CR Unit 4 A test review

Which color is the African desert on this map

• brown

• yellow

• dark green

• purple

Which was NOT a major cause for the Bantu Migrations?

• slash-and-burn agriculture

• war

• the denseness of the rain forest

• desertification

What gave Bantu-speaking people in Africa an advantage in terms of removing people from areas they wanted to settle in?

• ironworking

• gunpowder

• domesticating animals

• nuclear weapons

Which was not an important advancement made by the Maya?

• developed a 365-day calendar

• tracked cycles of the moon, planets, and stars, and predicted eclipses

• independently developed the concept of zero

• devised an accurate map of the world

Which is true about Maya civilization?

• The Maya covered the ground with enormous shapes

• The Maya never developed a system of writing

• The Maya grew maize (corn) because it best suited their needs

• The Maya believed all people could communicate with the gods

Which describes what Theodora achieved as Justinian's most trusted adviser?

• getting laws passed to give married women more rights and to protect divorced women

• designing new aqueducts, granaries, theaters, and forums

• preventing the spread of the bubonic plague throughout Constantinople

• convincing the Byzantine government to fund the construction of the Hagia Sophia

What caused the Christian church to divide into two branches—the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church?

• the fall of the Western Roman Empire

• the rise of the Byzantine Empire in the East

• differences in language, liturgy, and views on religious icons

• disagreements by church leaders on interpreting the scriptures

What was Justinian's Code?

• The representative government of the Byzantine Empire

• A single, consistent set of laws for the Byzantine Empire

• A secret language in the Byzantine Empire

• The code to enter Justinian's secret treasury

Which group invaded the Slavic homeland beginning in the 9th century and eventually intermixed with that population?

• The Greeks

• The Romans

• Varangians (Vikings)

• Muslims

Which is an Islamic belief?

• monotheism

• Jesus as a messiah

• polytheism

• nirvana