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Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 28mins
What is geography?
study of Earth's atmosphere
study of Earth's features
Why did delegates to the Constitutional Convention argue for replacing the Articles of Confederation?
It would expire two years after the war ended.
It was a strong government that overpowered states.
It was a weak government that couldn't control the states.
The power was concentrated in the legislative branch.
The longitude line that cuts the Earth in halves is called the ______________.
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
The latitude line that cute the Earth in halves is called the _______________.
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Sending goods out of the country is known as _____________.
export
import
conservation
Recycling
Where would a large city be most likely to develop?
In the northeast corner of Nation B
Where the Charles River meets the sea
the eastern part of Nation D
Near the source of the Red River
Which two nations are most likely to have a conflict over natural resources?
Nation A and Nation B
Nation A and Nation C
Nation A and Nation D
Nation C and Nation D
Different scales were used to draw the maps above. Which map shows the largest area?
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Map 4
What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees (labeled C on the map)?
longitude
latitude
grid
equator
What is the name of the tool box that explains what all the symbols on a map is called?
Key or legend
Compass Rose
Scale
Color guide
What does the term “civilization” mean?
Larger groups of people living together in one place in more complex societies with social hierarchies and specialization of labor.
The process by which people change plants and animals over time at a genetic level to increase their productivity or other desired traits.
A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.
A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.
How did geography play a key role in the early development of civilizations?
Societies developed near oceans.
Societies developed in river valleys.
Societies developed in the desert.
Societies developed in the tundra.
Because of intense farming, civilizations required more people to live in an area, which of the following developed:
Culture
Law
Written Language
All of these
What is social hierarchy?
A rule of conduct or action that is binding and enforced by a controlling authority.
A type of civilization that developed near or around a major river and considered the earliest known large human civilizations.
An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.
A group of people considered to be the best in a particular society or category because of their power, talent, wealth, or other characteristic.
Civilizations in Afro-Eurasia developed around rivers. Which of the following is NOT one of those rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia
The Nile in Egypt
The Indus River in modern India/Pakistan
The Amazon in Brazil
What does polytheistic mean?
Worshipping or believing in more than one god.
A person who was able to read and write, allowing for the creation of written records and messages.
Large groups of domesticated animals like sheep or goats.
A series of rulers in a particular place considered members of the same family.
What is intensification?
An organizing structure where the main unit has the power, right, and ability to control smaller units.
When people begin to live permanently in one place instead of moving around to find food
Getting more resources from a given land area by creating new technologies and lifeways.
An order of social classes with producers at the bottom and leaders or kings at the top.
How did nomadic people survive once civilizations started to emerge?
They didn’t survive and died out.
They raised and herded animals, which provided food, transportation, and trade.
They created small farms along trade routes.
They eventually gave up being nomads and moved into the news towns and cities.
How did the nomadic peoples affect the growing civilizations?
They had no effect on the growing civilization.
Spreading of diseases.
They spread technology, goods, and ideas between civilizations.
Created trading posts so people form the civilizations could travel long distances.
What were some significant technological advances developed in Afro-Eurasia during Era 2 .
Pottery and Woven Textiles
Plows and Irrigation
Steam Ships
Metallurgy and Bronze
Wheels
What is cultural diffusion?
The process of different cultures adopted ideas and technology from other cultures over time.
A way of life where a group of people survives from the secondary products of herds. People follow patterns of grazing to keep their herds alive.
Livestock, migrate in an established territory to find pasture for their animals.
Worshipping or believing in more than one god.
Which of the following characterized The Bronze Age (Era 2 )?
Rise and fall of kingdoms with strong monarchs
Powerful militaries and rigid social hierarchies
Growing Cities and Population
Monotheistic religions such as Islam
Identify the body of water labeled as 4.
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea
Indian Ocean
Identify the continent labeled as D.
Asia
Africa
North America
Europe
Identify the early civilization and river located at A.
Egypt / Nile River
Egypt / Tigris River
Mesopotamia / Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
India / Indus and Ganges
Identify the two rivers found in India important to early civilizations.
Indus and Huang He
Ganges and Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Ganges
Identify the two rivers associated with the letter B.
Tigris and Euphrates
Danube and Euphrates
Dneiper and Tigris
Nile and Indus
