Final Exam Study Guide Questions: 8th Grade World History

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Question 1

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

Question 2

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

Question 3

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Which if the following belong to the Five Pillars of Islam
Answer
  • 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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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Kualai Khan follows the nomadic way of life
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 18

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