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Final exam Social studies

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is social hierarchy?

a)

An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.

b)

spread Christianity

c)

They where the middle man of the silk road

d)

Civil war and Assassinating Julius Caesar

2.

Which of the following events did alexander the great NOT do

a)

Spread Christianity

b)

Spread the black pledge

c)

Spread Hate

d)

Spread war

3.

Which statement best describes the ancient India

a)

Had many wars

b)

They were the "Middle man" of the silk road

c)

"Very powerful"

d)

"Poor"

4.

Most emperors claimed what

a)

Destroy anything in there way

b)

Strong army

c)

Divine, or god-given, right to rule

d)

Power

5.

Which of the following are reasons why Rome went from a Republic to Empire

a)

Wars

b)

Protection from the other empires

c)

It was better source to the silk road

d)

Civil war and assassinating Julius Caesar

6.

What is the definition of an Empire

a)

An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

b)

More than One rules in an empire

c)

Different empires under many different kinds of laws

7.

What is the name of the trade route on the map

a)

Silk road

b)

American trade rotates

c)

the vikings trade road

8.

Which of the following was not a major invention of ancient china

a)

Potters wheel

b)

Axe

c)

Light bulb

d)

Jewelry

9.

All empires Have the following

a)

Roads

b)

Trade Networks

c)

Strong leader

d)

Imperial expansion

e)

Strong army

10.

The crusades were a time period of unrest and conflict between which two world religions

a)

Christianity

b)

Christianity & Islam

c)

Mongols

d)

Islam & Christianity

11.

The following statement is NOT true about the Mongols

a)

The mongols DID have a vast mongol empire

b)

The mongols didn't have a vast mongol empire

c)

Had strong empire

12.

What happened to the Carolingian empire after the death of Charlemagne

a)

His three grandson did not care

b)

His three grandsons fought each other in civil war

c)

His three grandsons Joined each other in one empire

13.

The pattern of change during this time period (100 CE) was?

a)

Empires grew quickly, empires were taken over or absorbed by other empires

b)

Wars

c)

The civil war

14.

Why was iron considered a better metal than bronze for weapons

a)

Easier to find

b)

They did not have iron at this time

c)

Easier to work with

d)

It was not a better mental

e)

Produced a stronger metal

15.

Which river valley is circled

a)

THE SILK RIVER

b)

THE NILE RIVER

16.

Identify the person on top of the Egyptian social class prymaid

a)

Pharaoh

b)

Farmer

c)

King

17.

Writing system that uses symbols or pictures to denote objects, concepts, or sounds, originally and especially in the writing system of ancient Egypt

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

18.

Characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements and used in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing.

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Hagiographa

19.

What is cultural diffusion?

a)

Cultures adopted ideas and technology from other cultures over time.

b)

Cultures figure it out by themselves

c)

Mongols

20.

Which of the following does describe slavery in Ancient Rome?

a)

Slaves were taken from conquered territory, People could be sold into slavery, & Slaves could buy their freedom.

b)

Slaves could not leave

c)

Slaves did not earn money to leave

21.

The Gupta was considered to be a Golden Age of India. What is a Golden Age?

a)

A period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness in a particular area.

b)

Found lots of gold

c)

Were rich with gold

d)

technology

22.

These world religions offered belief systems that appealed to many people because:

a)

They offered salvation or new life in different forms, Included even the poor & Provided common values.

b)

Did not make you feel better and none of its real

23.

Select all that apply: Which of the following were the effects of the Bubonic Plague?

a)

Families abandoned infected relatives

b)

It causes buboes to form on lymph glands

c)

It was not contagious

d)

It attacked cells and the nervous system.

e)

The virus was deadly

24.

Select all the apply: What happened to Europe after the Black Death?

a)

People did not abandon their religious beliefs

b)

The did abandon their religious beliefs

c)

Scientific observation started to increase

d)

Paved the way for the European Renaissance.