Final Exam Study Guide Questions: 8th Grade World History

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Questão 1

Questão
What does the word Islam mean in Arabic
Responda
  • Submission to Allah
  • Fear Allah
  • Remember Allah

Questão 2

Questão
What is one way in which Islam is similar to Judaism and Christianity?
Responda
  • They are all polytheistic religions.
  • They are all monotheistic religions.

Questão 3

Questão
Which if the following belong to the Five Pillars of Islam
Responda
  • Declaration of Faith
  • Declaration of love
  • Giving charity to the poor
  • Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
  • Fasting from sunrise to sunset
  • Prayer 2x a day in the direction of Mecca

Questão 4

Questão
What was the chief means of social and political organization in African stateless societies?
Responda
  • Democracy
  • Dictatorship
  • Ancestry

Questão 5

Questão
What did Africans mainly provide in trade between east Africa and Asia?
Responda
  • Silk
  • Roots
  • Elephant trunks
  • Raw materials

Questão 6

Questão
The Swahili language developed from a mixture of what languages?
Responda
  • Arabic
  • French
  • English
  • Banta
  • Hebrew

Questão 7

Questão
Who was Mali's first great leader?
Responda
  • Morgan Freeman
  • Barrack Obama
  • Mansa Musa
  • Ussain Bolt

Questão 8

Questão
The Songhai people broke away from Mali's empire and gained control if the all important trade routes.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

Questão
Answer both questions by selecting the boxes that best answers the questions: T or F: African societies were sometimes matrilineal. What does matrilineal mean
Responda
  • True
  • False
  • Matrilineal means children trace their ancestors through their fathers.
  • Matrilineal means children trace their ancestors through their mothers.

Questão 10

Questão
What city controlled trade routes and was the economic, political, and religious center if an African empire?
Responda
  • Timbuktu
  • Ghana
  • Zimbabwe

Questão 11

Questão
African trade routes shifted to the east several time because it provided a faster route to their destinations.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 12

Questão
How did Islam spread throughout Africa? Select all that apply
Responda
  • Trade
  • Conquest
  • Political elections

Questão 13

Questão
Songhai is most know for its
Responda
  • Food such as fried elephants,
  • Trading materials such as silk, wood, and ivory
  • Leaders such as Ali, Askia, and Muhammed

Questão 14

Questão
What helped China become the a great sea power under Song leadership?
Responda
  • The invention of a ship
  • The invention of the axle and wheel
  • The invention of sails
  • The invention of a magnetic compass

Questão 15

Questão
How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror
Responda
  • By negotiating peace treaties that unified the lands
  • By staging a political revolution
  • With the use of organization and military

Questão 16

Questão
How did Genghis Khan succeed as a conqueror
Responda
  • By negotiating peace treaties that unified the lands
  • By staging a political revolution
  • With the use of organization and military

Questão 17

Questão
Kualai Khan follows the nomadic way of life
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

Questão
Why did the Tang Dynasty fall?
Responda
  • Overtaxing of peasants
  • Famine
  • Internal rebellions
  • Lack of imports and exports

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