TNReady 7th Grade Review

How did West Africans preserve their history before writing was introduced?

• Booksellers made marks with sharp sticks on wet clay.
• Painters made a long series of paintings like a comic strip
• Foreign visitors kept the only record of events in the region
• Poet-musicians memorized the stories and passed them down

Which term best describes a job of a griot?

• trading goods
• carving masks
• curing diseases
• keeping records

What does the proverb below indicate about West African society? "Every time an old man dies, it is as if a library has burned down."

• The value placed on book
• the significance of visual arts
• the importance of oral tradition
• the respect paid to young people

The Islamic scholars of the Golden Age made advancements in what 2 fields of study?

• Math and Language

• Language and Science

• Science and Math

This age allowed Islamic scholars to advance their knowledge and understanding of the world around them.

• Warring Age

• Warm Age

• Glittering Age

• Golden Age

This image symbolizes two paths. John Calvin would have argued you really do not have a 'choice'. What was his concept of salvation/heaven called?

• indulgence

• Anglican

• theocracy

• predestination

King Henry VIII's first daughter, Mary, returned her kingdom to the religion of Catholicism

• True

• False

A form of government controlled by religious leaders

• secular

• traditional

• democracy

• theocracy

Jesuits hoped to convert people to Catholicism through the use of ....

• convincing through education

• coercion

• forced conversion

The Forbidden City is the _____ most complete piece of Chinese architecture. 

• largest
• ugliest
• smallest
• oldest