7th Grade Midterm Review

Which of the following is TRUE about political maps

• They show population density

• They show land features

• They show weather patterns

• They show boundaries of territories

The image is representing which of the following

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

The image is representing which of the following

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Select all that describe the Neolithic Age

• Agriculture

• Permanent settlements and civilization

• Nomadic

• Job Specialization

• Food production decreased

What was an advantage (other than providing water) that the Nile provided Egypt?

• It gave Egyptians stones for pyramids.

• It provided fertile soil in the form of silt.

• It caused rainstorms over the Sahara.

• It would destroy crops when it flooded.

What was the greatest benefit when humans began farming during the Neolithic Age compared to when they were hunter/gatherers?

• they had better tasting food

• They had enough water for crops

• They had more time to relax

• They had a stable food supply.

Which of the following best describes were Sumer was a civilization?

• it used tools for farming

• it was established between two rivers

• it had a written language, religion, government, and social structure

• it had one ruler

Scribes had power in Sumerian society. What can we conclude from this?

• People who could read and write were important.

• All scribes came from the upper class.

• Scribes could rise through social classes.

• Scribes invented writing.

The Code of Hammurabi was important because it established...

• rules of behavior

• economic systems

• democratic governments

• official religions

How did the Assyrians and Persians benefit from a trade based economy?

• They had gold mines in their empires and traded that with other regions

• They had their government distribute goods to people using their roads

• They were situated on important trade routes and taxed merchants who passed through.

• They relied on their militaries to trade with other regions and bring back items.