WorksheetsMidterm Exam Review 2026
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
What would we find on a Physical Map?
What is the imaginary line found at zero degrees latitude?
Isthmus
Border
Prime Meridian
Equator
What is the imaginary line found at zero degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian
Equator
Meridians
Latitude
What continent is colored red in the picture?
South America
Australia
Europe
Africa
What continent is colored yellow in the picture?
South America
Asia
Europe
Africa
What continent is colored dark blue in the picture? (top of picture)
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Africa
What continent is colored orange in the picture?
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Africa
What continent is colored light blue in the picture? (bottom of the picture)
South America
Antarctica
Europe
Africa
What continent is colored pink in the picture?
South America
California
Europe
North America
What continent is colored green in the picture?
South America
California
Europe
North America
How do archaeologists learn about prehistoric peoples?
by studying their writing
by studying landscapes
by looking at artifacts
by studying arches
Wolves were domesticated during the Neolithic Age. Domesticate means to
make tame
make wild
make old
hunt
In the Old Stone Age, people got their food by hunting animals and
gathering roots and berries
domesticating them
farming the land
selling the food they grew
In the New Stone Age, it was the first time people began to _____________.
text
hunt
farm
gather
There was a food surplus during the New Stone Age because people began to
hunt animals
shop on Amazon
grow plants
migrate
People in the Old Stone Age attained food by being
hunters and gatherers
farmers and gatherers
fishermen and farmers
hunters and farmers
Another word for farming is
grazing
barter
agriculture
specialize
Early people had to migrate because
they had to follow their food source to survive
the were searching for a place to settle down
they were farmers moving their farms to better climates
they anted to move from Asia to North America
Prehistory can be divided into two parts:
the Old Stone Age and the Ice Age
the Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age
the Old Stone Age and the Paleolithic Age
the New Stone Age and the Agricultural Revolution
When studying prehistoric people, cave drawings allow archaeologists to:
speculate about daily life
understand spoken language
interpret written records
study farming techniques
What is another name for the Land Bridge?
New Stone Age
Bering Strait
Pangea
Beringia
The land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is known as
Mesopotamia
North America
Wetlands
Norway
The main purpose of Hammurabi's Code was to
make sure everyone in his empire knew the law
punish his enemies
conquer and rule new empires
encourage new trade
Hammurabi's laws were created to show:
there is no difference between criminal and civil law
all members of society, even the rich and powerful must obey the law and deal with consequence
the meaning of the law may be different in different parts of the empire
The belief in one God is
polytheism
monotheism
cubism
patriotism
Another name for the first five books of the Hebrew bible is
Torah
Exodus
Koran
Genesis
What did the Sumerians use to get water from the rivers to their fields?
a hose
buckets
irrigation
levees
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
land before time
land off in the distance
land of the Middle East
land between two rivers
Hammurabi was __________________________ greatest king.
Israel's
Babylon's
Assyria's
Egypt's
The Sumerians gave us....
cuneiform
the alphabet
282 laws
the battering ram and leather boots
The Nile River
begins in Ethiopia and the Sudan and flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
begins in Egypt and flows south to the Sudan
connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea
flows north through the Nubian desert and into the Red Sea
The Nile River is
the shortest river in the world
the longest river in the world
the deepest river in the world
the widest river in the world
What did the farmers do during the flood season?
they helped build pyramids
they grew rice
they built and sold boats
they joined the army
The purpose of (or reason for) the pyramids was
to store food
to be a temple for their gods
to be a burial place for the Pharoah
This type of writing is called
cuneiform
calligraphy
hieroglyphics
pictographs
Who was in charge in Ancient Egypt?
Scribes
Priests
Farmers
Pharaoh
Egyptian (a) used hieroglyphics to write on papyrus.
