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Global Studies Mega-Practice

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is this?

(a)  

2.

What is the name of this building?

(a)  

3.

What is this?

(a)  

4.

In Greek, what does the word "polis" mean?

(a)  

5.

Which is the correct chronological order of these men?

a)

Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Alexander the Great

b)

Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Alexander the Great

c)

Alexander the Great, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle

d)

Socrates, Plato, Alexander the Great, Aristotle

e)

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great

6.

Which Spartan queen's face launched 1,000 ships?

(a)  

7.

This prince of Troy took Helen from Sparta.

(a)  

8.

This sea borders Albania

(a)  

9.

This is a popular vacation spot in the Balearic Islands.

a)

Santorini

b)

Mykonos

c)

Monaco

d)

Ibiza

e)

Monaco

10.

What type of race is taking place in this photo of Monaco?

a)

Nascar

b)

Tour de France

c)

Ibiza

d)

Marathon

e)

Formula 1

11.

How many miles is marathon?

(a)  

12.

After running 26.2 miles back to Athens to announce they had won a battle against the Spartans, this man fell to his death.

(a)  

13.

Pheidippides ran 26.2 miles to Athens from this city.

(a)  

14.

You will find these mountains in northern Italy:

(a)  

15.

Alexander the Great was from this country.

(a)  

16.

What poison is Socrates about to drink?

(a)  

17.

Which man is shown in this photo?

(a)  

18.

Which Greek philosopher is this?

(a)  

19.

Which Greek philosopher is this?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Alexander the Great

20.

Who was the king of the Greek gods?

(a)  

21.

The Greek gods lived here:

a)

Mt. Athens

b)

Mt. Olympus

c)

Mt. Reiner

d)

Mt. Aegean

22.

This was the Greek goddess of the harvest:

a)

Persephone

b)

Demeter

c)

Hera

d)

Athena

23.

What does GDP stand for?

(a)  

24.

What does EPA stand for?

a)

Environmental Preparation Association

b)

Environmental Protection Association

c)

Environmental Protection Agency

d)

Energy Protection Agency

e)

Energy Preparation Agency

25.

What is an oligarchy?

a)

The people rule

b)

A small group of people have control of a country

c)

A small group of people vote

d)

At least some of the people can vote

26.

In what year was the first modern olympics?

(a)  

27.

In what year were the Centennial Olympics held in Atlanta?

(a)  

28.

What might be shown in this cartogram?

a)

Infant deaths

b)

Muslims

c)

Consumers

d)

Nuclear Weapons

e)

Malaria

29.

What could be shown in this cartogram?

a)

Nuclear Weapons

b)

Consumers

c)

Malaria

d)

Population

e)

Christians

30.

What do the red states show?

a)

The least populated states

b)

The states that voted for Obama in 2016

c)

States that usually vote Republican

d)

States with Republican governors

e)

States with Republican senators

31.

What might this cartogram show?

a)

Consumers

b)

Nuclear Weapons

c)

Population

d)

Malaria

e)

Democracy

32.

What might this U.S. cartogram show?

a)

Democratic states

b)

College eduation

c)

Population

d)

Agriculture

e)

Transportation

33.

What is the only major river in the world that flows north?

(a)  

34.

Who was the King of Sparta when Helen was taken to Troy?

(a)  

35.

What were Athenians better at building that the other city-states?

a)

Roads

b)

Buildings

c)

Cities

d)

Boats

e)

Chariots

36.

What is the world's smallest country?

(a)  

37.

Where is this?

(a)  

38.

Who lives in Vatican City?

(a)  

39.

This area between Spain and Morocco is the Strait of (a)  

40.

What is the name of this peninsula?

(a)  

41.

What city is this?

a)

Dhaka

b)

Islamabad

c)

New Delhi

d)

Sri Lanka

e)

Bombay

42.

Which of the following is NOT the correct combination of capital and country?

a)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

b)

New Delhi, India

c)

Troy, Turkey

d)

Islamabad, Pakistan

e)

Jakarta, Indonesia

43.

Check each one that is a capital city.

a)

Sri Lanka

b)

Jakarta

c)

Brazil City

d)

Ibiza

e)

Islamabad

44.

Which is the 4th most populated country?

a)

India

b)

Indonesia

c)

Brazil

d)

Pakistan

e)

United States

45.

Which is the most populated?

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

India

d)

Australia

46.

How many million years ago did the asteroid hit Earth, causing the dinosaurs to become extinct?

(a)  

47.

Which country is this?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Monaco

c)

Croatia

d)

Egypt

48.

Who is this? (Notice the ship in the distance...)

(a)  

49.

What is this sea?

(a)  

50.

What sea is found at A?

(a)  

51.

What desert is located at B?

(a)  

52.

What gulf is located at C?

(a)  

53.

Which lists the countries in terms of highest population to lowest population?

a)

Brazil, Nigeria, Russia, Mexico, Japan

b)

Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, Russia, Japan, Mexico

c)

United States, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Japan

d)

Japan, Mexico, Russia, Bangladesh, Nigeria

54.

What is this?

(a)  

55.

How many people are there on Earth?

a)

4.6 billion

b)

7.8 billion

c)

8.9 billion

d)

9.2 billion

56.

What is the capital of Mexico?

(a)  

57.

The First Lady, Melania Trump, is from this country.

a)

Croatia

b)

Slovenia

c)

Russia

d)

Ukraine

58.

Hestia was the goddess of the:

a)

Skies

b)

Underworld

c)

Harvest

d)

Hearth

59.

Who was the goddess of the harvest?

a)

Demeter

b)

Hestia

c)

Hera

d)

Aphrodite

60.

Who was the queen of the gods?

a)

Hesita

b)

Demeter

c)

Hera

d)

Aphrodite

e)

Athena

61.

Who is this?

(a)  

62.

What is in Poseidon's hand? It is a:

(a)  

63.

Check each country that has a population that puts them in the top 10 of the world:

a)

Indonesia

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

Africa

e)

Russia

64.

What is the longest mountain range in the world?

(a)  

65.

What country is this?

(a)  

66.

What country is this?

(a)  

67.

What is C?

(a)  

68.

Who was Aristotle's teacher?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Mrs. Lokey

c)

Socrates

d)

Plato

69.

Alexander the Great was from this country:

(a)  

70.

People who have no permanent home and who wonder in search of food or to move their cattle:

(a)