Quarter 2 Benchmark Review

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How did Mansa Musa's 1324 pilgrimage from Mali to Mecca affect Africa?

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It increased European interest in establishing relationships with African kingdoms.

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What does the text suggest? Though the ancient Greeks and Mesopotamians introduced many ideas in the fields of math and science, some ideas developed later and in different places. The study of algebra, a branch of math that uses different letters and numbers to represent values, was created by the Islamic scholar ibn al-Banna in the 13th century CE. By the 1700s, German mathematician Gottfried Leibniz was teaching algebra to his students in Europe.

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Important scientific and mathematic theories spread from Islamic empires to Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Which answer choice BEST describes the Five Pillars of Islam?

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the basic duties of every Muslim

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Near which geographic feature shown on the map was the city of Timbuktu founded?

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the Niger River

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What does the painting showing the crowning of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor illustrate about the reign of Charlemagne?

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He helped establish Christianity as the religion of the Holy Roman Empire.

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What event occurred in 1451 CE that contributed to Ottoman forces conquering Constantinople?

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Mehmed II becomes leader of the Ottoman Sultanate.

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How did the events of 1453 CE affect Europe?

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The migration of Byzantine scholars who fled Constantinople contributed to the beginning of the Italian Renaissance.

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What does this diagram illustrate?

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feudalism

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What does the information about the Catalan Atlas show about West Africa?

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The Ghana, Mali, and Songhai kingdoms in West Africa encouraged trade with Europe and held great wealth.

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Based on the images provided, what conclusion can be drawn about Muslim advancements in medicine during the Abbasid Caliphate?

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Muslim scientists made many important medical discoveries that spread to Europe.