
B
TRUE
15) Who was William the Conqueror?
A
a Viking general who invaded France
B
the barbarian leader who conquered the Roman Empire
C
the leader of the Mongols who conquered all of Asia
D
the French ruler of Normandy who conuqered all of England
16) What document did English nobles force King John to sign which limited the power of the monarch?
A
the Great Treaty
B
the Magna Carta
C
the Blueprint
D
the Decleration of Independence
17) What was the plague that spread throughout Asia and Europe during the late Middle Ages?
A
chicken pox
B
malaria
C
small pox
D
the Black Death
18) The Spanish conquistadore, Hernan Cortes, conquered the Inca, and Francisco Pizarro conquered the Aztec.
A
FALSE
B
TRUE
19) The Renaissance was a rebirth of interest in the same subjects the __________ and ________ had studied.
A
Romans and Italians
B
Spanish and French
C
Romans and Greeks
D
Egyptians and Arabs
20) Where did the Renaissance begin?
A
Spain
B
Italy
C
England
D
France
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