2) The Bhagavad Gita is important in
F) Islam
G) Judaism
H) Hinduism
J) Christianity
4) One way the Jewish people were able to preserve Judaism after 70 A.D. was by
F) developing a strong national army
G) establishing colonies in Americas
H) allying with Roman provincial governors
J) promoting study of the Torah
6) People from the Paleolithic era who migrated from place to place to meet their food needs were often most skilled at
F) farming
G) hunting
H) fishing
J) trading
8) Mountainous terrain, poor rocky soil, isolated settlements. These conditions most contributed to the development of ancient Greek
F) religious unity
G) city states
H) architecture
J) literature
9) Where did early Indian civilization begin?
A) Manchurian Plain
B) Takla Makan Desert
C) Indus River Valley
D) Himalaya Mountains
21) Followers of Islam trace the origin of their religion to God’s revelations to
A) Moses
B) Mahavira
C) Gautama
D) Muhammad
23) How did the Aztec civilization come to an end?
24) Medieval Japanese daimyos countered the power of the shoguns by
F) influencing the religious beliefs of the peasants
G) Overseeing taxation and government spending
H) encouraging spread of Democrative government
J) controlling most of the peasants and farmland
26) Due to the influence of Muslim traders, the common language of Medieval West Africa was
F) spanish
G) Bantu
H) Arabic
J) Egyptian
27) Which characteristic is not associated with the samurai?
A) loyal to a lord
B) descended from the gods
C) interested in the arts
D) skilled with weapons
28) 1. Muslims take control of the Holy Land
2. Byzantine emperor calls for help
3. Pope appeals to Christian knights to reclaim the Holy Land
The events above were causes of the
F) Crusades
G) Great Schism
H) Protestant Reformation
J) Reconquista
33) Which region describes the location of the Incan civilization?
A) Andes Mountains
B) Mexican central plains
C) Central American rainforests
D) Amazon River Basin
36) Which of these innovations enabled Galileo to prove that the Sun was the center of the Solar System?
F) microscope
G) eyeglass
H) telescope
J) astrolabe
Which early colonial document established a plan for self government?
F) Jamestown Charter
G) Albany Plan of Union
H) Mayflower Compact
J) Maryland Toleration Act
59) During the early 1800s, James Fenimore Cooper wrote many novels that
A) emphasized religious themes
B) were based on American frontier history
C) described life in a crowded city
D) were about Americans living overseas
