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History 101 Review

Total questions: 104

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Zero degrees latitude is also called the _______.      
a)
Tropic of Capricorn
b)
Equator
c)
Prime Meridian 
d)
Tropic of Cancer
2.
Which continent is labeled in Red 
a)
Africa 
b)
North America 
c)
Antarctica 
d)
Europe 
3.
Which continent is home of the Sahara Desert and is considered the hottest?
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
4.
What is the moon’s effect on the Earth?                     
a)
The moon influences the seasons by bombarding the Earth with lunar radiation.
b)
The moon reacts with the sun to block harmful radiation from reaching the Earth.
c)
The moon has no measurable effect on the Earth at all.
d)
The gravitational pull of the moon and sun cause the ocean tides to fluctuate.
5.

What is the circled ocean?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Alantic Ocean

c)

Black Sea

d)

English Channel

6.

What continent is circled?

a)

Brazil

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Iceland

7.

Where is Asia

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Is Hawaii a State?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

All of the above

d)

Same

9.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

Nile River

b)

Amazon River

c)

Thames River

d)

Yellow River

10.

What is the largest body of water?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

North Sea

d)

Black Sea

11.

What is the circled ocean?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Alantic Ocean

c)

Black Sea

d)

English Channel

12.

What continent is circled?

a)

Brazil

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Iceland

13.

The largest continent

a)

Europe

b)

Australia

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

14.

What is the name of the dark yellow continent?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

15.

What continent is directly south of North America?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

South America

16.

Which ocean is located off the east coast of North America?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

17.

What is the name of the largest continent?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

18.

Which continent is located west of Asia?

a)

Europe

b)

Antarctica

c)

Australia

d)

South America

19.

Which ocean is the farthest north?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

20.

What is the name of the most southern continent?

a)

Australia

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

21.

Which ocean is located to the east of Africa and to the west of Australia?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

22.

Which continent is to the east of the Indian Ocean and to the west of the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Asia

23.

Which ocean is located off the west coast of North America. It is the LARGEST ocean.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

24.

Which continent is an island continent?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australia

25.

The world is divided between the Northern and Southern ___________.

a)

Equator

b)

Hemispheres

c)

Continents

d)

Oceans

26.

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into two parts is called the ________.

a)

Equator

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

North Pole

27.

North America is located in which hemisphere?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

28.
What is true about all primary sources? 
a)
they are either handwritten or photographs only
b)
they are a way to learn about an event, object, or person
29.
The Declaration of Independence,
Primary Source - True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
30.
A television show explaining Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon. Primary Source - True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
31.
An autobiography is NOT a Primary Source. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
32.
This picture book is a Primary Source - True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
33.
Nathaniel Currier's 1846 Painting titled "The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor," Primary source of the Boston Tea Party of 1773 - True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Newspaper announcing President Kennedy's assassination. NOT a Primary Source - True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
35.
"Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze from 1850 is a Primary Source of the Revolutionary War in 1776. True or False?
a)
True 
b)
False
36.
Video of Obama's Inaugural Address is a Primary Source. True of False?
a)
True
b)
False
37.

a textbook chapter on the Middle Ages

a)

primary

b)

secondary

38.

an artifact from ancient Egypt

a)

primary

b)

secondary

39.

a movie about the American Revolution

a)

primary

b)

seconday

40.

an interview with Donald Trump

a)

primary

b)

secondary

41.

a photo of Justin Beiber

a)

primary

b)

secondary

42.

A primary source is a source that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand events.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

an encyclopedia article about World War 1

a)

primary

b)

secondary

44.

pottery from ancient Rome

a)

primary

b)

secondary

45.

youtube video about westward expansion

a)

primary

b)

secondary

46.

the U.S. Constitution

a)

primary

b)

secondary

47.

A secondary source is a source that was created later by someone who did not experience the events first-hand.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

Live stream on Facebook of a birthday party

a)

primary

b)

secondary

49.

a biography about Benjamin Franklin

a)

primary

b)

secondary

50.
I am writing an essay on George Washington for my U.S. History class.  I used articles from Wikipedia and another encyclopedia.  What am I using?
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
51.
An autobiography is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
52.
A photograph is an example of a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
53.
A document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred.
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Primary Source
54.
Secondhand information is an example of a secondary source
a)
True
b)
False
55.
A movie showing the life of George Washington.
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
56.
A journal written by Sequoyah describing how he created the Cherokee alphabet.
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
57.

Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?

a)

Original uniforms worn by soldiers

b)

Diaries written at the time of an event

c)

video of a historical event

d)

A poem about a famous person from your classmate

58.
What part of a timeline informs the reader what the timeline is about?
a)
The events on the timeline.
b)
The title.
c)
The spacing of the years.
d)
The number of events the author chooses to include. 
59.
A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.
a)
timeline
b)
chronos
c)
title
d)
Anno Domini
60.
Which event on this timeline happened FIRST? 
a)
Last use of hieroglyphic writing
b)
Rosetta Stone is carved
c)
Settlers in Nile Valley
d)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
61.
Timelines are read from
a)
right to left
b)
left to right
c)
upside down
d)
not read
62.
Timelines must be in _____________ order
a)
newest to oldest
b)
guess
c)
no
d)
chronological
63.
B.C.E. stands for
a)
Before Christ
b)
Best Common Era
c)
Before Common Era
d)
Common Era
64.
B.C. Stands for
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Christ
c)
Before Columbus Era
d)
Best Cousins
65.
Which group of dates are arranged in chronological order?
a)
100 AD, 200 AD, 300 BC, 150 BC
b)
1000 BC, 450 BC, 2013 CE, 2014 CE
c)
450 BC, 200 BC, 100 AD, 98 AD
d)
1000BC, 300 BC, 400 BC, 10 AD
66.
Which timeline is labeled correctly?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
67.
Choose the timeline that correctly labels the following events.
1500 B.C.E. Hinduism is founded in India 
2085 B.C.E.   Judaism is founded by Abraham
30 C.E.  Christianity is founded by followers of Christ 
610 C.E.  Islam is founded by followers of the Prophet Mohammed
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
68.
What is the purpose of a double tier timeline? 
a)
To make a timeline difficult to read.
b)
To examine common circumstances of two events and how they may be related. 
c)
To compare how to space events on a timeline.
d)
To make the timeline more interesting.
69.
What was released in 2006?
a)
Office 2003
b)
BluRay Players
c)
Xbox 360
70.
What happened right BEFORE the person ate breakfast?
a)
He got dressed
b)
He caught the bus
c)
He brushed his teeth
71.
Chronological order means
a)
first to last
b)
will happen in the future
c)
never happened
d)
last to first
72.

A timeline is a ____________ that displays a series of _______ in order.

a)

person, time

b)

line, events

c)

time, lines

73.
In what year was Xbox 360 released?
a)
2004
b)
2005
c)
2006
74.

Chronological is a record of events starting with the ________ and following the __________ in which they occurred.

a)

earliest, order

b)

latest, order

c)

night, day

75.

Put these in chronological order: Cottonwood tree, Kansas flag, sunflower, and buffalo

a)
  1. buffalo
  2. Kansas flag
  3. cottonwood tree
  4. sunflower
b)
  1. Kansas flag
  2. buffalo
  3. sunflower
  4. cottonwood tree
c)
  1. sunflower
  2. buffalo
  3. Kansas flag
  4. cottonwood tree
d)
  1. sunflower
  2. Kansas flag
  3. cottonwood tree
  4. buffalo
76.

What are 3 reasons why we use timelines?

a)
  1. To help us tell what time it is in the day.
  2. To tell us if it is day or night.
  3. To help us learn.
b)
  1. To tell us what historical events occurred.
  2. To see what old times may have looked like with pictures.
  3. Help us compare what happened then and now.
c)
  1. Tell us who's birthday it is.
  2. Tell us when a holiday is in a month.
  3. Tells us the days of the week.
77.

What is the year differences between the salamander and the sunflower?

a)

24 years

b)

105 years

c)

86 years

d)

91 years

78.

Anno Domini means ..

a)

Before Christ

b)

In the year of Lord

79.

AD stands

a)

Common Era

b)

Before Christ

c)

Before Common

d)

Anno Domini

80.

The first pyramid was built in ..

a)

AD

b)

BC

81.

Computers are used in

a)

AD

b)

BC

82.

When did humans started making weapons out of stones?

a)

AD

b)

BC

83.

When did human started using boats?

a)

BC

b)

AD

84.

When did humans started using phones for the purpose of communication?

a)

AD

b)

BC

85.

When did astronauts landed on Moon?

a)

AD

b)

BC

86.

Humans lived in the stone caves during ..

a)

BC

b)

AD

87.
CE
a)
Common Era
b)
Christmas Eve
c)
Cheers Everyone!
88.

BCE represents the same era of time as

a)

BC

b)

AD

c)

CE

89.

Which of the following dates is the OLDEST?

a)

AD 220

b)

AD 110

c)

2019 CE

d)

1500 CE

90.
How many years between 50BC and AD 200?
a)
150
b)
250
c)
450
91.
How many years between 5000BC and 2000BC?
a)
7000
b)
250
c)
3000
92.
how long is a decade?
a)
20 years ago 
b)
10 years 
c)
18 billion years ago 
d)
10 million years ago
93.
On a timeline, C.E. is represented
a)
on the right side of the timeline
b)
on the left side of the timeline
c)
in the year zero
d)
C.E. is never on a timeline
94.

How many years separate 650 BC - 130 BC on a timeline?

a)

580 years

b)

180 years

c)

780 years

d)

520 years

95.

How many years separate 40 BC and AD 40 on a timeline?

a)

0 years

b)

80 years

c)

180 years

d)

240 years

96.

How many years separate AD 150 and AD 250 on a timeline?

a)

250 years

b)

50 years

c)

200 years

d)

100 years

97.

How many years separate 325 BC and AD 325 on a timeline?

a)

650 years

b)

625 years

c)

325 years

d)

32 years

98.

How many years separate 1020 BC and AD 43 on a timeline?

a)

2063 years

b)

1063 years

c)

1077 years

d)

3043 years

99.

How many years are in a century?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

100,000 years

100.

Which date comes 1st on the timeline? This is letter A.

a)

987 BC

b)

AD 376

c)

13 BC

d)

1901 BC

e)

AD 522

101.

Which date comes 2nd on the timeline? This is letter B.

a)

987 BC

b)

AD 376

c)

13 BC

d)

1901 BC

e)

AD 522

102.

Which date comes 3rd on the timeline? This is letter C.

a)

987 BC

b)

AD 376

c)

13 BC

d)

1901 BC

e)

AD 522

103.

Which date comes 4th on the timeline? This is letter D.

a)

987 BC

b)

AD 376

c)

13 BC

d)

1901 BC

e)

AD 522

104.

Which date comes 5th on the timeline? This is letter E.

a)

987 BC

b)

AD 376

c)

13 BC

d)

1901 BC

e)

AD 522

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