Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek communities are called
A. assemblies.
B. stations.
C. city-states.
D. governments.
What is City-states.
What is a constitution?
A. a set of basic laws for a government
B. an agreement that no law should be vetoed
C. an assembly of Roman citizens
D. an assembly of patricians
What is a set of basic laws for a government.
Who could get treatment in medieval Muslim hospitals?
a. anyone
b. only the wealthy
c. nobody but pilgrims
d. poor workers
The Sahara was not a good place for large settlements because it
A. is extremely dry.
B. rains too much.
C. has no mountains.
D. is mostly forest.
What is extremely dry.
Another name for a tyrant is a
A. king.
B. president.
C. monarch.
D. dictator.
What is a dictator.
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person is
A. a monarchy.
B. an oligarchy.
C. a tyranny.
D. a democracy.
What is a monarchy.
What is a republic?
A. a form of government in which a single ruler makes decisions
B. a form of government in which leaders are elected to represent the people
C. a form of government in which all the people make decisions
D. a country with a national government and individual states
What is a form of government in which leaders are elected to represent the people
Which is the best example of cultural diffusion?
A. Muslim architects built mosques with minarets.
B. Muslims face toward Mecca when they pray.
C. Muslim cities along major trade routes grew wealthy.
D. Muslims spread the Chinese craft of paper making to Europe
What is Muslims spread Chinese craft of paper making to Europe.
Why are historians unable to study written sources from early West African societies?
A. No one can translate the documents' language.
B. All of the documents were burned in a fire.
C. Most of the period has no written records.
D. The government owns all of the documents.
What is most of the period has no written records.
The main purpose of the Crusades was to
A. convert Muslims to Christianity.
B. develop a new trade route.
C. gain control of Palestine.
D. learn Muslim customs and traditions.
What is gain control of Palestine.
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people is called
A. a monarchy.
B. an oligarchy.
C. a tyranny.
D. a democracy.
What is an Oligarchy
Why did the Romans consider Jesus so dangerous that they decided to put him to death?
A. A group of troublemakers had assassinated the Roman emperor and blamed Jesus for it.
B. Jesus had such a large following that the Romans feared he might lead a revolt against Rome.
C. The followers of Jesus refused to pay their taxes to Rome until it recognized Christianity.
D. Jesus preached revolution and urged his followers to overthrow Roman rule.
What is Jesus had such a large following that the Romans feared he might lead a revolt against Rome.
Medieval Muslims adapted and improved the astrolabe to use for
a. defense.
b. printing.
c. irrigation.
d. navigation.
What is navigation.
How did Islam first reach Ghana?
A. by the Arab Muslim armies that conquered Ghana
B. after a Ghanaian king had a vision of Muhammad
C. through Muslim traders and missionaries
D. after Ghanaian scholars traveled to the Middle East for their studies
What is through Muslim traders and missionaries.
Ghana was wealthy because the government
A. did not allow foreigners to travel into Ghana.
B. distributed gold to its citizens.
C. collected taxes on goods passing through Ghana.
D. placed heavy taxes on its people.
What is collected taxes on goods passing through Ghana.
A government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king is
A. a monarchy.
B. an oligarchy.
C. a tyranny.
D. a democracy.
What is a Tyranny.
Because the Romans were so inspired by Greek art, historians often refer to
A. Renaissance art.
B. Athenian-Spartan art.
C. Greco-Roman art.
D. Visigoth-Roman art.
What is Greco-Roman art.
Chess was probably invented in India. Muslims learned the game and improved it. Which word best describes this process?
a. evolution
b. promotion
c. adaptation
d. innovation
What is adaptation
Why did Muslims set up schools for children in Timbuktu?
A. to train them in philosophy
B. to teach them to interpret the Qur'an
C. to prepare them for careers in medicine or law
D. to care for them while their parents worked
What is to teach them to interpret the Qur'an.
Which of the following has its origins in ancient Greece?
A. documentaries
B. novels
C. historical writing
D. texting
What is historical writing.
The oligarchs passed laws that
A. favored the rich.
B. helped the poor improve their lives.
C. were fair to both the rich and the poor.
D. were unfair to the rich.
Under the rule of oligarchs, what happened to most of the poor citizens?
A. They became wealthier.
B. They worked less.
C. They became poorer.
D. They had to move away.
What is favored the rich.
What is they became poorer.
Roman art greatly influenced the later period called the
A. Renaissance.
B. Middle Ages.
C. Byzantine.
D. Reformation.
What is Renaissance.
Which of these was an important result of paper making in the Muslim world?
a. loss of ancient manuscripts
b. rich growth of Arab literature
c. invention of the printing press
d.opening of trade routes to China
What is rich growth of Arab Literature
Which statement about Mansa Musa is true?
A. Mansa Musa was the first leader of Mali to accept Islam, though he did not practice devoutly.
B. Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca was an enormous and impressive undertaking.
C. Mansa Musa was happy to kneel before the sultan in Cairo, because he admired the sultan greatly.
D. Mansa Musa was an isolationist and tried to cut off all contact between Mali and the outside world.
What is Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca was an enormous and impressive undertaking.
What is one way in which ancient Greek democracy differs from modern American democracy?
A. In Athens, citizens voted on every issue. In America, citizens elect representatives to make laws.
B. Any adult could be citizens in Athens. Only native-born people can be citizens in the United States.
C. Athens was led by a group of five presidents. The United States has only one.
D. all of the above
What is In Athens, citizens voted on every issue. In America, citizens elect representatives to make laws.