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22-23 Mid Year test review

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter is located at 

(60°N, 60°E)?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

Which letter is located at 

(0°, 150°W)?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

3.

Which letter is located at

(15°S, 75°E)?

a)

H

b)

I

c)

G

d)

D

4.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H
5.
Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 
a)
A
b)
D
c)
E
d)
H
6.
Which city is closest to the Equator?
a)
Los Angeles
b)
Minneapolis
c)
Miami
d)
Unable to determine
7.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
8.

What are the three man types of governments?

a)

republican, democratic, and independent

b)

north, south, east, and west

c)

automobile, demolition, and oil can

d)

autocratic, democratic, and oligarchic

9.

In this government, a small group of people rule.

a)

autocracy

b)

absolute monarch

c)

democracy

d)

oligarchy

10.

Power in this government lies with the people.

a)

democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

dictatorship

d)

autocracy

11.

This government often allows wealthy and powerful to obtain control.

a)

democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

monarchy

d)

autocracy

12.

In this government, any citizen can be leaders.

a)

autocracy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

monarchy

13.

In the town of Silverville, the people are getting a new cinema. All citizens are looking forward to the new entertainment center. The mayor wants to know which company should be offered the building contract. He asks all the town members to come to city hall and vote for who they think should build the cinema. All the people showed up and voted, and AMC received the most votes. What government is represented in this scenario?

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

oligarchy

14.

Ben, Todd, and Jake wanted to spend all weekend mud bogging and hunting. However, their mother wanted them to clean house and go to the grocery store to get the coming week's supplies. The boys complained to each other and to their mom, but the weekend ended up being spent doing exactly what mom wanted. What type of government is represented in this scenario?

a)

democracy

b)

autocracy

c)

oligarchy

15.

Absolute monarchy is described as

a)

the power is limited and bound to the constitution

b)

the king as the Head of State

c)

The Monarch have symbolic power

d)

the power rest in one single ruler that have the sole authority to make decision

16.

In absolute monarchy the monarch can

a)

decide on policy and discuss it with people

b)

people has freedom of voice

c)

make policy and decide by himself/herself

d)

the welfare of the people is taken care of

17.

Pull factors- features that make place attractive for people to live there.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Push factors - features that make a place attractive for people to live there.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Very cold, icy weather.

a)

Pull factor

b)

Push factor

20.

War.

a)

Pull factor

b)

Push factor

21.

Job opportunities.

a)

politics and society pull factor

b)

Economy pull factor

c)

Geography pull factor

22.

Which is the holy book of Christians?

a)

Gita

b)

Bible

23.

Askia Muhammad created a system of laws that were based on what holy book?

a)

The Bible

b)

The Vedas

c)

The Torah

d)

The Quran

24.
People and businesses act in their own best interests. 
a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
25.
Economic activity is based on tradition with roles determined by previous generations.
a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
26.
Economic activity is planned out by the government, with people having little influence.

a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
27.
Government passes laws to protect the worker and provide the people with what they want.

a)
Command
b)
Traditional
c)
Market
d)
Mixed
28.

In Greek, Mesopotamia means?

a)

The land between 2 rivers

b)

The rivers between 2 lands

c)

The river that flows up and down

d)

Means wedges

29.

What continent is Mesopotamia located on?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Iraq

30.

A system that was created to water crops and dry land

a)

silt

b)

irrigation

c)

plow

d)

surplus

31.

World's first written language

a)

Hieroglyphics

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Latin

d)

Cuneiform

32.

What did the symbols of cuneiform begin as?

a)

pictographs

b)

photographs

c)

hieroglyphs

d)

carvings

33.

the supreme ruler of ancient Egypt, a person who was considered both a king and a god

a)

mummy

b)

pharaoh

c)

nome

34.

 the preserved, embalmed body of a dead person. Ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to preserve the body so it could reunite with the soul in the afterlife

a)

dynasty

b)

mummy

c)

sarcophagus

35.

a thick paper-like material produced from the papyrus plant. Ancient Egyptians used it as a writing material and for boats, mattresses, mats, rope, sandals, and baskets

a)

embalmer

b)

Maat

c)

Hieroglyphs

d)

papyrus

36.

the symbols and pictures of ancient Egyptian writing. Some hieroglyphs were used as symbols for both objects and sounds

a)

embalmer

b)

papyrus

c)

Hieroglyphs

d)

Maat

37.
Who was Hammurabi? 
a)
God in Ancient Sumer
b)
emperor of Babylonian Empire
c)
 warrior who fought Gilgamesh
d)
scribe known throughout Mesopotamia
38.
Hammurabi said he wrote this code "to bring about the rule of righteousness  in the land" What word best defines righteousness in this context?
a)
Kindness
b)
Justice
c)
Equality
d)
Punishment
39.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a)
story of Babylonian empire's creation by the gods
b)
written language of Babylonian Empire
c)
 collection of written laws from the Babylonian Empire
d)
book describing warfare from the Babylonian Empire
40.
A kind of writing used in Sumer and Babylonia is called
a)
handwriting
b)
cursive
c)
cuneiform
d)
graffiti
41.
Hammurabi's code is a famous system of laws because it ...
a)
is thought to be one of the earliest written set of laws
b)
led directly to the development of democracy
c)
had such lenient punishments
d)
was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's first insurrection
42.

What country is shaded?

a)

Yemen

b)

Oman

c)

Egypt

d)

Jordan

43.

What country is shaded?

a)

Bahrain

b)

Oman

c)

Qatar

d)

Kuwait

44.

What country is shaded?

a)

Cyprus

b)

Syria

c)

Oman

d)

Turkey

45.

People adapt to cold weather by putting on warmer clothes.

a)

Adaptation

b)

Modification

46.

Building dams to store or divert (change the path of) water

a)

Adaptation

b)

Modification

47.

What is forced migration?

a)

When someone choses to move in hope of finding a better job

b)

When someone moves somewhere warmer is the summer

c)

When someone moves due to war or persecution

48.

The world's largest hot desert is

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

Thar Desert

49.

Identify the landform marked 2 on the map

a)

Tropical Rainforest

b)

Sahara Desert

50.

The African Savanna is a hot and dry grassland

a)

False

b)

True

51.

The part marked 1 on the map is the

a)

Sahara Desert

b)

The Savanna

c)

The Tropical Rain forest

52.

The African Savanna receives lots of rainfall.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

The river Nile is located in eastern Africa

a)

True

b)

False

54.

What landform is indicated?

a)

Atlas Mountains

b)

Congo River Basin

c)

Great Rift Valley

d)

Nile River System

e)

Kalahari Desert

55.

What landform is indicated?

a)

Nile River System

b)

Congo River Basin

c)

Sahara Desert

d)

Sahel

e)

Kalahari Desert

56.

What is the largest lake in Africa?

a)

Lake Victoria

b)

Lake Ladoga

c)

Lake Turkana

d)

Lake Tanganyika

57.

Mansa Musa was from which country in Africa

a)

Mali

b)

Congo

c)

Madagascar

d)

I don't Know

58.
What did Mansa Musa give away on his journey to Mecca?
a)
gold
b)
sliver
c)
salt
59.
 Why did Mansa Musa build a university in Timbuktu?
a)
He wanted to learned read.
b)
He wanted to build a school for his children.
c)
He wanted scholars to come to Mali.
60.

Which development proved that Musa's trip to Mecca was a success?

a)

Mali began to appear on foreign maps

b)

Mali conquered the city of Timbuktu

c)

Europe began to emerge from the Dark Ages

d)

Portugal established a trading post in Africa

61.
True or False: Swahili is one of the best known surviving languages of the Bantu. 
a)
True
b)
False
62.

Where did the Bantu Migrations migrate to?

a)

The Bantu people migrated north and east to the Nile River and the Arabian Peninsula.

b)

The Bantu people spread south and east from their Central African homelands.

c)

The Bantu people moved west along the coast of Western Africa.

d)

The Bantu people moved north into the Sahara to cash in on the salt trade.

63.

What was the primary evidence that the Bantu Migration took place?

a)

their iron was found in south africa

b)

their farming practices were used in north africa

c)

their language had an influence across several parts of Africa

d)

their religion was found in west africa

64.

Spiritualism is the belief that deceased ancestors can aid the current generation of a family.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

Which religious belief involves worshipping the spirits that can be found in all natural things such as plants and animals?

a)

Animism

b)

Sikhism

c)

Daosim

d)

Hinduism