4th Nine Weeks Review (6th Grade)

Constantinople grew rich because it

• borrowed money from the Roman Empire

• was located in a natural crossroads of trade

• had an unpredictable ruler

• used "Greek fire" to defend its capital against attacks

The Byzantines recorded and saved the knowledge of

• ancient China

• only ancient Rome

• ancient Greece and Rome

• only ancient Greece

The long reign of ______ was the most exceptional period of the Byzantine Empire's final period of greatness

• Basil II

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Uthman

Mecca lay on a trade route on the edge of the desert that takes up most of

• the Red Sea

• Syria

• the Kaabah

• the Arabian Peninsula

Which of the following is one of the Five Pillars of Islam?

• prophecy

• caliphs

• prayer

• memorizing

In which do the followers of Islam and the Jewish and Christian religions all believe?

• one God

• Muhammad

• Ramadan

• journeying to Mecca

Islam quickly spread to Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Coast because

• people in those areas had no religion

• Muhammad migrated to those regions

• Muslim traders took their religion there

• Mecca was no longer the religious center

Scholars see Islam's golden age as

• one of the worst periods in world history

• a period when many gold objects were made

• a period when the arts suffered

• one of the most brilliant periods in world history

One great contribution of the Islamic golden age was

• algebra

• taxes

• Latin

• golden goblets

What is the largest desert in Africa?

• the savanna

• the Sahara

• Swahili

• Songhai