SS End of Year Practice 1

Complete the cause-and-effect diagram to answer the question: How did Buddhism spread in China during the Sui Dynasty?

a

b

c

helped Buddhism spread

Buddhism was encouraged

Buddhism offered relief

Complete the cause-and-effect diagram to answer the question: How did Marco Polo affect the spread of Chinese technology?

a

b

c

d

Polo helped Kublai administer his empire

Kublai was impressed with Polo

Polo wrote the Travels of Marco Polo

Marco Polo met Kublai Khan

How did the design of this building project contribute to the Ming Dynasty’s power?

• It gave all citizens a shared space for making offerings to their gods.

• It gave scholar-officials an inner court they could use to study quietly for their exams.

• It separated the military from the artisan class and gave the artisans a private place to work.

• It separated the rulers from the ruled and gave the rulers a sense of importance and mystery

Why do followers of Shintoism perform rituals?

• to build shrines and help maintain moral purity

• to build discipline and help maintain moral purity

• to build shrines and help maintain connections with nature and the past

• D to build discipline and help maintain connections with nature and the past

Unlike the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire was​ (a)  

• a Christian state
• a place with poor cities

Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire into two halves because _______________.

• It had grown to be very large

• The cultures of the East and West were different

The Byzantine Empire was founded​ (a)  

• on the authority of the Christian church
• by the Visogoths

Which faith do Muslim people follow?

• Hinduism

• Catholicism

• Judaism

• Islam

What are some reasons why Islam spread so quickly after Mohammad died? (Choose 2)

• Muslims waged war to expand their territory.

• Muslims built churches in every town they conquered.

• Many conquered people converted to Islam to avoid taxes and restrictions placed on non-Muslims.

• Muslim governments allowed conquered people to have free elections.

Indigenous beliefs in West Africa hold that there __________ .

• is one all-powerful creator god

• are many creator gods