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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rich, black topsoil found in the Northern European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine

a)

Chernozem

b)

Loess

2.

Effect of extreme variation in temperature and very little precipitation within the interior portions of a landmass

a)

Continentality

b)

Oblast

3.
What were the two main city-states of Ancient Greece?
a)
Rome & Alexandria
b)
Corinth & Olympia
c)
Thebes & Argos
d)
Sparta & Athens
4.
What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city-state of Sparta?
a)
Food & parties
b)
War & fighting
c)
Music & books
d)
Painting & sculpture
5.
A body of water with water on three sides is called a 
a)
continent
b)
island
c)
peninsula
d)
isthmus
6.
Greece is in which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
Asia
7.

Which of the following is NOT an objective of Greek Mythology?

a)

Explain things found in nature

b)

Provide a path for salvation (getting into heaven)

c)

Explain human qualities

d)

Explain life events

8.

Greek goddess of wisdom and the namesake of Athens.

a)

Artemis

b)

Diana

c)

Juno

d)

Athena

9.

Why did people seek out the oracle of Delphi at the Temple of Apollo?

a)

To ask them questions about the future.

b)

To sacrifice animals to the god of the underworld

c)

To prepare for the Olympics

d)

For an ally in their fight against the Persians.

10.
Wife of Zeus; goddess of marriage
a)
Athena
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Persephone
11.

God of Prophecy, Music, Healing and Light; plays the lyre

a)

Poseidon

b)

Zeus

c)

Hermes

d)

Apollo

12.

What was the great event for the gods in the beginning?

a)

Izanami and Izanagi had a baby

b)

The 2 youngest gods got married

c)

Izanami got himself a babymamma

d)

Izanami married Izanagi even though she already had a baby

e)

Izanami and Izanagi found a baby and adopted it

13.

How did Izanami react to his babie's birth?

a)

He cut him into 8 pieces with his sword

b)

He put the baby together with his magic

c)

He was glad because he had a baby made of fire

d)

He was sad because his wife died

14.

Why couldn't Izanagi return back to the land of the living?

a)

She could not return because she had already eaten food from the dead

b)

She could not because she was made of shadows now

c)

Izanagi had fallen in love with someone else

d)

Izanagi was not allowed to leave

15.
Scientists rejected the Theory of Continental Drift at first because
a)
they couldn't understand his theory
b)
Pangaea happened so long ago
c)
Alfred Wegener was a meteorologist
d)
convection currents were unknown
16.

Which of the following is a quantitative observation?

a)

The bird is very colorful.

b)

The bird has four different colors.

c)

The bird has many, many feathers.

d)

It is a bird.

17.

Also called empirical evidence, what do you collect as part of an experiment and analyze as part of the next step?

a)

observations

b)

data

c)

variables

d)

hypothesis

18.
Equation of a Circle
a)
(x - h)2 + (y - k)2 = r2
b)
x - h + (y - k)2 = r
c)
(x - h)2 + (y + k)2 = r2
19.
Equation of a Line
a)
y = mx + b
b)
l = mb + x
c)
y = mb + x
20.
Area of a Triangle
a)
A=bh⁄2
b)
A=b+h
c)
A=bxhx2