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Midterm Exam Review 2026

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is geography?
a)
the study of Earth
b)
the study of fossils
c)
the study of people
d)
the study of history
2.
We live on which continent?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
3.

What would we find on a Physical Map?

a)
mountains, hills, plains, plateaus, rivers
b)
symbols
c)
natural resources
d)
things you can see
4.
What are pieces of land surrounded by water on three sides?
a)
Island
b)
Hill
c)
Gulf
d)
Peninsula
5.
Which number represents the Pacific Ocean?
a)
7
b)
2
c)
4
d)
9
6.
Which number represents the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
7
b)
2
c)
4
d)
9
7.

What is the imaginary line found at zero degrees latitude?

a)

Isthmus

b)

Border

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

8.

What is the imaginary line found at zero degrees longitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Meridians

d)

Latitude

9.

What continent is colored red in the picture?

a)

South America

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

10.

What continent is colored yellow in the picture?

a)

South America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

11.

What continent is colored dark blue in the picture? (top of picture)

a)

South America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

12.

What continent is colored orange in the picture?

a)

South America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

13.

What continent is colored light blue in the picture? (bottom of the picture)

a)

South America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

14.

What continent is colored pink in the picture?

a)

South America

b)

California

c)

Europe

d)

North America

15.

What continent is colored green in the picture?

a)

South America

b)

California

c)

Europe

d)

North America

16.

How do archaeologists learn about prehistoric peoples?

a)

by studying their writing

b)

by studying landscapes

c)

by looking at artifacts

d)

by studying arches

17.

Wolves were domesticated during the Neolithic Age. Domesticate means to

a)

make tame

b)

make wild

c)

make old

d)

hunt

18.

In the Old Stone Age, people got their food by hunting animals and

a)

gathering roots and berries

b)

domesticating them

c)

farming the land

d)

selling the food they grew

19.

In the New Stone Age, it was the first time people began to _____________.

a)

text

b)

hunt

c)

farm

d)

gather

20.

There was a food surplus during the New Stone Age because people began to

a)

hunt animals

b)

shop on Amazon

c)

grow plants

d)

migrate

21.

People in the Old Stone Age attained food by being

a)

hunters and gatherers

b)

farmers and gatherers

c)

fishermen and farmers

d)

hunters and farmers

22.

Another word for farming is

a)

grazing

b)

barter

c)

agriculture

d)

specialize

23.

Early people had to migrate because

a)

they had to follow their food source to survive

b)

the were searching for a place to settle down

c)

they were farmers moving their farms to better climates

d)

they anted to move from Asia to North America

24.

Prehistory can be divided into two parts:

a)

the Old Stone Age and the Ice Age

b)

the Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age

c)

the Old Stone Age and the Paleolithic Age

d)

the New Stone Age and the Agricultural Revolution

25.

When studying prehistoric people, cave drawings allow archaeologists to:

a)

speculate about daily life

b)

understand spoken language

c)

interpret written records

d)

study farming techniques

26.

What is another name for the Land Bridge?

a)

New Stone Age

b)

Bering Strait

c)

Pangea

d)

Beringia

27.

The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is known as

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

North America

c)

Wetlands

d)

Norway

28.

The main purpose of Hammurabi's Code was to

a)

make sure everyone in his empire knew the law

b)

punish his enemies

c)

conquer and rule new empires

d)

encourage new trade

29.

Hammurabi's laws were created to show:

a)

there is no difference between criminal and civil law

b)

all members of society, even the rich and powerful must obey the law and deal with consequence

c)

the meaning of the law may be different in different parts of the empire

30.

The belief in one God is

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

cubism

d)

patriotism

31.

Another name for the first five books of the Hebrew bible is

a)

Torah

b)

Exodus

c)

Koran

d)

Genesis

32.

What did the Sumerians use to get water from the rivers to their fields?

a)

a hose

b)

buckets

c)

irrigation

d)

levees

33.

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

a)

land before time

b)

land off in the distance

c)

land of the Middle East

d)

land between two rivers

34.

Hammurabi was __________________________ greatest king.

a)

Israel's

b)

Babylon's

c)

Assyria's

d)

Egypt's

35.

The Sumerians gave us....

a)

cuneiform

b)

the alphabet

c)

282 laws

d)

the battering ram and leather boots

36.

The Nile River

a)

begins in Ethiopia and the Sudan and flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.

b)

begins in Egypt and flows south to the Sudan

c)

connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea

d)

flows north through the Nubian desert and into the Red Sea

37.

The Nile River is

a)

the shortest river in the world

b)

the longest river in the world

c)

the deepest river in the world

d)

the widest river in the world

38.

What did the farmers do during the flood season?

a)

they helped build pyramids

b)

they grew rice

c)

they built and sold boats

d)

they joined the army

39.

The purpose of (or reason for) the pyramids was

a)

to store food

b)

to be a temple for their gods

c)

to be a burial place for the Pharoah

40.

This type of writing is called

a)

cuneiform

b)

calligraphy

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

pictographs

41.

Who was in charge in Ancient Egypt?

a)

Scribes

b)

Priests

c)

Farmers

d)

Pharaoh

42.

Egyptian (a)   used hieroglyphics to write on papyrus.