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Worksheets7th Grade Social Studies Review
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
One leader holds complete power in this government.
a)
Democracy
b)
Republic
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Autocracy
2.
What desert covers most of northern Africa?
a)
Sahel
b)
Sahara
c)
Savanna
d)
Kalahari
3.
What is Africa's transition zone between desert and rainforest?
a)
Sahel
b)
Sahara
c)
Savanna
d)
Kalahari
4.
What African landform has rolling grassland and scattered trees?
a)
Sahel
b)
Kalahari
c)
Isthmus
d)
Savanna
5.
Located in Africa, what is longest lake in the world?
a)
Lake Tanganyika
b)
Lake Okeechobee
c)
Lake Mead
d)
Lake Victoria
6.
What desert is located in southern Africa?
a)
Kalahari
b)
Sahel
c)
Sahara
d)
Gobi
7.
Located in Africa, what is the world's longest river?
a)
Niger
b)
Rhine
c)
Congo
d)
Nile
8.
What mountain range is located in Northern Africa?
a)
Atlas
b)
Himalayan
c)
Andes
d)
Pyrenees
9.
What is the largest lake in Africa?
a)
Lake Victoria
b)
Lake Tanganyika
c)
Lake Orange
d)
Lake Mead
10.
Which African river near the equator is located in the tropical rainforest?
a)
Nile
b)
Niger
c)
Congo
d)
Mekong
11.
What is a result of deforestation?
a)
rain washes soil away
b)
nutrients in soil wash away
c)
sun continually bakes exposed soil
d)
all of the above
12.
What is desertification?
a)
spread of desert area
b)
decrease in desert area
c)
African farming practice
d)
way of getting used to desert heat
13.
An example of an ethnic group is:
a)
Arab
b)
Ashanti
c)
Muslim
d)
both Arab and Ashanti
14.
An example of entrepreneurship is:
a)
Working at a factory
b)
Teaching at a school
c)
Starting a computer repair business
d)
Both factory and school
15.
This economic system is based on supply and demand:
a)
market
b)
command
c)
traditional
d)
communist
16.
This trade barrier is a tax placed on imported goods:
a)
tariff
b)
quota
c)
embargo
d)
boycott
17.
The European division of Africa caused:
a)
tribal conflicts
b)
civil war
c)
desire for independence
d)
all of the above
18.
In 1963, Kenya achieved independence from:
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Denmark
19.
Apartheid separated blacks and whites in:
a)
Kenya
b)
Nigeria
c)
South Africa
d)
Sudan
20.
Who was arrested and imprisoned for resisting apartheid?
a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
F.W. de Klerk
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Winnie Mandela
21.
What rivers are like twin rivers flowing through Turkey and Iraq?
a)
Jordan and Tigris
b)
Jordan and Euphrates
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Red and Jordan
22.
What are three major water problems in the Middle East?
a)
too much ground water, aquifers, pollution
b)
flooding, pollution, dams
c)
water shortages, flooding, pollution
d)
water shortages, unequal distribution, pollution
23.
What are groups identified on the basis of religion, race, or national origin?
a)
religious groups
b)
ethnic groups
c)
Kurds
d)
Jews
24.
What ethnic group lives in the mountains of Turkey and Iraq?
a)
Jews
b)
Kurds
c)
Shiites
d)
Sunnis
25.
What are three prominent religions in the Middle East?
a)
Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity
b)
Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism
c)
Persian, Islam, Judaism
d)
Judaism, Islam, Christianity
26.
Where do almost all Middle Eastern Jews live?
a)
Saudi Arabia
b)
Turkey
c)
Iran
d)
Israel
27.
What are two major groups of Muslims?
a)
Sunnis and Persians
b)
Sunnis and Shiites
c)
Arabs and Christians
d)
Kurds and Jews
28.
The government controls everything in this type of economy:
a)
Market
b)
Traditional
c)
Command
d)
Mixed
29.
What type of economy does Israel have?
a)
parliamentary
b)
traditional
c)
command
d)
market
30.
This is a restriction on the amount of goods that can be imported:
a)
tariff
b)
quota
c)
embargo
d)
export
31.
This forbids trade with another country:
a)
tariff
b)
quotas
c)
embargo
d)
export
32.
The type of money used by a country is called:
a)
bank deposits
b)
dollars
c)
currency
d)
conversion
33.
This person has an idea for a good or service and takes the risks to produce it:
a)
money manager
b)
investor
c)
banker
d)
entreprenuer
34.
What large empire broke up after World War I?
a)
Roman Empire
b)
Arabic Empire
c)
Ottoman Empire
d)
Aztec Empire
35.
What two countries divided the Middle East into countries after World War I?
a)
Britain and France
b)
Britain and Canada
c)
France and Germany
d)
Italy and Portugal
36.
During World War II, six million Jews were killed in what is called the:
a)
Generation of Genocide
b)
Apartheid
c)
Night of Broken Glass
d)
Holocaust
37.
Prejudice against Jews is known as:
a)
Anti-Semitism
b)
Zionism
c)
Imperialism
d)
Apartheid
38.
Who wanted to rid the world of "its Jewish problem"?
a)
Osama bin Laden
b)
Saddam Hussein
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Zionists
39.
What country did Saddam Hussein rule?
a)
Kuwait
b)
Afghanistan
c)
Iraq
d)
Israel
40.
When did terrorists attack the World Trade Center in New York City?
a)
1999
b)
2005
c)
1980
d)
2001
41.
What country did US forces enter in 2001 to look for terrorist Osama bin Laden?
a)
Iran
b)
Israel
c)
Kuwait
d)
Afghanistan
42.
What is the most important river in India?
a)
Yellow River
b)
Mekong River
c)
Ganges River
d)
Amazon River
43.
What is Asia's largest desert?
a)
Taklimakan Desert
b)
Gobi Desert
c)
Sahara Desert
d)
Kalahari Desert
44.
What is the world highest mountain region?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Himalayan Mountains
c)
Andes Mountains
d)
Ural Mountains
45.
Why is the Ganges River Polluted?
a)
Untreated sewage pours into it
b)
Animals carcasses are thrown in it
c)
Trash is thrown in it
d)
All of the above
46.
A major environmental problem in China and India is:
a)
destruction of rainforest
b)
drought
c)
air pollution
d)
nuclear waste
47.
This seasonal wind can bring heavy rainfall that leads to flooding:
a)
mestizo
b)
monsoon
c)
hurricane
d)
typhoon
48.
Many people in Southeast Asia are farmers living near:
a)
rivers
b)
forests
c)
deserts
d)
volcanoes
49.
This religion is unique to Japan:
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)
Shintoism
50.
About 80% of India's people follow this religion:
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)
Shintoism
51.
This religion is based on the teachings of Muhammad:
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)
Confucianism
52.
This philosophy is the foundation of modern Chinese culture:
a)
Shintoism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)
Confucianism
53.
What type of government does China have?
a)
republic
b)
dictatorship
c)
communist
d)
constitutional monarchy
54.
What type of government does Japan have?
a)
oligarchy
b)
constitutional monarchy
c)
communist
d)
autocracy
55.
Which country has a command economy?
a)
North Korea
b)
Indonesia
c)
Japan
d)
United States
56.
Converting currency from one country into that of anther country is called:
a)
cost averaging
b)
currency exchange
c)
trade embargo
d)
interest rating
57.
Schools in India teach this language to students:
a)
English
b)
French
c)
Chinese
d)
Arabic
58.
India broke free from this country's rule in 1947:
a)
Great Britain
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Portugal
59.
Who urged nonviolent protests to gain India's independence?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Mohandas Gandhi
d)
Nelson Mandela
60.
Who established the communist People's Republic of China in 1948?
a)
Ho Chi Minh
b)
Mao Zedong
c)
Mohandas Gandhi
d)
Nelson Mandela
61.
The US helped rebuild this country and its economy after World War II:
a)
China
b)
Vietnam
c)
India
d)
Japan
62.
This program was designed to stop opposition to the Chinese Communist Party:
a)
Great Leap Forward
b)
Chinese Revolution
c)
Cultural Revolution
d)
Green Revolution
63.
The US intervened in Korea and Vietnam to stop the spread of:
a)
communism
b)
dictatorships
c)
genocide
d)
human rights violations
64.
Today, this country has a communist North and republican South:
a)
Vietnam
b)
Korea
c)
Japan
d)
both Korea and Vietnam
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