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Geography Midterm Quiz

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 3610secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
a)
Ziggurat
b)
Silt
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Cuneiform
2.
This name means "Land between two rivers" and was a name given by the Greeks. 
a)
empire
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
polytheism
d)
Mesopotamia
3.
The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?
a)
Euphrates and Tigris
b)
Zagros and Taurus
c)
Tigris and Karun
d)
Ishtar and Tammuz
4.
The region of Mesopotamia is located in the present day country of...?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Syria
d)
Turkey
5.
How did the rivers effect the people of Mesopotamia?
a)
provided fertile soil
b)
killed crops
c)
they were calming 
d)
were pretty to look at
6.
How did the Sumerians irrigate their crops?
a)
With water from the Persian Gulf
b)
With rainwater
c)
With seawater
d)
With river water
7.
This picture shows an area known as the..
a)
Farming Curve
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Green C
d)
Fertile Curve
8.
Early cities started in the Fertile Crescent because...?
a)
the rivers created rich farmland
b)
the rivers were fast moving
c)
there were many artisans
d)
the religion was polytheistic
9.
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
a)
Tigris and Indus
b)
Huang and Euphrates
c)
Tigris and Nile
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
10.
The Fertile Crescent is an arc-shaped region that stretches from...?
a)
the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile River
b)
the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
d)
the Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea
11.
What was one major problem for people living near rivers?
a)
transportation
b)
dangerous animals
c)
extreme heat
d)
flooding
12.
Very fertile soil deposited by a river
a)
dirt
b)
mud
c)
stilt
d)
silt
13.
wall built along the riverbanks to prevent flooding
a)
levee
b)
canals
c)
dams
d)
aqueduct
14.
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means...
a)
"the land between two rivers"
b)
"the land between Massapequa and Wantagh"
c)
"the land between two trees"
d)
"the land between two frogs"
15.
Why was it difficult to live in Mesopotamia?
a)
The rivers overflowed onto the plains during flood season, but for most of the year the soil was hard and dry.
b)
The land was suitable for farming. 
c)
The rivers were fun to swim.
d)
The mountains were fun to climb.
16.
What is the area in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared?
a)
Tigris
b)
Catal Hoyuk
c)
Sumer
d)
Asia
17.
What is the means of supplying land with water?
a)
irrigation
b)
levee
c)
silt
d)
canal
18.
What is a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks?
a)
irrigation
b)
levee
c)
silt
d)
canal
19.
What are fine particles of rock?
a)
irrigation
b)
levee
c)
silt
d)
canal
20.
What is an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws?
a)
city
b)
city-state
c)
state
d)
country
21.
How did the Neolithic people solve their food shortage in the hills?
a)
They farmed more.
b)
They moved down to the river plains. 
c)
They gave up farming.
d)
They stole food from other villages.
22.
How did Sumerians learn to protect their city-states? 
a)
with strong walls and moats
b)
with weak walls
c)
with body guards
d)
with a "Keep Out" sign
23.

What change began the Neolithic Age?

a)

trading

b)

farming

c)

hunting

d)

building

24.

Why was the fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?

a)

Lots of gold

b)

Yummy Crescent Rolls

c)

Good soil for crops

d)

Warm and deep caves for living

25.

What is the term that describes the discovery of farming?

a)

domesticated

b)

paleolithic age

c)

neolithic age

d)

agricultural revolution

26.

The Stone Age got its name because

a)

Stone Houses

b)

Used pretty rocks for money

c)

Rocky Fields

d)

Stone Tools

27.

The neolithic Age ended with the discovery of how to:

a)

Make linen clothes

b)

Make metal tools

c)

Farming

d)

Play rock and roll

28.

What did the Neolithic people discover?

a)

agriculture

b)

metal

c)

toys

d)

stone tools

29.

In the Neolithic Age people discovered domestication.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What is another name for the Neolithic Age?

a)

Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Old Stone Age

d)

The Ice Age

31.
Nomadic Lifestyle
a)
The belief in a single all-powerful god.
b)
A type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.
c)
Someone who lives by traveling from place to place.
d)
The watering of land to make it ready for agriculture.
32.

What was the most important water feature for Egypt and Kush?

a)

Nile River

b)

Jordan River

c)

Red Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

33.

What were the two main crops grown by the Nile?

a)

wheat and rice

b)

corn and barley

c)

rice and cotton

d)

wheat and barley

34.

What feature(s) formed natural barriers protecting Egypt from invaders?

a)

Giza Pyramids

b)

Libyan, Nubian, and Arabian Deserts

c)

Nile River

d)

Lebanon and Zagros Mountains

35.

Why did the Nile River valley have such fertile soil?

a)

farmers fertilized the fields

b)

lots of rainfall

c)

frequent earthquakes

d)

yearly flooding deposited silt

36.

What did the Egyptians use to make paper?

a)

papyrus

b)

wood

c)

cotton plants

d)

reeds

37.

What was the land like in Canaan?

a)

flat and fertile

b)

hilly and dry

c)

desert

d)

mountainous

38.

If you lived in ancient Canaan, you would most likely have

a)

lived and worked in a city

b)

hunted and gathered

c)

herded animals

d)

raised crops like wheat, barley, or cotton

39.

The Sea of Galilee was

a)

an important trade route

b)

larger than the Red Sea

c)

too salty to be useful

d)

actually a freshwater lake

40.

How is the Jordan River different than the Nile River?

a)

The Jordan River runs through Egypt, the Nile runs through Canaan.

b)

The Nile flooded predictably, the Jordan flooded unpredictably.

c)

The Jordan River had salt water, the Nile was fresh water.

d)

The Jordan was much longer than than the Nile River.

41.

Kush was located where the mouth of the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

What modern country is located in Kush?

a)

Algeria

b)

Libya

c)

Sudan

d)

Syria

43.

What modern day country is located in Canaan?

a)

Iraq

b)

Sudan

c)

Egypt

d)

Israel

44.

The Nile ran through both Egypt and Kush.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Where were the Lebanon Mountains?

a)

Canaan

b)

Egypt

c)

Kush

d)

Mesopotamia

46.

Which of these words best describes the environment of the Nile Delta?

a)

marsh

b)

sea

c)

desert

47.

Which of these was part of the topography of ancient Egypt?

a)

a river valley

b)

a mountain range

c)

a hot, dry climate

48.

One of the ways settlers used the Mediterranean Sea was for...

a)

watering cattle

b)

irrigating crops

c)

catching fish

49.

How did the desert help the people of Egypt and Kush?

a)

It gave protection from invaders.

b)

It made trade and travel easy.

c)

It was grassy for grazing sheep.

50.

In what area did the Kushites settle?

a)

South along the Nile River

b)

North along the Nile River

c)

By the Dead Sea

51.

The wet, fertile plains in ancient Canaan bordered the...

a)

Negev Desert

b)

Sea of Galilee

c)

Mediterranean Sea

52.

Unlike the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, The Sea of Galilee was...

a)

a source of fresh water

b)

too stormy for boats

c)

surrounded by deserts

53.

Which best describes herders in Canaan?

a)

They planted grain crops.

b)

They lived a nomadic life.

c)

They built houses of mud bricks.

54.

The part of Canaan with the most vegetation was...

a)

in the Syrian Desert

b)

near the Jordan River

c)

in the Lebanon Mountains

55.
Is this a photo of something that is natural or human-made? 
a)
Natural
b)
Human-Made
56.
Is this a photo of something that is natural or human-made? 
a)
Natural
b)
Human-Made
57.
Is this a photo of something that is natural or human-made? 
a)
Natural
b)
Human-Made
58.
Is this a photo of something that is natural or human-made? 
a)
Natural
b)
Human-Made
59.

Who is a geographer?

a)

The people who study the world in which humans live

b)

An expert who studies and records the past.

c)

An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind.

d)

an expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features.

60.

Construction

a)

Human-Made

b)

Natural

61.

Tsunami

a)

Human-Made

b)

Natural

62.

What country is in red on the map?

a)

Egypt

b)

Libya

c)

Angola

d)

Nigeria

63.

Which of the following sea's is represented on the map

a)

Red Sea

b)

North Sea

c)

Sea of Africa

d)

Baltic Sea

64.

What country is highlighted on the map?

a)

Somalia

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Angola

d)

Sudan

65.
What body of water is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Black Sea
c)
Western Desert
d)
Nile River
66.
What body of water is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Western Desert
d)
Nile River
67.
What river is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Western Desert
d)
Nile River
68.
What river is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Western Desert
d)
Nile River
69.
What river is the arrow pointing to?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Western Desert
d)
Nile River
70.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Euphrates River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Jordan River
d)
Strait of Hormuz
71.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Tigris River
b)
Red Sea
c)
Arabian Sea
d)
Strait of Hormuz
72.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Persian Gulf
c)
Strait of Hormuz
d)
Mediterranean Sea
73.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Tigris River
d)
Euphrates River
74.
What country is this?
a)
Egypt
b)
Israel
c)
Turkey
d)
Yemen
75.
What country is this?
a)
Egypt
b)
Israel
c)
Afghanistan
d)
Pakistan
76.
What is the triangular green location on the map?
a)
Nile river
b)
Nile delta
c)
Mediterranean Sea 
d)
Nile valley
77.
Egypt is in
a)
Antrartica
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
Europe
78.

Mesopotamia is the land between which two rivers?

a)

Euphrates and Tigris

b)

Red and Black

c)

Tiger and Euphrates

d)

Mississippi and Missouri

79.

On which continent was Ancient Mesopotamia located?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

North America

80.

Which body of water is circled?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

North Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Black Sea

81.
What number represents the country of Egypt?
a)
10
b)
17
c)
1
d)
8
82.
What number represents the country of Iraq?
a)
8
b)
12
c)
9
d)
13
83.
What is the following Middle East Physical Feature?
a)
Black Sea
b)
Nile River
c)
Arabian Sea
d)
Persian Gulf
84.
What is the following Middle East Physical Feature?
a)
Black Sea
b)
Nile River
c)
Arabian Sea
d)
Persian Gulf
85.
What is the following Middle East Physical Feature?
a)
Red Sea
b)
Tigris River
c)
Suez Canal
d)
Euphrates River
86.

Trees can be used to provide housing and shelter. This is an example of what?

a)

Water

b)

Topography

c)

Minerals

d)

Vegetation

87.

Crops are the only type of vegetation.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

Which environmental factor describes what the land looks like? Hilly? Flat? Mountainous?

a)

Water

b)

Topography

c)

Vegetation

d)

Minerals

89.

the shape and elevation of the land, such as mountains or deserts is called...

a)

vegetation

b)

topography

c)

Canaan

d)

factors

90.

The most important environmental factor in early human settlement was...

a)

topography

b)

water

c)

vegetation

d)

aspects

91.

Cities and towns often used __________ as "highways," allowing people to travel to visit relatives and trade goods.

a)

cars

b)

rivers

c)

boats

d)

planes

92.
Rivers, mountains, deserts, climate, and soil fertility are all examples of...
a)
vegetation
b)
deltas
c)
geography
d)
nomads
93.
Which of the following are uses that people have for fresh water? 
a)
drinking
b)
transportation
c)
irrigating (watering) crops
d)
All of the above
94.
What can you do with fresh water that you cannot do with salt water?
a)
fish
b)
irrigate (water) crops
c)
sail a boat
d)
swim in it
95.
Which topography is best for farming?
a)
plains
b)
mountains
c)
deserts
d)
oases
96.
What is a benefit of living near a mountain or desert?
a)
very warm weather
b)
barrier that keeps invaders out
c)
they are dangerous
d)
lots of flat land for farming
97.
Rivers: fresh or salt water?
a)
fresh
b)
salt
98.
Seas: fresh or salt water?
a)
fresh
b)
salt
99.

What is the longest river in the world

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

100.

What is the longest river in southwestern Asia?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

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