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Worksheets7th Grade Midterm review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which type of map would show you boundaries of countries and the locations of cities?
a)
Political
b)
Physical
c)
Thematic
2.
Which type of map would show you natural features such as mountains, rivers and elevation?
a)
Thematic
b)
Political
c)
Physical
3.
Which type of map shows a specific idea such as population, or spread of disease?
a)
Physical
b)
Thematic
c)
Political
4.
A man-made channel filled with water, used for transportation is called a...
a)
Plain
b)
Isthmus
c)
Canal
d)
Strait
5.
A flat area of land, with few trees but is grassy is called a...
a)
Hill
b)
Gorge
c)
Bay
d)
Plain
6.
Beringia (the Bering Land Bridge) is an example of which geographic feature?
a)
Gulf
b)
Canal
c)
Isthmus
d)
Penninsula
7.
In what region of the United States would I find a climate that is very hot and dry (desert)?
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Eastern Woodlands
c)
The Great Plains
d)
Southwest
8.
In what region of land would I find flat, grassy land, inhabited by buffalo?
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Eastern Woodlands
c)
Southwest
d)
Great Plains
9.
Which theme of geography will describe WHERE a place is?
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Location
10.
Which theme of geography would describe natural features, flora and fauna, and what the people are like?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Place
11.
Which theme of geography would describe how areas are similar? What their unifying features are?
a)
Human-Environment Interaction
b)
Region
c)
Place
d)
Location
12.
Which of the following is an example of a cultural region?
a)
The Appalachian Region
b)
The Great Lakes Region
c)
The Bible Belt of the South
d)
Upstate New York
13.
Which of the following is a Physical Region?
a)
The Region of Thin Crust Pizza
b)
The Bible Belt
c)
The Rust Belt
d)
The Great Lakes Region
14.
Which regional group of Native Americans relied on hunting buffalo, and were nomadic (lived in movable tepees)
a)
Eastern Woodlands
b)
Southwest
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Great Plains
15.
In which region would I find the Iroquois and Powhatan, who lived in longhouses and wigwams?
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Great Plains
c)
Eastern Woodlands
d)
Southwest
16.
Which region would I find Native Americans that hunted whales with harpoons, and used totem poles to tell stories?
a)
Eastern Woodlands
b)
Great Basin
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Southwest
17.
Which the following was the main weapon of Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans?
a)
Rifles
b)
Cannons
c)
Bows and Arrows
d)
Swords
18.
Why did Native American migrate?
a)
To escape religious persecution
b)
To follow the herds of animals they hunted
c)
To pay respect to the Great Spirit
d)
To escape war
19.
Lief Erikson was the first European to explore North America (the New World). What group of people did he belong to?
a)
German
b)
English
c)
Viking
d)
Spanish
20.
What did Hernan Cortez accomplish?
a)
He discovered Ameirca
b)
He circumnavigated the globe
c)
He defeated the Aztecs, and claimed Mexico
d)
He searched for a Northwest Passage to India
21.
What is Ferdinand Magellan know for?
a)
Defeating the Incan Empire
b)
Circumnavigating the globe
c)
Discovering a Northwest Passage
d)
Naming the New World after himself
22.
Which explorer is credited with "discovering" the New World?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Vasco da Gama
c)
Francisco Pizarro
d)
Hernan Cortez
23.
Which country sent the most explorers to the New World during the Age of Exploration?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Germany
d)
Itlay
24.
Why did pilgrims come to the New World?
a)
They were escaping a drought
b)
They wanted religious freedom
c)
They were criminals on the run
d)
They thought they were traveling to India
25.
What country did the pilgrims and most early colonists come from?
a)
Germany
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
England
26.
Life in the early colonies was...
a)
Easy! They had everything they needed!
b)
Difficult! New diseases, attacks from Native Americans, and starvation made life hard.
c)
Fun! They had new adventures everyday!
d)
Boring! Colonist had nothing to do.
27.
What did the Mayflower Compact create?
a)
Laws made by and agreed upon by the colonists
b)
A government that broke away from the rule of the King
c)
A system of farming in the New World
d)
The holiday Thanksgiving
28.
Which Native American is credited for helping the pilgrims at Plymouth survive?
a)
Pocahontas
b)
Mantteo
c)
Sacajewa
d)
Squanto
29.
Which colony came first?
a)
Plymouth
b)
Roanoke
c)
Jamestown
d)
Buffalo
30.
Which colony was founded by John Smith and John Rolfe?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Jamestown
c)
Plymouth
d)
Boston
31.
Which of the following was a cash crop grown in Jamestown?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Cotton
c)
Indigo
d)
Sugar Cane
32.
Where is Roanoke?
a)
Virginia
b)
North Carolina
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
33.
Where is Jamestown?
a)
Vermont
b)
Massachusetts
c)
North Carolina
d)
Virginia
34.
Where is Plymouth?
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Virginia
35.
Which of the follow defines 'voyage'?
a)
A document that creates a government
b)
A place where people trade goods
c)
A large farm
d)
A trip or a journey
36.
Which of the following was NOT a reason people moved to the New World
a)
New Opportunities
b)
Freedom of Religion
c)
Free Government
d)
They are all reasons
37.
What is the first successful English colony?
a)
Roanoke
b)
Plymouth
c)
Jamestown
d)
Salem
38.
Which of the three early colonies is furthest North.
a)
Plymouth
b)
Jamestown
c)
Roanoke
39.
How did the arrival of Europeans affect the Native Americans?
a)
Their populations increased due to European medicines
b)
Their populations decreases due to diseases brought over from Europe
c)
Their populations decreased because they were sold into slavery in Africa
d)
Their populations increased because the Europeans taught them to farm
40.
Which colonial region had an economy based on whaling, fishing and shipbuilding?
a)
Middle
b)
Southern
c)
New England
41.
Which colonial region had an economy based on large plantations, slavery, and cash crops like tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
42.
Which colonial region had small farms that grew a lot of grains, and was known as the breadbasket.
a)
Middle
b)
Southern
c)
New England
43.
What did the Southern Colonies export?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Whale bones
c)
Grains
d)
Codfish
44.
In which colonial region did the Puritan faith heavily influence laws and daily life.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
45.
Which of the following is a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water?
a)
Penninsula
b)
Bay
c)
Strait
d)
Isthmus
46.
Which of the following is a large body of large water nearly by land?
a)
Gulf
b)
Canal
c)
Penninsula
d)
Strait
47.
Which of the following is NOT a way people adapt to their environment?
a)
Build bridges to cross water
b)
Move to follow herds
c)
Make warm clothing to protect from the cold
d)
Develop tools to hunt and fish
48.
Which of the following is a way people modify their enviornments?
a)
Build bridges to cross water
b)
Dig canals
c)
Plant crops
d)
All are ways people modify the environment
49.
Which of the following is NOT a reason explorers traveled during the Age of Exploration?
a)
Gold
b)
Glory
c)
God
d)
Coffee
50.
47*N, 36*W is an example of....
a)
Absolute Location
b)
Climate
c)
Elevation
d)
Topography
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