Final Review Day 2

One characteristic of the Pax Romana was…

•  cultural decline

• economic prosperity

• political conflict

• social equality

“Western Europe owed a debt of gratitude to the Empire that for almost a thousand years ensured the survival of Christianity during a time when Europe was too weak to accomplish the task.”

Which Empire is referred to in this quotation?

• Hellenistic

• Mongol

• Byzantine

• Ottoman

After Marco Polo traveled ________, demand for ________ products increased.

• Middle Passage / Mongol

• African trade routes / gold & salt

•  Indian sea routes / Indian

• The Silk Road / Chinese

______ were achievements of the Byzantine Empire

• Compass & Mandate of Heaven

•  Cannons & Istanbul

• House of Wisdom & Calligraphy

• Code of Justinian & Hagia Sophia

What civilization is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

• Egypt

• China

• Mesopotamia

• Indus

one way in which the African kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhai were similar was that they

• adopted Islam as the religion of their subjects

• directly controlled gold mines

• benefited from the gold-salt trade

• improved their military strength with the use of gunpowder

What enabled the Mongols to easily defeat their enemies and become the world's largest empire?

• Skilled horseback riders

• Superior weaponry (bows, arrows, swords, canons)

• Superior military strategies-luring the enemy

• All of the above

Which contribution to humanity was made by ancient Israel?

• the first cultivation of rice and cotton

• the first democratic government

• the first monotheistic religion

•  the invention of the first alphabet

 Which of the following are effects of the development of classical Persia?

Select TWO correct answers.

• concept of zero and advanced mathematics

• surgery with anesthesia

• belief in religious freedom and multiculturalism

• postal service and network of roads

• western law code

The time period that included the growth of empires in Greece, Rome, Persia, India, and China is referred to as the –

• Middle Ages

• Neolithic Era

• Classical Era

• Revolutionary Era