WorksheetsSocial Studies 1/2 Year R
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many continents are there?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
2.
How many oceans are there?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
3.
What are the cardinal directions?
a)
SE, SW, N, W
b)
NE, SE, NW, and SW
c)
N, S, E, and W
d)
N, SE, SW, and S
4.
What are the intermediate directions
a)
SE, SW, N, W
b)
NE, SE, NW, and SW
c)
N, S, E, and W
d)
N, SE, SW, and S
5.
Which river below was in Mesopotamia?
a)
Yellow
b)
Nile
c)
Euphrates
d)
Amazon
6.
What is in the rivers that makes the land in the ancient civilizations so fertile?
a)
dirt
b)
silt
c)
mud
d)
fish
7.
What does fertile mean?
a)
able to grow crops
b)
not able to grow crops
c)
able to grow water
d)
able to grow sand
8.
Which one is a primary source on Martin Luther King Jr?
a)
a letter written by him
b)
a tv show about him
c)
a website about him
d)
a book from 2015 written about him
9.
Which one is a secondary source about ancient China?
a)
a pot from ancient China
b)
a piece of the Great Wall of China
c)
a textbook about ancient China
10.
All of the following are examples of artifacts except which one?
a)
a pot
b)
a weapon
c)
a book
d)
a tooth
11.
All of the following are fossils except which one?
a)
a hat
b)
teeth
c)
bones
d)
skeleton
12.
Who lived during prehistoric times?
a)
cavemen
b)
dinosaurs
c)
gods
d)
we are living in prehistoric times
13.
What does B.C.E. stand for?
a)
Before Civilization Existed
b)
Before Common Sense Ended
c)
Before Common Era
d)
Before Cells Existed
14.
What is the difference between monotheism and polytheism?
a)
monotheism believes in many gods and polytheism believes in one god
b)
monotheism believes in one god and polytheism believes in many gods
15.
According to the theory of human evolution, humans and apes evolved from
a)
apes
b)
birds
c)
chimpanzess
d)
a common ancestor
16.
What did men and women do during cavemen times?
a)
men hunted/women gathered
b)
men gathered/women hunted
c)
men hunted and gathered/women did nothing
d)
men did nothing/women hunted and gathered
17.
A group of people's food, holidays, religion, clothes, language, and more are examples of that person's
a)
religion
b)
government
c)
culture
d)
economics
18.
What is life after death called?
a)
lifeafter
b)
afterlife
c)
everafter
d)
everlife
19.
What term means controlling water or bringing water to a field from somewhere else?
a)
mummification
b)
immortality
c)
irrigation
d)
civilization
20.
Which religion is the world's biggest religion? (has the most followers)
a)
Buddhism
b)
Islam
c)
Hinduism
d)
Christianity
21.
Which religion was started by the Buddha?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Islam
c)
Hinduism
d)
Christianity
22.
Which religion reads the Koran and has the symbol of the star and crescent moon?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Islam
c)
Hinduism
d)
Christianity
23.
Which religion believes that Jesus was more than just a man?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Islam
c)
Judaism
d)
Christianity
24.
Which civilization came up with the following achievements: pyramids, papyrus, and mummification?
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
cavemen
25.
Which of the following was not a step of mummification?
a)
Remove the brain with a hook through the nose
b)
Remove the organs and put them in canopic jars
c)
Dry out the body with natron salt
d)
Wrap the body in toilet paper
26.
Which civilization came up with the following achievements: cuneiform, styluses, and levees.
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Cavemen
27.
Which civilization came up with the following achievements: gunpowder, silk, and Great Wall of China
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Cavemen
28.
What causes people to specialize in other jobs besides farming?
a)
surplus (extra) food
b)
surplus (extra) soil
c)
the merit system
d)
everyone back then farms
29.
What is social structure?
a)
how celebrities are ranked
b)
how animals are ranked in society
c)
how people make friends in society
d)
how people are ranked in a society
30.
Governments, leaders, and laws are part of
a)
Geography
b)
Politics
c)
Economics
d)
Religion
31.
Resources, trade, the Silk Road, and exports/imports are part of
a)
Geography
b)
Politics
c)
Economics
d)
Religion
32.
What is trading without using money called?
a)
Bartering
b)
Trading
c)
Poor
d)
Nobles
33.
What tool do you use to find out what the symbols on a map mean? (ex: triangle = tree)
a)
a key
b)
a compass
c)
a scale
d)
a card
34.
Every ancient civilization began in a
a)
river valley
b)
desert
c)
mountain
d)
monsoon
35.
What makes people trade?
a)
they have a lot of something
b)
they don't have much of something
36.
Which religion has the Old Testament of the Bible as its holy book?
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Isla
d)
Hinduism
37.
Cultural Diffusion means that as people trade they trade
a)
just goods
b)
animals
c)
their culture, beliefs, and religions
d)
diseases and religions
38.
Who are always at the bottom of the social structure in ancient civilizations?
a)
kings/emperors/
pharoahs
pharoahs
b)
the farmers
c)
the merchants
d)
the slaves
39.
Who is always at the top of the social hierarchy in ancient civilizations?
a)
kings/emperors/
pharaohs
pharaohs
b)
the farmers
c)
the merchants
d)
the slaves
40.
The Silk Road was
a)
a road made out of silk
b)
a trade route where merchants could travel from China to Europe
c)
a road made out of silk worms
d)
a trade route where merchants could travel from China to the Americas
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