7th Grade World History Review

What event in 1054 led to the formation of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?

• The Great Schism

• The fall of the Byzantine Empire

• The Ottoman conquest

• The reign of Justinian the Great

Who was known as Justinian the Great?

• The founder of Islam

• An Ottoman Sultan

• The Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565 CE

• The author of the Qur'an

What does the Arabic word "Sunnah" refer to?

• The Five Pillars of Islam

• The word of God in the Qur'an

• The tradition or way of the Prophet Muhammad

• The belief in a single all-powerful god

What are the Five Pillars of Islam?

• Declaration of Faith, Obligatory Prayer, Compulsory Giving, Fasting in Ramadan, Pilgrimage to Mecca

• The basic tenets of Christianity

• The laws of the Byzantine Empire

• The chapters of the Qur'an

Who was Mehmed II and what was his significant achievement?

• The founder of Islam who wrote the Qur'an

• An Ottoman Sultan who conquered Constantinople

• The Eastern Roman emperor who restored the empire

• The leader who caused the Great Schism of 1054

What was the Ottoman Empire renowned for?

• Being a small kingdom in Eastern Europe

• Being one of the mightiest and longest-lasting dynasties in world history

• Being a trade center in medieval times

• Being the first of the great medieval trading empires of western Africa

What is ancestor worship based on?

• The belief that deities influence daily life

• The belief that the deceased have no influence on the living

• The belief that the deceased continue to have an active interest in the daily affairs of the living

• The belief that everything on Earth has a powerful spirit

What is animism?

• The worship of ancestors

• The belief that everything on Earth has a powerful spirit that can help or harm human needs

• The practice of trading gold, ivory, and slaves

• The route that connected North Africa with sub-Saharan Africa

What does the term 'Deities' refer to?

• Spirits of the deceased

• Powerful spirits that influence Earth

• Gods or goddesses

• West African historians

Where was the Ghana Empire located?

• Between the Sahara and the headwaters of the Senegal and Niger rivers

• In East Africa around the Songhai region

• In West Africa from the Senegal and Mali rivers

• Along the Silk Road