World History CR Semester A Final

Which of the following major crops was originally native to the New World?

• Oranges

• Potatoes

• Coffee

• Olives

Ghana emerged as a major power in West Africa due to its profit from which goods in the Trans-Saharan Trade?

• Slive and Mur

• Gold and salt

• Animal Furs

• Elephant Tusks

Ghana emerged as a major power in West Africa due to its profit from which goods in the Trans-Saharan Trade?

• Slive and Mur

• Gold and salt

• Animal Furs

• Elephant Tusks

Slowly, the established east coastal villages grew into bustling seaports, built on_________ between East African merchants and traders from Arabia, Persia, and India.

• Trade

• Warfare

• Isolation

Which civilization emerged as a group of city-states in the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Ur

• The Persian Empire

The Sumerians developed a system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols to represent sounds, ideas, and objects called

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• San Script

A Greek temple dedicated to Athena, and served as an excellent example of the Greek artistic ideals of harmony, symmetry, and balance was called:

• The Colosseum

• The Parthenon

• The Amphitheater

• The Salon

What able statesman led Athens during the Golden Age?

• Aristotle

• Scipio

• Herodotus

• Pericles

A series of wars between the Persian Empire and Greece was called:

• The Persian Wars

• The Peloponnesian Wars

• The Punic Wars

• The Barbarian Invasions

Which Enlightenment philosopher/philosophe wrote that a system of "separation of powers" and "checks and balances" is the best way to maintain fair government?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• de Montesquieu

• Machiavelli