World History Semester 1 Review

What is the largest continent in the world?

• North America

• Africa

• Asia

What continent has countries such as Germany, France, and Italy?

• Europe

• South America

• North America

What continent has 54 countries including Egypt?

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

What continent is Europe connected to?

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

Which great ocean touches North America, South America, Asia, and Australia?

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Southern

the first civilizations arose_________because the conditions for farming were good

• in the mountains

• near the sea

• in river valleys

• in the desert

What revolutionary change took place during the Neolithic Age?

• simple shelters

• hunting

• farming

• tool making

Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is called

• enslavement

• attachement

• domestication

• encampment

What two rivers surround Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Nile Rivers

• Euphrates and Indus Rivers

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Nile and Indus Rivers

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is known as

• irrigation

• architecture

• fishing

• cuneiform