7th Grade Social Studies Second Semester Exam Review Part 1

Pollution in the Yangtze River is making the fish unfit to eat.

• True
• False

Monsoons in India or both a blessing and a curse.

• True
• False

Tons of wastes pour into the Ganges River everyday.

• True
• False

What can cause a country to have a low literacy rate? 

• Uneducated Parents 
• Lack of learning materials
• Lack of resources (poverty) 
• all of these

The method of removing salt and other minerals from sea water is:

• dehydration

• desalination

• destruction

• desert

Why is there conflict between the Kurds?

• They do not have a homeland and they want their own country.

• They claim to be Shia

• They wabt to move from the mountains to the desert.

Which of these describes why the current location of the State of Israel is important to the Jewish people?

• It has valuable resources

• It is their homeland

• It was available for settlement

• It is located on a major trade route.

Which event directly caused the collapse of the Ottoman Empire?

• World War I
• World War II
• Revolutionary War
• Iraq War

Partitioning means:

• Giving something to somebody
• Walking your cat
• Dividing into parts
• Selling oil for profit

What happened to the Ottoman Empire after WWI?

• Most of the people converted to Islam

• It regained control of Southwest Asia

• It gained control of North Africa

• New political boundaries were formed without considering the cultural differences of the people.