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World History Semester 1 Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A pyramid shaped temple used in Mesopotamia

a)

tomb

b)

irrigation

c)

ziggurat

2.

Made from copper and tin, was a stronger metal for weapons and tools

a)

obsidian

b)

bronze

c)

bedrock

3.

Egyptians believed in _____________, therefore they tried to live their lives in harmony. 

a)

afterlife

b)

pyramids

c)

ziggurats

4.

These people got food by hunting and gathering.

a)
Farmers
b)

Paleolithic 

c)
Miners
d)

Egyptians

5.

What is the Promised Land?

a)

The mountain where the 10 Commandments were given.

b)

An oasis in the Egyptian desert

c)

A land given to Abraham by God

6.

Sources are created after an event.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

First

7.

Who was Moses?

a)

He led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt

b)

Pharaoh

c)

Scribe

8.

Ten rules and laws God gave to Moses on Mt. Sinai to give the Israelites.

a)

12 Tribes

b)

10 Commandments

c)

Covenants

9.

River found in Egypt.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

10.

  The _______________ was in the highest social class in Ancient Egypt.  

a)

scribe

b)

priest

c)

pharaoh

11.

Belief in more than one god.

a)

monothesitc

b)

polytheistic

c)

neolithic

12.

means “land between the rivers”

a)

Egypt

b)

Israel

c)

Mesopotamia

13.

The years before the birth of Jesus are known as _________________or "before Christ." 

a)

BC

b)

AD

c)

AC/DC

14.

To supply water to crops

a)

domesticate

b)

irrigate

c)

farming

15.

What was the covenant God made with Abraham?

a)

To be the leader of Egypt

b)

10 Commandments

c)

To protect them if they accepted no other God and did what He asked.

16.

The remains of plant and animal life that have been preserved from an earlier time

a)

artifacts

b)

fossils

c)

bronze

17.

A Jewish religious temple where rabbis taught.

a)

ziggurat

b)

pyramid

c)

synagogue

18.

An Egyptian symbol or drawing that represents a word or sound __________.

a)

hieroglyphics 

b)

cuneiform

c)

Starbucks

19.

A triangle-shaped area of rich soil at the mouth of a river

a)

red land

b)

pyramid

c)

delta

20.

phrase that comes from the Latin language and means "in the year of the Lord."

a)

AD

b)

BC

c)

AC/DC

21.

were believed to be descended from the gods in Egypt

a)

scribes

b)

pharaohs

c)

Snoopy

22.

imaginary lines that circle the Earth pole to pole (Run North/South)

a)

Equator

b)

Latitude

c)

Longitude

23.

maps show the names and borders of countries

a)

phystical

b)

political

c)

special purpose

24.

Triangular-shaped writing used in Mesopotamia

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

cuneiform

c)

scribe

25.

Why were the people that returned to Canaan after Egypt, called the Twelve Tribes of Israel?

a)

Because only twelve groups left Egypt.

b)

They were good at math

c)

Because the family units were all descended from Jacob, Abraham’s grandson, who was also known as Israel.

26.

Since Sumerians invented _________________, they were able to create carts to carry goods.

a)

Science

b)

Plow

c)

Wheel

27.

Plant that the Egyptians used to make paper.

a)

sunflowers

b)

trees

c)

papyrus

28.

maps that show specific kinds of information

a)

special purpose

b)

locator

c)

political

29.

The first five books of the Hebrew Bible

a)

Torah

b)

sabbath

c)

synagogue

30.

The weekly day of rest for Hebrews is known as the

a)

Sabbath

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Temple

31.

a measuring line that shows the distances on a map

a)

scale

b)

wheel

c)

grid

32.

imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator (Run East/West)

a)

Prime Merdian

b)

latitude

c)

longitude