Mid Year Test 2022-2023

The philosophers Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle shared what common belief?

• average people were not qualified to rule themselves

• all Greeks should use the Gods as models for their lives

• the military rulers should control the government

• democracy is the best form of ruling the masses

Which of these was a major result of geographic conditions in early Greek civilization?

• withdrawal from international contact

• a society centered around plantations

• unified political organization

• a reliance on sea-based commerce

Which statement BEST describes the political rights women in early Ancient Athens possessed?

• they had no political rights

• they had full political rights if they were the first born

• they had full political rights

• they had full political rights if they married a male from a citizen family

The Fall of the Roman Empire marks the beginning of the

• Classical Period.

• Renaissance.

• Dark Ages.

• Crusades.

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

• Axum, Ethiopia, Ghana

• Timbuktu, Ethiopia, Mali

• Ghana, Mali, Songhai

• Mali, Axum, Zimbabwe

One of the main reasons societies settled along rivers in the Neolithic Era was because

• it provided irrigation for farming.

• the village elders demanded it.

• it allowed for easier trade between countries.

• the land there was more valuable.

Mansa Musa, the monarch of 14th century Mali, is MOST remembered for

• lending his massive military forces to the Arabs during the Crusades.

• his expansion of the gold trade into central and Southern Africa.

• his conversion to Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca.

• defending his African kingdom from slave traders.

In the 13th and 14th centuries, the Mongol Empire- shown here- controlled nearly the entire path of the ancient trade route called

• the Road to El Dorado.

• the Silk Road.

• the Path to Shangri La.

• the Salt Route.

Who was denied participation in the Athenian direct democracy?

Responses

• landholding men

• citizens

• foreigners

• public officials

In ancient times, every citizen of Athens, Greece, had an equal voice and the right to participate in the city's government. What type of government did Athens have?

• republic

• constitutional monarchy

• direct democracy

• dictatorship