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U-prep 7th 100 History Facts 21- 40
7th grade All-Stars World History Facts
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History
7th Grade
01/10/2011

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21. Along with the Koran, Islamic beliefs, practices, and aw were found in the _______________.
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Sunnah
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22. In order to be consdiered a devout Muslim the _______________ must be followed.
Definition
Five Pillar of Islam
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23. Isam spread throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe through military conquest and _____________.
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Trade caravans
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24. During the month of ________ Muslims must fast from sunrise to sunset.
Definition
Ramadan
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25. Following Muhammad's death, the Mujslim nation split into two groups the ____________________.
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Shiites and Sunnis
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26. Two major empires within the Islamic time period were the ______________.
Definition
Umayyad and Abbasid
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27. After originating in India, the religion _________ spread throughout China along the Silk Road and into Korea and Japan.
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Buddhism
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28. Confucius, a Chinese philosopher, was instrumetnal in developing the ____________ used in China and the United States.
Definition
Civil Service System
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29. A governmental system of hiring and firing based on performance and abilities is called _____________.
Definition
meritocracy
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30. China was reunited through the development of roads and waterways such as the ______________ making travel much easier.
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Grand Canal
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31. China is credited for creating teh first paper __________, or form of money.
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currency
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32. The inventions of block printing and later _____________ allowed the Chinese to print all 130 volume of the confucian classics.
Definition
movable type printing
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33. All of China was taken under control in 1279 by Mongol leader, ___________.
Definition
Kublai Khan
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34. An abusive ruler who holds absolute power is referred to as a ________.
Definition
despot
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35. _____________ teachings became the basis for Buddism.
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Siddartha Gautama's
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36. Mongols lived in very harsh conditions on the wide, treeless plains of central Asia called _________.
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steppes
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37. The first accurate account of China by a European was written by explorer ___________.
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Marco Polo
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38. Ghana and Mali Empires were established along the Niger River in the savanna, or ___________
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grasslands
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39. ________________ hellped increase agricultural production in Africa.
Definition
Iron-making technology
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40. Ghanaians trace teh succession to the king through the son of his sister, know as _____________ succession.
Definition
matrilineal
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