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7th Grade Midterm Review of Semester 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do parliaments do?

a)

make laws

b)

issue writs

c)

elect monarchs

d)

limit the power of the barons

2.

The ancestors of William the Conqueror were Vikings who were

a)

English

b)

German

c)

Normans

d)

Spanish

3.

Match the following

a)

Effects of the plague

1.

disease

shortage of workers

towns abandoned

b)

manor lords' response to the plague

2.

limited the movement of serfs

c)

The plague spread along

3.

trade routes

d)

First European nation to experience the plague

4.

Italy

4.

What trade good was the Arabs of the Muslim world most know for?

a)

gold

b)

salt

c)

textiles

d)

spices

5.

Who fled Mecca to escape persectution

a)

Mansa Musa

b)

Avicenna

c)

Otto the Great

d)

Muhammad

6.

The Muslim scholar known as Avicenna wrote a famous ​ (a)   on the topic of ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
book
medicine
poem
astronomy
7.

The Islamic holy book is called the

a)

Five Pillars of Islam

b)

the Sharia

c)

the Sunnah

d)

the Quran

8.

Match the following

a)

Climate of Arabia

1.

hot dry desert

b)

ecosystem in Africa the allows animals to graze

2.

savanna

c)

Civilization that built terraces into the Andes mountains

3.

The Inca

d)

Civilization that stretched from central Mexico to Guatemala

4.

The Aztec

e)

Built large earthen mounds for religious purposes

5.

The Mississippians

9.

Which civilization of Mesoamerica developed complex calendars?

a)

The Olmec

b)

The Mayans

c)

The Inca

d)

The Aztecs

10.

The ______ _______ allowed the Inca government to collect taxes in the form of physical labor.

(a)  

11.

The Inca built a vast system of ​ (a)   and bridges to unite their empire.

Choose from the below words
roads
aqueducts
12.

The city of ​ (a)   was linked to China and other lands by camel caravan routes. (Hint - in the middle east).

Choose from the below words
Baghdad
Constantinople
13.

Match the following

a)

Had pyramids and palaces at their center

1.

Mayan cities

b)

Famed for art, culture and science in 1500s Persia

2.

Safavids

c)

Area where Native Americans formed the Iroquois League

3.

Northeast

d)

Who traveled from Timbuktu to Mecca on the Hajj in 1325?

4.

Mansa Musa

e)

African empire that grew strong because they used iron tools and trade

5.

Ghana

14.

Traditional African religion involved daily ​ (a)   and honoring ​ (b)   . People in the Ghana empire had ​ (c)   where people could become expert at different jobs. The early African societies became advanced when ​ (d)   allowed them to buy ​ (e)   they needed.

Choose from the below words
rituals
ancestors
labor specialization
trade
natural resources
15.

Who brought Muslim scholars, artists, and teachers to work in Mali?

a)

Avicenna

b)

Muhammad

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Sundiata

16.

What was the impact of Gutenberg's invention of the movable type printing press?

a)

Increase in the use of Latin

b)

Decrease in literacy

c)

Increase in Literacy

d)

Thirty Years' War

17.

Match the following

a)

Individualism

1.

Idea that one person is more important than the community

b)

Italy

2.

Place where the Renaissance began

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

3.

Introduced linear perspective & realism in art

d)

Shakespeare

4.

English write known for his plays & sonnets

e)

Michelangelo

5.

Sculptor of the the statue of David

18.

Reorder the social classes in traditional African society

a)

Emperor

b)

Kings and nobles

c)

traders

d)

skilled workers

e)

farmers

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
19.

What made the Trans-Saharan trade possible?

a)

camels & salt

b)

griots & ancestors

c)

the savanna & rainforest

d)

iron tools & labor specialization

20.

Match the following

a)

right to appoint bishops

1.

What did Pope Gregory & Henry IV disagree about

b)

make laws

2.

parliament

c)

Jerusalem was captured

3.

Outcome of the first Crusade

d)

Magna Carta

4.

expanded the rights of the barons

e)

Arabic numerals

5.

made calculations easier