SOL Review-Critical Thinking Skills 1
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- Q1
Which description best characterizes the city of Timbuktu?
commercial and cultural center of West Africa
inland city of the Hanseatic League
major urban and industrial center on the Silk Road
port on the water route to East Asia
30s - Q2
Which statement best expresses an idea held by many Renaissance humanist philosophers
People should study worldly subjects as well as sacred matters
Governments should establish overseas empires
Individuals should withdraw from the world and study religion
Scholars should dedicate themselves to the study of life after death
30s - Q3
Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
I. __________________________________
A. Centralized governments
B. Organized religions
C. Social classes
D. Specialization of labor
Characteristics of Civilizations
Cultural Diffusion in Mohenjo-Daro
Features of the Old Stone Age
Economic Development in Ancient Egypt
30s - Q4
The pillars of Emperor Asoka of the Mauryan Empire and the Code of Hammurabi of Babylon are most similar to the
Great Sphinx of the Egyptians
Twelve Tables of the Romans
Ziggurats of Sumer
map projections of Mercator
30s - Q5
Which factor led to the development of civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia?
universal education
political harmony
religious differences
favorable geography
30s - Q6
What is the main reason the Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning point in world history?
Fire was used as a source of energy for the first time
Stone tools and weapons were first developed
Spoken language was used to improve communication
Domestication of animals and cultivation of crops led to settled communities
30s - Q7
Which statement most likely represents the view of a citizen of Athens visiting Sparta?
"The government and society in Sparta are so strict that the people have little voice in government."
"This society allows for more freedom of expression than I have ever experienced in Athens."
"I have never heard of a society like Sparta that believes in only one god."
"I feel as though I have never left home; everything here is the same as it is in Athens."
30s - Q8
One similarity between animism and Shinto is that people who follow these belief systems--
worship spirits in nature
are required to make pilgrimages
are monotheistic
practice filial piety
30s - Q9
--Buddhist temples are found in Japan
--Most Indonesians study the Koran
--Catholocism is the dominant religion in Latin America
These statements illustrate a result of--
fundamentalism
economic nationalism
westernization
cultural diffusion
30s - Q10
Which group introduced the Cyrillic alphabet, Orthodox Christianity, and domed architecture to Russian culture?
Byzantines
Jews
Vikings
Mongols
30s - Q11
One of the major achievements of Byzantine Emperor Justinian was that he--
preserved and transmitted Greek and Roman culture
defended the empire against the spread of Islam
brought Roman Catholicism to his empire
established a direct trade route with Ghana
30s - Q12
What was a significant effect of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?
Military leaders eventually controlled Mali
Islamic learning and culture expanded in Mali
The African written language spread to southwest Asia
The trading of gold for salt ended
30s - Q13
A direct impact that the printing press had on a 16th-century Europe was that it encouraged the--
beginnings of communism
development of industrialization
spread of ideas
establishment of democracy
30s - Q14
Which technological advancement helped unify both the Roman and the Inca Empires?
gunpowder
astrolabe
wheeled carts
road system
30s - Q15
Which leader is most closely associated with merging the cultures of Greece, Persia, Egypt, and India?
Mansa Musa
Charlemagne
Alexander the Great
Saladin
30s