History Exam Study Guide

What is the first pillar of Islam?

• Hajj

• Salat

• Shahadah

• Jihad

• All of them

What is a fief?

• Land sold by peasants

• Land gifted by a landowner in return for loyalty and service

• Someone who legally held land during the Middle Ages

• A thief

What does Salat stand for?

• Affirming monotheism

• Daily ritual prayer

• Fasting

• None of these

How long did the Black Death last?

• 1554 to 1538

• 2020 to 2023

• The Black Death is fake, it never existed

• 1347 to 1351

• 100 B.C to 1298 A.D

What does the pillar Zakat stand for?

• Charity

• Daily ritual pray

• Love

• The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca

What was the Catholic Church used for?

• Helping the poor and sick

• Praying

• Education

• All of the above

How were poor home conditions?

• Fancy, clean and built with lots of gold mined in the finest of caves

• Dirty but stable

• Small but clean

• Don’t have too many people but they would be really unstable, dirty, and an unpleasant place to live

• Crowded, dirty, unstable and not typically a good place to live

What was a popular trade item?

• Salt

• Gold

• Rice

• Cantaloupe

What is a vassal?

• Land sold by peasants

• Land gifted by a landowner in exchange for loyalty and service

• Anyone who legally held land during the Middle Ages

• A fancy word for blood vessel

What is a griot?

• Someone who sings from the U.S

• An African storyteller who uses music to communicate

• Someone who likes to sing

• A city in Africa