4th 9 Weeks Test Study Guide

1.      Which countries speak English?

2.      What do Algeria and Rwanda have in common?

3.      What is Africa’s longest river?

4.      What changed the nature of slavery in Africa?

5.      Which kingdom developed in Southeast Africa?

6.      Which of the following did NOT trade in salt?

7.      Which empire lasted the longest?

8.      What was the capital of the earliest empire?

9.      What is a plateau?

10.  The Swahili culture was …

11.  Which hand gestures involve touching both hands together?

12.  What hand gestures is the Buddah doing in the picture on your study guide?

13.  People who follow Shinto believe…

14.  Most Japanese people believe that Buddhism…

15.  What did Zen Buddhism teach?

16.  What is the name of the archaeological site closest to the Pacific Ocean?

17.  Which archaeological site is farthest west?

18.  What was adobe?

19.  How do scientists believe people crossed from Asia to North America?

20.  Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas in…

21.  Who was Hernan Cortes?

22.  How did Pizarro conquer the Inca?

23.  Where was the Mayan civilization located?

24.  How did the Spanish explorers defeat the Aztec?

25.  Why did Montezuma not attack the invading Spaniards right away?

26.  How did the Scots view the plague in England?

27.  When the Scots approached England to invade it, what happened?

28.  The Scottish plague survivors were pursued and killed by the …

29.  The plague…

30.  After the plague reduced their numbers, the Scots…

31.  Medieval knights and Samurai both…

32.  Samurai armor was laced together with…

33.  Charlemagne was…

34.  Mountains and rivers shaped European culture by…

35.  The Concordat of Worms…

36.  What allowed trade to resume in Europe by 1100?

37.  Alfred the Great…

38.  The Estates-General was…

39.  Which Crusade succeeded in driving the Muslims out of Jerusalem?

40.  The Inquisition was…

41.  What is the vernacular?

42.  What was the Hundred Years’ War?

43.  What happened after the Romans pulled out of Britain?

44.  Charlemagne believed in…

45.  Serfs were peasants who were not allowed to…

46.  Medieval cities were…

47.  The Magna Carta…

48.  Moscow became an important city because it…

49.  The Crusades were a holy war launched by…

50.  How did the Black Death affect Europe?