midterm

Question 1

which of these clues about the African past describes an artifact ?

.Oral traditions
.Written documents
.Pottery shards
..Folktales

Answer 1

Pottery shards

Question 2

Few large settlements developed in the Sahara because it was to …

.Populated
.Fertile
.Dangerous
.Remote

Answer 2

Dangerous

Question 3

Community life in western europe during the middle ages was based on what ?

.Tade
.Education
.Religion
.Technolagy

Answer 3

Religion

Question 4

who decreed that rome would stop persecuting christians?

.Constentine the Great
.Julious Ceaser
.Augustus
.Nero

Answer 4

Constentine the great

Question 5

what is the main reason people in different vegitation zones traded with eachother?

.to show cultural diversity
.to create aliences
.to access resources uniqe to .each zone
.to establish diplomadic relations

Answer 5

to access resources uniqe to each zone

Question 6

wich of theise is the main reason why the clergy were recorders and advisers to the king?

.they were skilled polititions
.they had access to divine guidence
.they were the most educated class
.they controlled the economy

Answer 6

they had access to divine guidenss

Question 7

how did the niger river encourage trade?

.it served as a natural barrier
.it provided a sorce of drinking water
.it facilated trasport and comunication
.it created fetile soil for agriculter

Answer 7

it facilitated transport and communication

Question 8

why did extended-family groups first settle southof the sahara?

.access fertile land
.avoidence of rivle clans
.protection against floods and emimes
.desire for a nomadic life style

Answer 8

protection against floods and enemies

Question 9

wich best describes the plot of canterbuty tales?

.a journey to a holly land
.a group of pilgrims sharing
stories
.the search for the holy grail
.a knighs Quest for honor

Answer 9

a group of pilgrims sharing stories

Question 10

what did extended-family group do for defense against dangerous floods or enemies?

.build defesive walls
.form alliences with neighboring groups
.develop an advanced wepenory
.establish a strong central goverment

Answer 10

buil deffensive walls

Question 11

which of these is a sacrament to the roman catholic church?

.ramadan
.hajj
.eucharist
.zen

Answer 11

eucharist

Question 12

which technolagy did the nok people adopt as early as 500
B. C. E.?

.iron tools
.pottery wheals
.printing press
.archimedean screw

Answer 12

iorn tools

Question 13

who would have been most likely to make the following statment?-
“i am travalling to jerusilam to show God how sorry i am for having sin. ipray we have a safe journey”

.A knight on a quest
.a muslim pilgrim
.a viking explorer
.a mongol warrior

Answer 13

a muslim pilgrim

Question 14

which group counqored the byzantine Empire

.Mongols
.Vikings
.Ottomans
.Crusaders

Answer 14

Ottomans

Question 15

Archiolagists have found remains of high walls around one anccient west african community. what does this suggest.

.it was a military out post
.it was a major trade center
.it had a centralized goverment
.it was a nomadic settlement

Answer 15

it was a major trade center

Question 16

Archioligists found copper at jenne-jeno.the nerest copper mines are 600 miles away. what does this indacate about the people of jenne-jeno.

.they were skilled minors
.they engaged in long-disrance trade
.they had advanced metallurgical techniques
.they had surplus of copper

Answer 16

they engaged in long-distance trade

Question 17

what was the main goal of the crusades

.spread islam
.acquisition or new teretorries
.religeios pilgramige
.recovery of Jerusalem

Answer 17

Recover of Jerusalem

Question 18

most gothic cathedralls had all of these EXEPT

.flying buttresses
.staind glass windows
.flat roofs
.ribbed vaults

Answer 18

flat roofs

Question 19

in the middle ages,many universities grew out of

.monastic schools
.military academies
.royal libraries
.merchant guilds

Answer 19

monastic schools

Question 20

wich of these was an advantige of becoming part of an empire?

.gold
.wood
.oral stories
.independance

Answer 20

gold