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Quarter 1 review

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Projection

2.

What is the name of the line at 0 degrees longitude?

a)

Equator

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Projection

3.

The _______________ means the action of converting a round globe into a flat map.

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Longitude

c)

Projection

d)

Latitude

4.

A ____________ can be described as half of the earth.

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Projection

5.

What does archaeology mean?

a)

Is the study of the past by looking at what people left behind.

b)

The study of the human culture.

c)

The study fossils.

6.

What does PALEONTOLOGY mean?

a)

Is the study of the past by looking at what people left behind.

b)

The study of fossils.

c)

The study of the human culture .

7.

What does anthropology mean?

a)

Is the study of the past by looking at what people left behind.

b)

The study of fossils.

c)

Is the study of the human culture

8.

Primary Source is .....

a)

A document or written work created after an event.

b)

A personal attitude about people or life

c)

First hand evidence of an event in history.

9.

Secondary Source is ......

a)

Firsthand evidence of an event in history.

b)

A document or written work created after an event.

c)

An explanation of the meaning of something.

10.

What does the abbreviation B.C mean in History?

a)

Before Christ

b)

Before Common

c)

Before Common Era

11.

What does the abbreviation A.D mean in history?

a)

Before Christ

b)

Before the common era

c)

Anno Domini- "In the year of the Lord"

12.

What is an Era?

a)

A period of 1000 years

b)

A long and distinct period of history

c)

A period of 100 years

13.

What does the abbreviation B.C.E mean in history?

a)

Common Era

b)

A time period equivalent to “AD”

c)

Before the Common Era

14.

What does the abbreviation C.E mean in history?

a)

Before Christ

b)

Common Era

c)

A time period equivalent to “BC”

15.

“Prehistory” existed before which event?

a)

Fall of Rome

b)

The first writing system was invented.

c)

Farming begins.

16.

The Paleolithic Age was also called ......

a)

The New Age

b)

The Old Age

c)

The Old Stone Age

d)

The New Stone Age

17.

The Neolithic Age was also called.....

a)

Stone Age

b)

Old Stone Age

c)

New Stone Age

d)

The New Age

18.

What is a Nomad?

a)

People who traveled from place to place to survive.

b)

People who established in a place to survive.

c)

People who like to take vacations.

19.

Paleolithic people first used tools made of...

a)

bronze

b)

copper

c)

sticks and stones

20.

The Neolithic Age was also called.....

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

The New Age

21.

What was the most important event of the Neolithic period?

a)

People started using tools.

b)

People domesticate animals.

c)

The agricultural revolution.

d)

The stone revolution.

22.

During the Neolithic people established their villages close to ______________ and ______________.

a)

Rivers and Valleys

b)

Caves and Stones

c)

Mountains and Stones

d)

Caves and Rivers

23.

What was the importance of the Bronze?

a)

They were inexpensive

b)

They were easy to make

c)

Bronze mixed with copper formed tin

d)

Bronze was stronger than copper

24.

What is a disadvantage of the Bronze?

a)

It was stronger than copper.

b)

It was too weak.

c)

It was too expensive.

d)

Easy to use

25.
Which letter would you find at 30oS, 30oE?
a)
A
b)
D
c)
K
d)
E
26.

This picture is an example of a ____________ map.

a)

Physical

b)

Political

c)

Special purpose

d)

Reference

27.

This picture is an example of a _____________ map.

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Special purpose

d)

Reference

28.

According to Geography what is projection?

a)

An estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.

b)

A way for Geographers to map a spherical world on a flat surface.

c)

A thing that extends outward from something else.

d)

The action of understanding the maps.

29.

According to Geography what is Distortion?

a)

The action of distorting or the state of being distorted.

b)

Change in the form we analyzed the maps.

c)

Exaggerations, or loss of accuracy, between shapes, sizes, and distances of continents, oceans, and polar regions on a map.

d)

The action of giving a misleading account or impression

30.

A ___________ is the only perfect representation of all of the landmasses and bodies of water.

a)

map

b)

globe

c)

projection

d)

distortion

31.
Which hemisphere is shaded dark on the map?
a)
northern hemisphere
b)
southern hemisphere
c)
eastern hemisphere
d)
western hemisphere
32.
_______________ improved the way people lived during the Neolithic Era.
a)
surplus production
b)
population growth
c)
agriculture
33.

What is the Agricultural Revolution?

a)

When people started singing.

b)

The Agricultural Revolution was the most important event in history.

c)

a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.

34.

Sumerians developed a form of writing called _____________.

a)

Poem

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Hieroglyphic

d)

Gilgamesh

35.

What is a Ziggurat?

a)

A large temple

b)

A city-state

c)

A large house

d)

A statue

36.

What is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"?

a)

The old stone age

b)

between two rivers

c)

The New stone age

d)

in the middle of the Ocean

37.

What is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia"?

a)

The old stone age

b)

The New stone age

c)

between two rivers

d)

in the middle of the Ocean

38.

Sumerians invented the _____________ and ___________.

a)

wheel and Cuneiform writing

b)

Strong Military and iron weapons

c)

King Sargon and the first empire

d)

Empires and houses

39.

The Hammurabi code was created by the _______________.

a)

Sumerian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Akkadian

d)

Assyrian

40.

How would you describe the religion practiced in Ancient Mesopotamia?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Polytheism

41.

The Assyrian developed a/the _____________.

a)

Strong military with iron weapons

b)

wheel and Cuneiform writing

c)

First empire

d)

Hammurabi’s Code of Law

42.

Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. First writing system used by ancient people.

a)

Alphabet

b)

surplus

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Gilgamesh

43.

What did the Egyptians consider the Gift of the Nile?

a)

The fish they were able to catch for food

b)

The fresh water they could use for drinking and bathing

c)

The breeze that helped them to travel upstream

d)

The rich black soil from the Nile flooding

44.

What helped Egyptian farmers grow crops during the dry season?

a)

papyrus

b)

shadoof

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

dynasties

45.

The Nile River's floods provided Egyptians with the ______ they needed to grow crops.

a)

fertile soil

b)

seeds

c)

fresh air

d)

warmth

46.

What does the development of Egypt’s civilization have in common with Mesopotamia?

a)

They both invented the wheel

b)

They both built pyramids

c)

They both mummified humans

d)

They both developed in and around river valleys

47.

Who made up the largest class in Egypt's social structure?

a)

merchants and artisans

b)

the pharaoh and his family

c)

farmers and unskilled workers

d)

Priests and nobles

48.

What was the name of the writing system that the Egyptians develop?

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Hieroglyphics

c)

Symbolism

d)

English

49.

The king or _____________ and his family held the highest social position in Egypt.

a)

government officials

b)

artisans

c)

farmers

d)

pharaoh

50.

What was the similarity between the Mesopotamian and Egyptian religion?

a)

They both invented the cuneiform

b)

They both made pyramids

c)

There were both polytheistic

d)

They both believed in the afterlife

51.
Which was the kingdom located in ancient Nubia?
a)
Kush
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Assyria
d)
Ghana
52.

What Mesopotamian empire ended up pushing the Kushites out of Egypt?

a)

Assyrians

b)

Akkadians

c)

Sumerians

d)

Babylonians