Death Records Now

1. Justinian’s Code became the backbone of modern Europe’s (2 points)
phone system.
alphabets.
legal system.
religions.

2. In what way did the Qur’an affect the role of Islamic women? (2 points)
Women were given more legal rights.
Women could no longer own property.
Women were required to work at home.
Women were unequal to men.

3. One great contribution of the Islamic golden age was (2 points)
algebra.
taxes.
Latin.
golden goblets.

4. The West African trade empires made their money mainly by trading salt and (2 points)
camels.
bananas.
gold.
water.

5. The Bantu-speaking people migrated because they were looking for
(2 points)
better weather conditions.
better farmland and better grazing.
gold and salt.
the coast, so that they could trade.

6. Which statement is true about Kilwa and Aksum? (2 points)
They were Christian kingdoms.
They were Muslim kingdoms.
They were city-states on the coast.
They grew powerful through trade.

7. How did the Incas keep records? (2 points)
They cut them into clay tablets that were then dried in the sun.
They used turkey quills to write them on scrolls.
They used a group of knotted strings called a quipu.
They carved them into stone.

8. Which statement best describes the agriculture of the Mayas? (2 points)
Each year, they rotated the kinds of crops planted.
When an area of soil wore out, they cleared and planted a new area.
They grazed cattle in their cornfields to thin the crops.
They left trees in the field to shade the growing corn.

9. Where in North America did the Mound Builders live? (2 points)
in the Southwest
in the Northwest
in Central Mexico
in eastern North America

10. Which Chinese thinker believed that peace and stability could be brought to China if all people treated one another with respect? (2 points)
Tang Taizong
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Confucius
Timur

11. What caused the rise of the feudal system in Japan? In your answer, explain what a feudal system is. (5 points)

12. More than 100 years after Akbar’s death, the Mughal Empire began to fall apart. What were two of the reasons that caused this to happen?
(5 points)

I only know a few of them:

1. legal system

2. Women were unequal to men (welcome to islam)

3. algebra (now they are more interested in suicide vests)

4. gold

10. Confucius