9 Week benchmark Byzantine, Islam, and Africa

This picture is an example of what form of artwork widely used by the Islamic Empire?

• Mosaic

• Frommage

• Fresco

• Collage

The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center was located at:

• Baghdad

• Jerusalem

• Rome

• Constantinople

Mecca is an important city because it:

• Has an unusually cold climate in the Arabian Peninsula

• Is the rival city to Jerusalem

• Is a caravan city and pilgrimage site of the Ka'ba

• Is abundantly watered and needs no irrigation for crops.

Who was the first Christian emperor of the Byzantine Empire?

• Justinian the Great

• Xerxes I

• Peter the Great

• Constantine

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

• Ways for Islamic people to live a just and moral society

• 5 ways to show faith to Islam

• Guidelines on how to reach Allah in the afterlife

• How to live peacefully

What barrier to trade separated the empires of Ghana and Mali from the trading center of Egypt? 

• the Red Sea
• the Nile River
• the Sahara Desert
• the Mediterranean Ocean

Which African river is being shown on the map?

• Niger River

• Nile River

• Congo River

• Amazon River

What three empires in western Africa flourished because of the trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt?

• Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe
• Ghana, Mali, Songhai
• Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana
• Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali

The Ghana Empire grew rich from which resources?

• Islamic Berbers
• camels and other livestock
• urban centers
• gold, ivory, and salt

In what order the three West African civilizations appear?

• Ghana -> Songhai -> Mali
• Songhai -> Mali -> Ghana
• Mali -> Ghana -> Songhai
• Ghana -> Mali -> Songhai