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WorksheetsSocial Studies Benchmark 2 2017-2018
Total questions: 99
Worksheet time: 50mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A group of places that share a common feature is a
a)
Climate
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
Culture
2.
Homo sapiens means
a)
Southern ape
b)
Modern man
c)
Upright man
d)
Wise man
3.
The hunter-gatherer way of life made it impossible for people to live
a)
In groups
b)
In cold climates
c)
Without spoken language
d)
In permanent dwellings
4.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to a time when early humans
a)
Mastered fire
b)
Developed agriculture
c)
Began to organize governments
d)
Migrated from Africa
5.
Which theme of geography considers how people affect their environment, and how their environment affects them?
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
Human-Environmental Interaction
6.
Which of the following was one way that the lives of people in agricultural societies changed?
a)
People now had to spend all of their time producing food.
b)
Gender divisions became more blurred since everyone took part in agriculture.
c)
People could now spend time doing activities other than food production.
d)
Agricultural societies were more peaceful than nomadic societies had been.
7.
Early humans living during the Stone Age most likely
a)
Lived in small groups and moved to new areas as food became scarce (hard to find).
b)
Settled in permanent villages for common defense.
c)
Were uninterested in art or music.
d)
Worshipped one common god.
8.
The shift from hunting and gathering to farming is called the Neolithic Revolution because it
a)
Coincided with the development of wooden tools.
b)
Changed life dramatically.
c)
Began the process of global warming.
d)
Began a long period of warfare in the Fertile Crescent.
9.
Which theme of geography describes an area with at least one unifying physical or human feature such as climate, landforms, population, or history
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
Human -Environment Interaction
10.
The location of a place in relation to another place is called
a)
Absolute location
b)
Region
c)
Relative Location
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
11.
Which theme of geography explores how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another?
a)
Location
b)
Movement
c)
Region
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
12.
Geographers using latitude and longitude to pinpoint an exact location on the earth is an example of
a)
Place
b)
Location
c)
Relative location
d)
Absolute location
13.
When you describe where a country is by listing other countries and bodies of water on its borders you are using
a)
Absolute location
b)
Coordinates
c)
Relative location
d)
Directions
14.
What is the main line of latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Tropic of Capricorn
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Cancer
15.
This theme refers to the way that information, people and products travel around the world
a)
Human-environment interaction
b)
Location
c)
Region
d)
Movement
16.
1. Allows us to see how far two places are apart
a)
map skills
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
scale
17.
Study the map titled “Early Human Migration.” From what continent did early humans migrate?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Australia
d)
Africa
18.
According to the map titled “Early Human Migration,” what part of the world did humans reach last?
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
c)
The Americans
d)
Australia
19.
All of the earliest civilizations developed near which of the following geographic feature?
a)
Mountains
b)
Rivers
c)
Deserts
d)
Peninsulas
20.
Where did the world’s first civilizations arise?
a)
in sub-Saharan Africa
b)
in North America
c)
in sparsely populated areas
d)
along fertile river valleys
21.
If I cut down a tree I am displaying what theme of geography?
a)
Human Environment Interaction
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Government
22.
Anything that represents something else are called
a)
Symbol
b)
Map key
c)
legend
d)
map scales
23.
Movement is how:
a)
places change
b)
people move
c)
people, ideas, and stuff travels from place to place
d)
All of the above
24.
Relative location is
a)
The hemisphere in which a place is located.
b)
The description of a place using the relation of one place to another.
c)
The coordinates at which a place is located.
d)
The mailing address of a location.
25.
Using the compass rose, South America is located _____________of Europe
a)
northwest
b)
southwest
c)
northeast
d)
southeast
26.
Using the compass rose, Africa is located directly ________ of Europe.
a)
north
b)
south
c)
east
d)
west
27.
The look of the buildings, the weather, the people, and the way the land is are all examples of cities
a)
Science
b)
Region
c)
Geography
d)
Tools
28.
A globe is more accurate than a map because a globe can show
a)
The true shapes of continents and oceans.
b)
City streets.
c)
A distorted view of Earth.
d)
A particular region in great detail.
29.
The Neolithic Revolution is seen as a turning point in human history mainly because
a)
farming led to settled communities
b)
people started using animal skins for clothing
c)
copper was first used to improve stone tools
d)
cave paintings recorded the activities of nomadic groups
30.
Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?
a)
building floating gardens to grow corn
b)
establishing representative democracies
c)
developing a writing system using cuneiform
d)
constructing Hindu temples
31.
The primary reason ancient peoples of the Nile River valley built levees, dikes, and reservoirs was to
a)
purify sacred waters
b)
create a shorter route to distant cities
c)
defend against invaders
d)
increase agricultural production
32.
What is a nomad?
a)
A person who moves around a lot to escape imprisonment
b)
A person who moves around a lot to find food sources
c)
A person with no permanent home
d)
Both B and C
33.
Which of the following lists places early technological advancements and/or cultural developments in correct chronological order (from oldest to the most recent).
a)
Written language, control fire, stone tools, farming
b)
Control fire, stone tools, written language, spoken language
c)
Stone tools, control fire, spoken language, farming,written language
d)
Stone tools, spoken language control of fire, written language, farming
34.
How many oceans are there, and what are the names?
a)
5 : Prime meridian, Atlantic, oceanic, continental, pacific
b)
4 : Pacific, Atlantic, Alphabetical, Gong
c)
4 : Pacific,Atlantic, Arctic, Indian
d)
5 : Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian,Southern
35.
Flat maps were invented because it was impossible to make a globe that was
a)
pretty enough for people to want.
b)
big enough to fit the oceans on.
c)
complete enough to use and convenient enough to carry.
d)
Big enough to fit continents on.
36.
Which of the following would NOT be a factor that could unite people into one culture?
a)
customs
b)
religion
c)
language
d)
elevation
37.
Latitude and longitude lines help geographers identify
a)
absolute location.
b)
the depths of oceans.
c)
the Earth's distance from the sun.
d)
the heights of mountains.
38.
How would you describe the human features of a place?
a)
You might discuss the moon and stars and how they interact with Earth.
b)
You might say that a place is hilly and hot or cold.
c)
You might discuss how many people live there, what types of work they do, and what they do for fun.
d)
You would discuss chemicals and chemical reactions.
39.
Tells us which direction is North, South, East, and West on a map.
a)
compass rose
b)
key
c)
map skills
d)
scale
40.
This is a large body of water of salt water that surrounds the continent.
a)
Ocean
b)
River
c)
Lake
d)
Gulf
41.
Which of the following was NOT an invention of the Mesopotamians?
a)
The wheel
b)
The plow
c)
Cuneiform
d)
Horse drawn buggy
42.
What was the first thing that the Sumerians accomplished?
a)
Nomadic hunting and gathering
b)
Trading over long distances
c)
Founding new city-states
d)
Farming and domestication of animals
43.
Why was Mesopotamia such a good area for growing crops?
a)
The rivers flooded and deposited rich soil.
b)
The land was covered with heavy vegetation.
c)
The area did not have any agricultural pests.
d)
The rivers flooded, making it easier for planters to pull out weeds that might harm crops.
44.
How did the Sumerians solve the problem of flooding?
a)
They built terraces on the mountains.
b)
They dug irrigation ditches and built levees.
c)
They rotated farming with nomadic herding.
d)
They diverted the flow of the rivers into other areas.
45.
What was a result of the invention of the wheel?
a)
It allowed the Sumerians to keep track of time.
b)
It controlled the irrigation devices to prevent flooding.
c)
It made people more dependent on human strength for transportation.
d)
It gave the Sumerians more freedom of movement.
46.
For the most part, religion in Mesopotamia and Egypt can best be described as
a)
Christian
b)
Monotheistic
c)
Polytheistic
d)
Hindu
47.
The major civilizations of Mesopotamia developed around the following two rivers
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Tigris and Nile
c)
Nile and Euphrates
d)
Amazon and Mississippi
48.
Egypt developed as a civilization around which of the following rivers
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Amazon
49.
You are on a camping trip with your family and you're trying to find the nearest campsite. You notice many different symbols on the map and you want to find out which one represents campsite locations. Which part of the map would you use?
a)
legend
b)
compass rose
c)
map scale
d)
lines of latitude and longitude
50.
What are the imaginary lines called that run east to west across the Earth?
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Degrees
d)
Equator
51.
What are the imaginary lines that run north to south across the Earth?
a)
Latitude
b)
Degrees
c)
Longitude
d)
Prime Meridian
52.
A set of directions such as northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest.
a)
cardinal directions
b)
intermediate directions
c)
inset map
d)
none of the above
53.
Which of the following lists all of the continents?
a)
North America, South America, Atlantic, and Africa
b)
Pacific, Central America, Chile, Australia, Asia
c)
Asia, Africa, North America, Europe, Antarctica, South America
d)
Australia, Europe, North America, Asia, Antarctica, South America, Africa
54.
The number six (6) represents the continent of
a)
Asia
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
55.
The number four (4) represents the continent of
a)
Asia
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
56.
The number two (2) represents the continent of
a)
Asia
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
57.
The letter A represents the
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
58.
The letter C represents the
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
59.
The letter E represents the
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Southern Ocean
60.
On a globe, the Prime Meridian is the
a)
Horizontal, center line
b)
Vertical, center line
c)
180 degree line
d)
15 degree line
61.
An anthropologist is most likely to
a)
study ancient artifacts
b)
talk to people in villages or cities
c)
use shovels and brooms to uncover fossils
d)
collect bits of pottery seeds and bones
62.
The imaginary line that divides the globe into Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
longitude
c)
grid
d)
Equator
63.
Relative location is
a)
the hemisphere in which a place is located.
b)
the description of a place using the relation of one place to another.
c)
the coordinates at which a place is located.
d)
the mailing address of a location.
64.
Cuneiform was a system of writing developed in
a)
Africa
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
India
d)
Egypt
65.
All of the following are empires that developed in Ancient Mesopotamia except
a)
Babylon
b)
Asyria
c)
Sumer
d)
Rome
66.
Ancient Egyptians became experts at __________ and __________ to better understand the flood of the Nile
a)
Medicine, Architecture
b)
Mathematics, Science
c)
Art, Medicine
d)
Euchre, Baseball
67.
The discovery of this tablet allowed for hieroglyphics to be deciphered for the first time in modern history.
a)
Rosetta Stone
b)
Dead Sea Scrolls
c)
Magna Carta
d)
Napoleonic Codes
68.
Ramses II was best known for
a)
being the first female pharaoh
b)
creating a collection of laws for Babylon
c)
being the god of the dead
d)
ruling Egypt for 66 years and expanding the borders of the Egyptian empire
69.
In Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia the majority of people were
a)
peasant farmers/slaves
b)
rich nobles
c)
pharaohs
d)
scribes
70.
What is the purpose of the legend on a map?
a)
To tell you what you are looking at on the map.
b)
To show distances on the map.
c)
To tell you what the symbols mean on the map.
d)
To show directions on the map.
71.
The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is the
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
parallel
d)
south pole
72.
Cardinal directions on the compass rose show which directions?
a)
NE, NW, SE, SW
b)
N, S, E, W
c)
N, NE, NW, S, SE, SW
d)
N, S, NE, SE
73.
These are the reasons why people want to go to one place rather than another.
a)
Pull Factors
b)
Globalization
c)
Migration
d)
Push Factors
74.
The total number of people who live in a specific place
a)
Push factors
b)
Pull factors
c)
Population Density
d)
Population
75.
Things that attract people to migrate to new regions (money, jobs, resources)
a)
Push factors
b)
Pull factors
c)
Non factors
d)
Common factors
76.
Which of the following is an example of a physical characteristic of a region?
a)
amount of people per square mile or kilometer
b)
amount of freshwater
c)
languages spoken
d)
type of government
77.
Which of the following best describes a "push factor" that would cause rural people in the Third World (developing countries) to leave their farms and migrate away from their home community?
a)
Guest worker policies in First World (more developed) countries.
b)
Civil War or armed conflict in the rural countryside
c)
Job opportunities in manufacturing
d)
Access to services and education opportunities in cities
78.
This theme of geography states: geographical area characterized by shared features, including physical characteristics and human characteristics.
a)
relative location
b)
region
c)
place
d)
movement
79.
Which is an example of adapting the environment to meet human needs?
a)
Learning the habits of new species of animals
b)
Exploring space
c)
Eating new foods
d)
Building roads
80.
Theme of geography that deals with how people and places are linked by communication and the flow of people, ideas and goods -- transportation, communication, trade, patterns of movement such as migration.
a)
Movement
b)
Place
c)
Physical characteristic
d)
Geography
81.
Darren had been researching his family's history in order to find out where his favorite grandmother was born. One day, while looking through some papers in the attic of his parent's house, he found his grandmother's birth certificate. The birth certificate contained the following address, 918 Grover Lane, Tyler, TX, 75701. The address is an example of
a)
orientation.
b)
relative location.
c)
place.
d)
absolute location.
82.
Which theme of geography describes a specific location using both its physical and human characteristics?
a)
Region
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Movement
83.
Mesopotamia is located in the same geographic area as what modern country?
a)
Iraq
b)
Turkey
c)
Egypt
d)
Iran
84.
What is Hammurabi most remembered for?
a)
Inventing cuneiform
b)
Building ziggurats
c)
Creating the first empire in history
d)
Establishing a code of law
85.
Why did Mesopotamians build ziggurats?
a)
Burial places for their kings
b)
To live in
c)
Temples and government offices
d)
A place to store surplus crops
86.
What is an early Sumerian system of writing that used symbols to represent sounds, ideas, and objects?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Polytheism
c)
Aqueduct
d)
Gilgamesh
87.
The Nile River Valley was well suited for settlement. Which of the following statements supports this fact?
a)
The geography supported various desert plants and birds.
b)
The geography included many areas for hunters to hunt widely.
c)
The geography included areas for farming.
d)
The geography helped to unify the country.
88.
Which of the following best describes how Egyptian civilization developed?
a)
Villages replaced towns.
b)
Cities broke off into scattered farms.
c)
Farms grew into villages and then cities.
d)
Farms replaced cities and then pyramids.
89.
Pyramids are
a)
warehouses where surplus food is stored.
b)
temples where the people are allowed to come and pray.
c)
stone tombs with four rectangle-shaped sides that join a limestone roof.
d)
royal tombs with four triangle-shaped sides that meet in a point on top.
90.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures?
a)
Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife.
b)
The tombs were the private storage rooms of the pharaoh.
c)
Egyptians believed tombs to be the safest places in the kingdom.
d)
To provide payment for burial.
91.
The development of which early civilization was influenced most directly by the Tigris River, the Zagros Mountains, and the Syrian Desert?
a)
Chinese
b)
Egyptian
c)
Maya
d)
Mesopotamian
92.
Which statement most accurately describes how geography affected the growth of the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia?
a)
River valleys provided rich soil to grow plentiful crops.
b)
Large deserts provided many mineral deposits.
c)
Access to the Atlantic Ocean provided trade routes
d)
Large savanna areas provided protection from invaders.
93.
“If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.”. . . — Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi’s code of laws?
Which statement is supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi’s code of laws?
a)
All men are equal under the law.
b)
Fines are preferable to physical punishment.
c)
Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
d)
Violence must always be punished with violence.
94.
Based on the information in this illustration, which statement about the society of ancient Egypt is accurate?
a)
The women had equal status to the men.
b)
The social structure was hierarchical.
c)
Social mobility was unrestricted.
d)
Soldiers outnumbered farmers.
95.
I. _______________________________ · Natural boundaries of mountains, deserts, and the sea.
· Yearly flooding to enrich farmland
· Old and Middle Kingdoms
· Production of papyrus plant
Which heading best completes this partial outline?
· Yearly flooding to enrich farmland
· Old and Middle Kingdoms
· Production of papyrus plant
Which heading best completes this partial outline?
a)
Egypt—Gift of the Nile
b)
Mesopotamia—Land Between the Rivers
c)
China’s Sorrow—Huang He River
d)
Harappa—City on the Indus
96.
How did the wheel MOST help people in Mesopotamia to survive?
a)
It was used in chariots in battle.
b)
It was used to make cars.
c)
It was used to pull plows, which helped the agriculture of Mesopotamia.
d)
All of the above
97.
How did the Sumerians differ from the Egyptians in the way they viewed their rulers?
a)
They saw their rulers as the gods' chief servants.
b)
They allowed their rulers to govern for only ten years.
c)
They worshipped their rulers as gods.
d)
They obeyed their rulers without question.
98.
The Fertile Crescent is the arc of land that
a)
Lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
b)
Curves from the Persian Gulf to the eastern Mediterranean coast.
c)
Lies along the banks of the Nile River.
d)
Reaches down to the African kingdom of Nubia.
99.
Which is NOT a parallel between early Mesopotamia and early Egypt?
a)
Located in western Asia
b)
Developed methods to water land
c)
Harsh lands watered by rivers
d)
Surpluses and agriculture
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