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7th Grade Term One Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the earliest tools made my humans? What were they for?

a)

Sharpened rocks

b)

Torches

c)

Swords

d)

Used for cutting meat

e)

Used for building shelters

2.

The theory that humans originated in Africa and migrated to Europe, Asia and beyond is...

a)

Out of Africa theory

b)

Prehistoric Human Migratory Anomaly

c)

Agricultural Revolution

d)

No such theory exists

3.

Why are prehistoric remains discovered further from Africa typically going to be younger than those discovered within Africa?

a)

Since humans migrated from Africa, older remains will be found in and around Africa

b)

Humans aged much faster in Europe and Asia

c)

Archaeologists are looking in the wrong places

d)

Extra-terrestrial interference with human evolution

4.

What are hardened remains of a living thing that are buried in sand/mud and have their materials replaced by rock?

a)

Wicked old

b)

Geological anomalies

c)

Skeletons

d)

Fossils

5.

What are 3 ways of dating ancient remains?

a)

Chemical dating

b)

Online dating

c)

DNA Dating

d)

Radioactive dating

e)

Carbon dating

6.

Early religious practices and signs of belief in an afterlife can be seen in-

a)

Early human warfare

b)

Early burial practices

c)

Early patterns of human interaction

d)

Cave paintings

7.

What did humans ritually adorn with gems, beads, and shrouds

a)

Prehistoric dining room

b)

Their dead

c)

Sacred animals

d)

Gifts to other humans

8.

________ is the most important discovery by prehistoric humans

a)

Farming

b)

Fire

c)

Language

d)

Trading

9.

The discovery of fire allowed humans to...

a)

Cook

b)

Migrate through colder climates

c)

Scare away predators

d)

Light each other on fire

10.

A harsh, cold climate, glaciers, lack of resources and a constantly migrating food source are all traits of...

a)

The Ice Age

b)

An episode of Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls

c)

The Neolithic Era

d)

The reign of Hatshepsut

11.

How did humans adapt to hunt larger prey?

a)

Living in larger groups

b)

Complex language

c)

Better technology

d)

Interpretative dance

12.

Hunter-gatherers were...

a)

Nomadic

b)

Sedentary

c)

Farmers

d)

Merchants

13.

What type of person owned only what they could carry?

a)

Artisans

b)

Hunter-gatherers

c)

Farmers

d)

Pharaohs

14.

A complete change in thinking, working, and living is...

a)

A revolution

b)

A constitution

c)

A rebellion

d)

One heck of a weekend, am I right?

15.

The Agricultural Revolution is considered a revolution because...

a)

Humans stopped being hunter-gatherers and began to farm

b)

Humans built massive cities

c)

Neanderthals died out

d)

Artwork became more complex

16.

Having more than enough of a certain resource is...

a)

Awesome

b)

Surplus

c)

Famine

d)

Resource

17.

A surplus is crucial to human development because...

a)

It allows for job specialization

b)

Humans could eat as much as they wanted without feeling guilty

c)

Religion grew more complex

d)

Farming methods could improve

18.

Three requirements for a food surplus are...

a)

Fertile Soil

b)

Sunlight

c)

Seeds, who would ever forget about seeds?

d)

Fresh Water

e)

A source of labor

19.

A system that a community uses to distribute goods and services is...

a)

A dictatorship

b)

A monarchy

c)

An economy

d)

An oligarchy

20.

If something can be used as needed, it is a ...

a)

Farm

b)

Resource

c)

Surplus

d)

Religion

21.

Which of the following are features of civilization?

a)

System of government

b)

A military

c)

Public Works

d)

System of writing

e)

System of laws

22.

The the most rich/fertile farmland in the Middle East, between 2 rivers, allowing for easy trade of goods and exchange of cultures is the...

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Nile River

c)

Plentiful Potato

d)

Amazon Basin

23.

This early empire utilized multiple forms of government to control a vast empire

a)

The Babylonians

b)

The Galactic Empire

c)

The Assyrians

d)

The Egyptians

24.

This alphabet was different from Cuneiform in that it's symbols stood for individual sounds.

a)

Phoenician

b)

Sand Script

c)

Heiroglyphis

d)

Latin

25.

Phoenicia's economy relied on...

a)

Farming

b)

Military conquest

c)

Trade

d)

They were self-sufficient

26.

Hammurabi's Code was intended to..

a)

Provide inspiration for George Lucas in creating the Galactic Empire

b)

Keep society organized

c)

Give Hammurabi complete control over society

d)

Put justice in the hands of a select few

27.

Nubia's geography...

a)

Had little farmland

b)

Had rich soil

c)

Had cataracts throughout the Nile

d)

Was heavily forested

e)

Had lots of natural resources

28.

Egypt and Nubia...

a)

Were both polytheistic

b)

Had a profitable trade relationship

c)

Exchanged gods

d)

Were peaceful neighbors

e)

Were in the Middle East

29.

This empire often had female rulers

a)

Nubia

b)

Assyria

c)

Egypt

d)

Babylonia

30.

What did Egypt and Nubia trade?

a)

Grains from Egypt

b)

Natural resources from Nubia

c)

Manufactured goods from Egypt

d)

Slaves from both empires

31.

Pharaohs tombs were adorned with art depicting daily life, religion, and riches because...

a)

They could use it in the afterlife

b)

Art is fun

c)

Grave robbers needed stuff to rob

d)

They wanted to retain examples of Egyptian life for future explorers

32.

99% of Egyptians lived near the Nile because

a)

It was the only inhabitable land in Egypt

b)

There was dangerous warfare outside this region

c)

They enjoyed the annual flooding

d)

The gods told them to

e)

It was the only way to avoid the sand people

33.

The Nile was easy to trade along in Egypt because...

a)

It was a river!

b)

It was calm!

c)

Trick question, the Nile was dangerous

d)

It allowed easy access to the Persian Gulf

34.

Nubia could not travel and trade along the Nile because...

a)

Cataracts prevented it

b)

Dangerous pirates

c)

The Nile did not stretch into Nubia

d)

They had no boats