WorksheetsMid-Year Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the largest country in South America?
a)
Argentina
b)
Brazil
c)
Colombia
d)
Peru
2.
What does deforestation mean?
a)
Cutting/removal of trees in the rainforest
b)
Lack of rain
c)
Over population of cities in Brazil
d)
A poor area in Brazil's major cities
3.
Deforestation drives climate change?
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What ocean is east of South America?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Arctic
5.
What ocean is west of South America?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Arctic
6.
What farming technique is being used by farmers in the Andes mountains?
a)
Double cropping
b)
Share cropping
c)
Terraced field farming
d)
Clearcutting
7.
Where is the birthplace of DEMOCRACY?
a)
Ancient Rome
b)
Ancient Greece
c)
Great Britain
d)
Ancient Egypt
8.
What was a part of The Columbian Exchange between the New and Old World?
a)
Different food & Precious metals (Gold/Silver)
b)
New ideas & livestock/animals
c)
Diseases - Smallpox, measles, flu, typhoid
d)
All the above
9.
What is the main purpose of NATO? (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) established 1949
a)
Trade/Economic Treaty (Agreement)
b)
Military/Defense Treaty (Agreement)
10.
Why would a country want to join the European Union (EU)?
a)
Removal of Trade Barriers (Taxes) between countries
b)
Able to sell to more people in different countries
c)
Share the same currency ($$money$$)
d)
All of these!!
11.
Much of art BEFORE the Renaissance period is was focused more on....
a)
The church and Heaven
b)
Nature/Human form
12.
Much of art AFTER the Renaissance period is was focused more on....
a)
The church and Heaven
b)
Nature/Human form
13.
Democracy is an example of:
a)
Rule by one
b)
Rule by few
c)
Rule by all
14.
A dictator is an example of
a)
Rule by one
b)
Rule by all
c)
Rule by few
15.
What has happened to the Aral Sea?
a)
Overgrown with algae
b)
Shrunk dramatically due to poor irrigation techniques by the USSR
c)
Pollution caused by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
d)
Annual flooding
16.
Who was the first leader of the Bolsheviks and helped overthrow the Czar to set up the USSR Hide answersStalin Putin Lenin Gorbachev30Seconds4Choices
a)
Stalin
b)
Putin
c)
Lenin
d)
Gorbachev
17.
Name this religion: Synagogue, Rabbi, Monotheistic, Torah, Hebrew...
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Judaism
d)
Islam
18.
Name religion: Monotheistic, Mosque, Friday at noon, 5 Pillars of Islam, Allah, Koran, Mecca
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Judaism
d)
Islam
19.
Who is in charge in a Theocracy style government?
a)
Kings/Queens
b)
Military Leader
c)
Religious Leaders
d)
Rotating of power between parties
20.
Beside Israel, what religion are the majority of people in Southwest Asia and North Africa (Middle East)?
a)
Christian
b)
Muslim (Islam)
c)
Judaism
21.
What country was created in 1948 as a country Jews could call their own?
a)
Jerusalem
b)
Israel
c)
Saudi Arabia
d)
Iraq
22.
The Palestinian/Israeli conflict over land is typically between what two religions? Jews and Muslims
a)
Jews/Muslims
b)
Christians/Jews
23.
What is the economic system where the government has lots of control over of the economy and makes all the decisions?
a)
Mixed Economy
b)
Command Economy
c)
Traditional Economy
24.
Name of an ancient economic system where tradition and methods from the past are seen like trade/bartering and subsistence farming are used?
a)
Mixed
b)
Command
c)
Traditional
25.
What was the main purpose of the Berlin Conference?
a)
To make peace with local African tribes
b)
Draw borders/divide the African continent up between European superpower on the late 1880's
26.
Who was NOT at the Berlin conference?
a)
European Leaders
b)
Anyone from Africa
27.
If a country has a high literacy rate, the country is usually....
a)
More developed / Richer
b)
Under developed / Poorer
28.
If a country has a high infant mortality rate, the country is usually
a)
More developed / Richer
b)
Under developed / Poorer
29.
Which style of government is an example of a limited government
a)
Political power in dominated by fighting tribes
b)
Government who does not allow for other political parties
c)
Government is elected democratically by the people
d)
Power is passed down generation to generation
30.
What direction does the Nile River flow?
a)
South towards Lake Victoria
b)
North towards the Mediterranean Sea
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