First Semester Final

Question 1

Who started the Yuan dynasty?

Answer 1

Kublai Khan

Question 2

describe the desert climate zone.

Answer 2

sandy and hot

Question 3

What is the most widely-held theory of how people first came into North America?

Answer 3

They came across a land bridge from Northern Asia into North America, what is now Alaska.

Question 4

What was the capital of the Inca empire?

Answer 4

Cusco

Question 5

Which was the largest Mississippian city?

Answer 5

Cahokia

Question 6

What does “Mesoamerica” mean?

Answer 6

The middle

Question 7

Why did the Mali Empire decline?

Answer 7

When their leader, Mansa Musa died, and Suni Alli took over.

Question 8

What goods did Mali export?

Answer 8

Salt and gold

Question 9

What goods did Ghana export?

Answer 9

Iron products, animal products, salt, and gold.

Question 10

What goods did Axum export?

Answer 10

Ivory, frankincense, myrrh, & enslaved people (428)

Question 11

What is the largest desert in Africa?

Answer 11

The Sahara Desert (424)

Question 12

Who was Mansa Musa?

Answer 12

Powerful king of Mali. He made a pilgrimage to Makkah.

Question 13

Describe Swahili.

Answer 13

A mix of African and Muslim culture. Now a language.

Question 14

Why was Mali important?

Answer 14

Because they conquered Ghana and were a big trading empire.

Question 15

What did the Maya, Aztec, and Inca all believe about their ruler?

Answer 15

Their rulers were descendants of the gods.

Question 16

Describe 3 ways the Inuit adapted to their environment in the tundra.

Answer 16

By building dog sleds to travel, igloos for homes, they were hunters, and they used stone houses for permanent homes.

Question 17

What was the staple food for Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest?

Answer 17

Salmon

Question 18

Where were the Maya located? What difficulties did their location pose?

Answer 18

They were located in the rainforests in the Yucatan peninsula, their difficulty was that they had to clear rainforests in order to farm

Question 19

What did families teach their children in early African villages?

Answer 19

Their village’s oral history

Question 20

Which modern-day music developed from African music?

Answer 20

Blues, jazz, ragtime, rock and roll, and, rap.

Question 21

describe the Mediterranean climate zone.

Answer 21

decent amount of rainfall and warm tematures

Question 22

Describe some key details about the Bantu people and what they spread through Africa.

Answer 22

The Bantu people migrated from West Africa. They were matrilineal people and spread their farming, iron-working skills, and languages throughout Africa. Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line.

Question 23

Why did the Anasazi build cliff dwellings?

Answer 23

To defend themselves and to protect themselves from winter weather

Question 24

Which civilizations developed writing systems based on hieroglyphics?

Answer 24

The Zapotec and the Maya

Question 25

Why did Tang leaders become afraid of Buddhism?

Answer 25

Because they favored Neo-Confucianism and Buddhism was spreading really quickly

Question 26

Who was Sunni Ali?

Answer 26

The ruler of Songhai

Question 27

Which trading state began in southeastern Africa?

Answer 27

Zimbabwe

Question 28

Why did Ghana become so powerful?

Answer 28

Because Ghana taxed trade

Question 29

What does “Mesoamerica” mean?

Answer 29

Middle (From Central Mexico to Costa Rica in Central America.)

Question 30

What was the staple food for Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest?

Answer 30

Salmon

Question 31

What religious belief made the Inca different from the Maya and Aztecs?

Answer 31

They rarely sacrificed humans for the gods

Question 32

How did the Inca make traveling through the Andes easier?

Answer 32

They made roads and bridges over hard terrain

Question 33

What were some major achievements of Empress Wu?

Answer 33

She was one of the first female emperors, and she made the military strong.

Question 34

How did new farming technologies affect the population of the Tang Dynasty?

Answer 34

The population doubled.

Question 35

What is the longest river in South America?

Answer 35

The Amazon River

Question 36

What is the longest river in North America?

Answer 36

The Mississippi River

Question 37

What did the Olmec trade? What did they obtain?

Answer 37

They traded salt and beans and obtained obsidian, jade, and volcanic glass.

Question 38

What were civil service exams?

Answer 38

Hard exams that tested the knowledge of confucianism

Question 39

What purposes did the mounds serve?

Answer 39

They were tombs for ceremonies.

Question 40

What do scientists believe caused the collapse of many ancient civilizations?

Answer 40

Famine

Question 41

Where did the Mound Builders live?

Answer 41

East of the Mississippi

Question 42

What were civil service exams based on?

Answer 42

Confucianism

Question 43

How did the use of coal lead to the discover of steel?

Answer 43

When iron was produced in coal-heated furnaces, the melted iron mixed with carbon from the coal. This mixing created a new, stronger metal known today as steel

Question 44

Which Chinese dynasty encouraged the arts and exploring overseas?

Answer 44

Ming

Question 45

Which Mongol leader started the Yuan dynasty?

Answer 45

Kublai khan

Question 46

Describe Ming Chinese officials.

Answer 46

they were strict and cruel (nobody liked them except themselves)

Question 47

What were the effects of new printing technology in China?

Answer 47

Literature became more available and it also became popular. It led to paper currency so traders could carry more money.

Question 48

What were common themes of poets during the Tang dynasty?

Answer 48

Most wrote about the beauty of nature, the changes of the seasons, and the joys of friendship.

Question 49

What were some Daoist beliefs?

Answer 49

One was that people should turn to nature and the other was that people should give up their worldly desires and concerns.

Question 50

Which Chinese dynasty lasted almost 300 years and restore a strong central government?

Answer 50

The Tang Dynasty

Question 51

Which Chinese dynasty built the Grand Canal and rebuilt Changan?

Answer 51

The Sui Dynasty

Question 52

What beliefs are central to Neo-Confucionism?

Answer 52

Almost like Confucianism but believed in having good behavior because they thought it would determine your afterlife.

Question 53

How did Buddhism spread from China and into Korea?

Answer 53

In A.D. 300s Chinese Buddhists brought their religion to Korea

Question 54

What were civil service exams?

Answer 54

Civil service exams were examinations that tested candidates on their knowledge of Confucian writings

Question 55

What were civil service exams based on?

Answer 55

Civil service exams were based on Confucian writings