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