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Grade 5 Final Exam Review

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   is the smallest continent.

2.

Australia is entirely below the (a)   , that's why it's called the "Land Down Under".

3.

(a)   are the name given to mammals whose young develop in pouches.

4.

Australia is the world's leading producer of (a)   .

5.

The migration champion of the world is the (a)   .

6.

The native people of Australia are the (a)   .

7.

What do we call pieces of carved wood used by Aborigines for hunting?

(a)  

8.

A town that has a port or harbor for ocean-going ships is called a (a)   .

9.

A place where much manufacturing is down is called an (a)   .

10.

Australian ranches are called (a)   .

11.

The are wild dogs of Australia called (a)   .

12.

Who were the first settlers of New Zealand?

(a)  

13.

What are two major crops in Australia?

a)

Sugar cane

b)

Rice

c)

Corn

d)

Wheat

14.

What are the divisions of Australia called?

a)

states

b)

territories

c)

continents

d)

nations

15.

The islands of Oceania are divided into _______ main groups.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

10

16.

(a)   is the capital of New Zealand.

17.

(a)   is the largest city in New Zealand.

18.

(a)   is the capital of Papua New Guinea

19.

Mount (a)   is the highest island peak in the world.

20.

The continent of (a)   is at the bottom of the world.

21.

(a)   was a famous Norwegian explorer and he became the first man to reach the South Pole.

22.

Who insisted that Antarctica actually was a continent?

(a)  

23.

What are the three main groups of islands located within Oceania?

a)

Polynesia

b)

Melanesia

c)

Micronesia

d)

Australia

24.

The five constitutional monarchies in Western Europe are ____.

a)

Spain

b)

Norway

c)

the United Kingdom

d)

Sweden, Denmark

e)

France

25.

The capital city of Spain is Madrid.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

____ is a very important Portuguese seaport.

a)

Oporto

b)

Tagus

27.

Lisbon is the capital city of Portugal.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Prince Henry the Navigator encouraged Spanish exploration.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

(a)   painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

30.

(a)   is a form of government that lets people keep their private property but takes away their freedom.

31.

(a)   painted the biblical scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

32.

Raphael was the third famous Renaissance artist.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

(a)   was one of the founders of modern science.

34.

The two famous Italian opera writers were Verdi and Puccini.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The Alps and the Apennines are the two mountain ranges located in Italy.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

_____ and _____ are two islands that are part of Italy.

a)

Sicily

b)

Sardina

c)

Sardinia

d)

Venice

37.

The capital city of Italy is Vatican City.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

The capital city of Italy is Rome

a)

True

b)

False

39.

The headquarters for the Roman Catholic Church is called the Vatican City.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

(a)   is the largest Greek island.

41.

(a)   is Greece's capital city.

42.

The Rhine River is Europe's most important inland waterway.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

The largest mountain range in Europe is the Alps and the highest mountain in this range is Mont Blanc.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

Jack Cartier discovered the St. Lawrence River in the New World.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

Jacques Cartier discovered the St. Lawrence River in the New World.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Madame ____ was a famous French scientist who discovered radium.

a)

Marie Curie

b)

Mary Curie

c)

Curie Marie

d)

Cruella Curie

47.

John Calvin led the Reformation in France.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Followers of John Calvin are called Hugunenots.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

The (a)   is the largest art museum in the world.

50.

The capital city of Switzerland is ______.

a)

Bern

b)

Berlin

c)

Frankfort

d)

Ottawa

51.

(a)   is the famous musical center and it is the capital of Austria.

52.

Cervantes is Spain's most famous writer.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Charles de Gaulle was a WWII hero who later became president of France's Fifth Republic.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

William Tell was the legendary hero of Swiss independence.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Rembrandt and Vermeer are two famous Dutch painters.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

(a)   a point on a mountain or in a polar region beyond which trees cannot grow.

57.

(a)   permanently frozen ground in the tundra.

58.

(a)   means a marshy plain.

59.

(a)   means a long, narrow inlet of the sea with high rocky banks.

60.

A country that has no seacoast.

a)

land lock

b)

locked in

c)

landlocking

d)

landlocked

61.

Vikings were the fierce warriors who lived in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Europe's three main language groups are _____.

a)

Romance

b)

Slavic

c)

Germanic

d)

Latin

63.

Latin is no longer spoken but it formed the basis for the Romance language.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Russia is the world's largest nation.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

Alexander II set free the serfs but the serfs weren't really free.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

________ was overthrown by Stalin and exiled from Russia

a)

Trosky

b)

Lenin

c)

Hitler

67.

Boris Yeltsin won the release of Gorbachev and became the most powerful man in Russia.

a)

True

b)

False

68.

Communists or Bolsheviks were the names given to the Russian followers of Marx

a)

True

b)

False

69.

The second largest country in Europe is (a)   .

70.

A group dedicated the causing worldwide revolution in order to make the whole world a Communist state is the Third International.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

The largest level region in the world is the West Siberian Plain.

a)

True

b)

False