WH II SOL 1 Assessment

Which major state is identified on the map?

• England

• Persia

• Russia

• Spain

Which would have been a major empire located in the Western Hemisphere in the Americas about 1500 A.D.?

• Persia

• France

• Aztec

• Songhai

Which major state is identified as England on the map?

• A 1

• B 2

• C 3

• D 4

Which major state is identified as France on the map?

• A 1

• B 2

• C 3

• D 4

By the 1460's the largest and last of the pre-colonial empires emerged in West Africa. The empire expanded in all directions until it stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to what is now Northwest Nigeria and western Niger. The capital city of Gao was a wealthy trading city and was located on the Niger River. Timbuktu and Djenne were other major cities of this empire.

• A Songhai

• B Ottoman

• C Incan

• D Aztec

Which began in northwestern Anatolia and expanded to the areas shaded on the map by the 1500s?

• Spain

• England

• Incan Empire

• Ottoman Empire

The Persian (Safavid) Empire rose to power in which modern-day country?

• Iran

• Russia

• Portugal

• England

Which empire is the darker-shaded on the map that developed in East Asia?

• A Ming Empire

• B Mughal Empire

• C Ottoman Empire

• D Persian Empire

During the 1500’s, which empire was located on the darker-shaded area on this map?

• Aztec

• Incan

• Songhai

• Persia

Which term means to believe in one god?

• A Testament

• B Monotheism

• C Karma

• D Enlightenment