WorksheetsMid year review 2
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The trade route that connected China and Ancient Rome.
a)
The Silk Road
b)
The Cotton Trail
c)
The Sea Route
d)
The Great Canal
2.
What do geographers call an area with one or more features that set it apart from other areas?
a)
a city
b)
a region
c)
a landform
d)
a climate zone
3.
What does the red line represent on this world map?
a)
equator
b)
international date line
c)
The Prime Merdian
d)
the Eastern Hemisphere
4.
Location, Place, Regions, Movement, and Human-environment interact are called the
a)
tools of geography
b)
5 themes
c)
momentos of time
d)
tutorials of geography
5.
People digging irrigation or damming rivers is an example of which theme?
a)
Human environment interaction
b)
movement
c)
location
d)
place
6.
largest and most impressive temples
a)
ziggurat
b)
silt
c)
cuneiform
d)
Mesopotamia
7.
What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?
a)
rich soil
b)
convenient navigation
c)
cool temperatures
d)
religious temples
8.
This name means "Land between two rivers" and was a name given by the Greeks.
a)
empire
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
polytheism
d)
Mesopotamia
9.
What was the purpose of irrigation?
a)
keep crops dry
b)
to provide water to crops
c)
provide indoor plumbing
d)
give people drinking water
10.
People who move regularly from place to place
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
11.
Taming an animal or plant for use by humans is
a)
enslavement
b)
attachment
c)
domestication
d)
encampment
12.
Scribes were professional what?
a)
Writers
b)
Fisherman
c)
Farmers
d)
Priests
13.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a)
a story of Babylon's creation
b)
it is the language of Ancient Sumer
c)
it is a collection of written laws and rules
14.
Wedge-shaped writing
a)
ziggurat
b)
silt
c)
irrigation
d)
cuneiform
15.
Which civilization grew next to the Nile River?
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
India
c)
China
d)
Egypt
16.
What might you find in canopic jars?
a)
A mummy's ka
b)
A mummy's internal organs
c)
A mummy's posessions
d)
A mummy's limbs
17.
In the Indus River Valley, regular river flooding provided fertile soil for farming and lots of fresh water
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What is a subcontinent?
a)
A large landmass that juts out from a continent
b)
An ocean
c)
Snow-covered mountains
d)
A country
19.
What was Harappa?
a)
A city
b)
A state
c)
An empire
d)
A lake
20.
People in The Indus River valley traded with who?
a)
Greeks
b)
Mesopotamians
c)
Chinese
d)
North Americans
21.
True or False: The Aryans and the Mesopotamians are similar because they both had military skills and built chariots
a)
True
b)
False
22.
In the Caste System, a person’s occupation and position in life is determined by the circumstances of his birth
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Do Buddhist believe in recreation?
a)
Yes
b)
No
24.
What is the real name of the Yellow River Valley :
a)
Mekong
b)
Yangtze
c)
Huang - He
River Valley
River Valley
d)
Hai River
25.
The geography of Ancient China shaped the way the civilization and culture developed. This enabled the Chinese to develop independently from other world civilizations.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The Yangtze River is often called the "cradle of Chinese civilization". It was along the banks of the Yellow river where the Chinese civilization first formed.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
the Himalaya Mountains are the highest mountains in the world.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
What is a caravan?
a)
a van that drives like a car
b)
a car almost as big as a van
c)
a group of people traveling together
d)
a group of cars parked together
29.
This helped sailors navigate.
a)
Rocket
b)
Compass
c)
Porcelain
d)
Silk Road
30.
Gunpowder led to
a)
fireworks
b)
porcelain
c)
rockets
d)
Both fireworks and rockets
31.
Paper led to
a)
silk
b)
money
c)
books
d)
both books and money
32.
What is Marco Polo most known for?
a)
Exploring the South Pacific
b)
Exploring Egypt's Nile River
c)
Traveling to China and the far East
d)
Discovering North America
33.
What was the trade route between China and Eastern Europe that Marco Polo traveled on called?
a)
The Desert Road
b)
The Spice Trail
c)
The Eastern Path
d)
The Silk Road
34.
True or False: Marco Polo met the Emperor of China and even worked for him as a messenger and spy.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
People who move regularly from place to place
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
36.
In what country was Marco Polo born?
a)
Italy
b)
England
c)
China
d)
United States
37.
A structure that carries water over long distances
a)
colosseum
b)
dome
c)
aqueduct
d)
arch
38.
A wealthy, upperclass person in the Ancient Roman Republic
a)
patrician
b)
plebian
c)
counsul
d)
dictator
39.
Augustus was Julius Caesar's
a)
nephew
b)
son
c)
brother
d)
grandson
40.
Did Athenian or Spartan women have more rights?
a)
Athenian women
b)
Spartan women
41.
Who could vote in Ancient Athens?
a)
Only male citizens
b)
Only female citizens
c)
Both male and female citizens
42.
What kind of democracy did ancient Athens have?
a)
Direct
b)
Representative
43.
What was the main function of the Magna Carta?
a)
free serfs and peasants
b)
limit the king's power
c)
limit the pope's power
d)
provide money to the king
44.
What is the name for the system of promises between lords and vassals that governed Europe in the Middle Ages?
a)
Christianity
b)
Feudalism
c)
Shinto
d)
Chivalry
45.
Who was the great king of the France, united Europe, and was declared emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Leo III?
a)
Charlemagne
b)
William the Conqueror
c)
King Henry IV
d)
Pope Gregory VII
46.
In 1215, King John was forced to sign the
a)
Great Constitution
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Declaration of Independence
47.
Where did the plague start?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
48.
How did the Bubonic Plague spread?
a)
Bad water
b)
Fleas on rats
c)
Looking at people
d)
Alignment of the stars
49.
Which religious group fought against the Christians in the Crusades?
a)
Hindus
b)
Buddhists
c)
Muslims
d)
Catholics
50.
What were the Crusades fought over?
a)
excommunication
b)
to control Europe
c)
the United States
d)
the Holy Land
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