End of Year Assessment 1

Drag the correct effect label to the corresponding causes.

a

b

c

helped it spread through the country

encouraged Buddhism to be followed

offered a form of relief

How did the design of the Forbidden City contribute to the Ming Dynasty’s power?

• It gave all citizens a shared space for making offerings to their gods.

• It gave scholar-officials an inner court they could use to study quietly for their exams.

• It separated the military from the artisan class and gave the artisans a private place to work.

• It separated the rulers from the ruled and gave the rulers a sense of importance and mystery.

Why do followers of Shintoism perform rituals?

• to build shrines and help maintain moral purity

• to build discipline and help maintain moral purity

• to build shrines and help maintain connections with nature and the past

• to build discipline and help maintain connections with nature and the past

Unlike the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire was _________.

• a Christian state

• a place with poor cities

Emperor Diocletian split the Roman Empire into two halves because _________.

• it had grown to be very large

• the cultures of the East and West were different

The Byzantine Empire was founded _________.

• by the Visogoths

• on the authority of the Christian church

Which faith do Muslim people follow?

• Hinduism

• Catholicism

• Judaism

• Islam

What are some reasons why Islam spread so quickly after Mohammad died? (Choose 2)

• A) Muslims waged war to expand their territory.

• B) Muslims built churches in every town they conquered.

• C) Many conquered people converted to Islam to avoid taxes and restrictions placed on non-Muslims.

• D) Muslim governments allowed conquered people to have free elections.

Indigenous beliefs in West Africa hold that there _________.

• is one all-powerful creator god

• are many creator gods

Why was the Ottoman military able to conquer land on the peninsula of Anatolia beginning in 1301?

• The Ottoman military had developed better weapons than the Byzantines.

• The Ottoman military had grown into a powerful fighting force.

• The Byzantines’ military and political alliances had become fractured.

• The Byzantine military had become weak and left their land on Anatolia unguarded.