7th grade Social Studies practice sheet
Oregon State Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Why did the growth of trade help weaken feudalism?
- Trade stopped towns from growing.
- Peasants gave up all their rights.
- Merchants and townspeople gained wealth and independence outside the lord-peasant system.
- Trade made lords richer than kings.
Merchants and townspeople gained wealth and independence outside the lord-peasant system.
Hint: Money and towns offered new ways to earn a living apart from the manor.
Question 2
What was a caliph?
- A trade caravan
- A merchant guild
- A leader of the Muslim community and ruler of a caliphate
- A kind of mosque
A leader of the Muslim community and ruler of a caliphate
Hint: The Abbasid caliphs ruled from Baghdad for centuries.
Question 3
The Black Death in the 1340s was…
- A great flood
- A kind of armor
- A plague that killed about a third of Europe's people
- A war with China
A plague that killed about a third of Europe's people
Hint: It spread along trade routes.
Question 4
Which Italian family was well known for supporting artists in Florence?
- the Mongols
- the Tudors
- the Vikings
- the Medici
the Medici
Hint: The Medici were bankers and rulers who paid for art, buildings and learning.
Question 5
In a rice paddy, fields are flooded. Why?
- To keep the farmers cool
- Rice grows well with its roots in shallow water.
- To frighten insects
- To catch fish only
Rice grows well with its roots in shallow water.
Hint: Rice paddies were shaped to hold water.
Question 6
The capital of the Songhai Empire was…
- Cairo
- Gao
- Kilwa
Gao
Hint: Gao is on the Niger River.
Question 7
An example of Native resistance to Spanish rule is…
- the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
- the Boston Tea Party
- the Magna Carta
the Pueblo Revolt of 1680
Hint: Pueblo peoples drove out the Spanish for 12 years.
Question 8
Song dynasty China is known for…
- movable type, the magnetic compass and paper money
- steam engines and railroads
- the telescope
movable type, the magnetic compass and paper money
Hint: The Song was rich in inventions.
Question 9
Antisemitism means…
- a trade route
- hatred of or prejudice against Jewish people
- a kind of map
hatred of or prejudice against Jewish people
Hint: Antisemitism has a long history.
Question 10
The Industrial Revolution began in…
- Britain
- Japan
- Brazil
Britain
Hint: It began in the 1700s.
Answer key
- 1. Merchants and townspeople gained wealth and independence outside the lord-peasant system. (Medieval Europe)
- 2. A leader of the Muslim community and ruler of a caliphate (The Islamic World)
- 3. A plague that killed about a third of Europe's people (Trade Routes & Beliefs)
- 4. the Medici (Renaissance & Reformation)
- 5. Rice grows well with its roots in shallow water. (Japan: Land, Beliefs & Values)
- 6. Gao (African Kingdoms & Empires)
- 7. the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 (Aztec, Inca & Conquest)
- 8. movable type, the magnetic compass and paper money (Empires of Asia)
- 9. hatred of or prejudice against Jewish people (Exploration & Empire)
- 10. Britain (Age of Revolutions)
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