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WorksheetsMidterm Exam Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3570secs
Which of the following is NOT a component of a map?
Scale Bar
Compass Rose
Key
Exact Location
A source written b someone who has witnessed or experienced and event is a ___________________ source.
Secondary
Primary
Factual
Logical
The study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture is known as ____________________________.
Prehistory
Archaeology
Anthropology
Geology
0* longitude
prime meridian
equator
international date line
arctic circle
28*N, 35*W is an example of...
relative location
longitude location
primary source
absolute location
What is the best definition of archaeology?
study of human history
study of animal and human migration patterns in Africa
study of ancient cultures through examining the artifacts they leave behind
playing too much Fortnite with your mom
The equator is _______ Latitude.
180*
90*
0*
98*
Which group represents "modern humans"?
neanderthals
Homo Habilis
Homo Sapiens
Cromagnon Man
People who move from place to place with the seasons?
settler
hunters
nomads
Cro Magnons
Which of the following IS NOT a characteristic of Homo Sapiens?
Used fire
buried their dead
made hunting tools
had NO art or music
Where do most scholars think human life began?
Asia
Africa
South America
Fertile Crescent
The belief that the natural world is full of spirits is called ______________________.
animism
Hinduism
monotheism
Judaism
Describe the location of Sumer.
Southern Africa near Lake Victoria
Near the end of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Northern Africa near the Nile and Egypt
Great Rift Valley
The form of writing created by the Sumerians is called?
hieroglyphics
pictographs
alphabet
cuneiform
A payment to a larger power to show loyalty?
tribute
tax
currency
debt
What is an export?
a small tax on goods coming in to a country
a tribute to a lesser power
goods that are coming in to a country from somewhere else
goods that are sent from your country to another country to be sold for profit
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A set of laws written to govern Sumer
A set of laws written to govern Phoenicia
A set of laws written to govern Akkadia
A set of laws written to govern Babylonia
The belief in many gods?
polytheism
animism
monotheism
Atheism
The region of the Middle East that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea?
Sumer
Mesopotamia
Great Rift Valley
Fertile Crescent
Soldiers who fight on horseback?
infantry
mercenaries
standing army
cavalry
The area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is called?
Sumer
Fertile Crescent
Macedonia
Mesopotamia
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory?
Region
Empire
City-state
Country
Egyptian Kings were know as...
Phoenicians
Parasites
Pacaderms
Pharaoh
What is a dynasty?
One King rules for more than 50 years
When you have a King give power to one of his Generals
A series of rulers from the same family
A large meeting hall for priests and government official.
Egyptian writing
Cuneiform
Sanskrit
Pictographs
Hieroglyphics
The scribes were directly below the Pharaoh on the Egyptian social pyramid.
True
False
The Egyptian sun god?
Anubis
Ra
Osiris
Bastet
Why did the Egyptians practice embalming?
To preserve the body for cooking
To preserve the body for the afterlife
To help enrich the soil
To remove the organs to be sold on the dark web
Where was the Great Pyramid built?
Thebes
Memphis
Giza
Las Vegas
Who was the Great Pyramid built for?
Khufu
Khafre
Tut
Ramses II
The Nile River flows North.
True
False
What was the Ancient Egyptian Calendar based on?
Sun
moon
Pharaoh's Birthday
Flooding of the Nile
The first story that was ever written was ...
Khufu and the Chocolate Factory
Frozen: A tale of Sargon's Frostbite
Fast and Furious: Hammurabi Drives the Chariot
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesoamerican civilization that was established in Central Mexico around Lake Texcoco?
Inca
Aztec
Maya
Olmec
Which of these civilizations was located in South America?
Aztec
Egyptians
Maya
Incas
What is an Isthmus?
Land surrounded on 3 sides by water
land that links two larger pieces of land
small island in the Caribbean
When you are not sure what day Christmas is on
What is obsidian?
Volcanic glass that could be sharpened into tools and weapons
A water pokemon
A doctor for mothers who are expecting a baby
fertile soil
Which of these civilizations would have used terrace farming because of their location in the Andes Mountains?
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
Maya
What was the name of the Aztec capital?
Cuzco
Machu Picchu
Tenochtitlan
Chichen Itza
What was the hidden Inca city that was not rediscovered until 1911?
Tenochtitlan
Machu Picchu
Cuzco
Helm's Deep
What is used to make bronze?
copper plus iron
tin and aluminum
gold and coal
tin and copper
Which of these is related to Egypt?
obsidian
Hammurabi
Sargon
Red Land
What mean New Stone Age?
Paleolithic
Neanderthal
Stone Temple Pilots
Neolithic
What civilization farmed on chinampas?
Maya
Aztec
Inca
Egyptian
The first animal to be domesticated was the horse.
True
False
10000 BC is how many years ago?
12,021
10000
120,019
10,019
What did humans begin doing in the Fertile Crescent about 10,000 years ago?
making iron tools
using fire
farming
online dating
In ancient Akkadian, this word meant "to rise high"?
cuneiform
ziggurat
pyramid
obsidian
What did King Nebuchadnezzar build?
A statue of Zeus
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Largest Pyramid in Sumer
Canal from the Nile to the Red Sea
The first Pharaoh of a United Egypt was...
Akhenaton
Hatshepsut
Ramses
Narmer
What ocean is located off the East Coast of North America?
Indian
Atlantic
Pacific
This continent is bordered by the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea?
Asia
Europe
Africa
Antarctica
What is the largest continent?
Asia
North America
South America
Europe
This continent is bordered to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the East by Asia?
Africa
South America
Europe
Australia
Mexico does not border El Salvador.
True
False
The furthest continent south is Australia.
True
False
Which of the following is the biggest?
Mesopotamia
Sumer
Phoenicia
Fertile Crescent
The Nile Delta is in ____________ Egypt.
Upper
Lower
Giza is further north than the Valley of the Kings.
True
False
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow south towards and into what body of water?
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Persian Gulf
