WorksheetsSemester Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Over many centuries, the ______________ divided Indian society into groups based on a person’s birth, wealth, or occupation. Though varnas were not based on birth, eventually they merged with birth-based jatis. At one time, some 3,000 separate ___________ existed in India.
a)
Brahmin system, Brahmins
b)
caste system, castes
c)
jatis system, jatis
d)
varnas system, varnas
2.
What is a large group of islands called?
a)
archipelago
b)
peninsula
c)
plateau
d)
tsunami
3.
According to the domino theory, if one country fell to communism, other countries nearby would follow like falling dominoes.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Mansa Musa, the ruler of Mali, took a hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca. He took around 60,000 people, mostly servants and slaves. He gave out huge amounts of gold (more than $100 million today). What was not a result from this journey?
a)
It attracted the attention of the Muslim world and of Europe
b)
His spending made people eager to find the source of such wealth.
c)
He ruined Mali's trading power with other kingdoms.
d)
Within 200 years, European explorers would arrive on the shores of western Africa.
5.
Much of the mainland has a ___________________ climate. The islands and the Malay Peninsula mainly have a __________________ climate.
a)
highland, humid subtropical
b)
humid subtropical, highland
c)
humid tropical, tropical savanna
d)
tropical savanna, humid tropical
6.
South of the Sahara Desert is the semiarid Sahel. The Sahel has enough vegetation to support hardy grazing animals. However, the Sahel is becoming more like the Sahara. What is this process called? What is a reason for it happening, considering the picture below?
a)
Desertification is the spread of jungle-like conditions. Animals put back nitrogen into the soil, allowing plants to grow. With more plants spreading, the desert is slowly removed.
b)
Desertification is the abandonment of agricultural livestock. Animals are left unattended. Without proper care, the animals cannot survive.
c)
Desertification is the spread of desert-like conditions. Animal overgrazing removes plants. Without the plants to anchor the soil, the wind spreads the soil continually.
d)
Desertification is the use of agricultural livestock to remove desert conditions. Animals provide methane back into the ground, allowing natural fertilizer to grow plants at a rapid rate.
7.
North Korean companies are among the world’s leading manufacturers of cars, electronic motors, video games and consoles, and video recording equipment.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
During World War II, the Americans dropped devastating atomic bombs on two Japanese cities, _______________________________.
a)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b)
Hiroshima and Tokyo
c)
Solomon Islands and Tokyo
d)
Tokyo and Nagasaki
9.
Where does China receive the most rainfall?
a)
Northeast China
b)
Northwest China
c)
Southeast China
d)
Southwest China
10.
Many Aborigines believe that playing the _______________ is one way to recall the mysteries of the “______________.” This Aboriginal philosophy encompasses the beginning of time, the present, and the distant future.
a)
Bullroarer, Dreamscape
b)
Clapsticks, Dream state
c)
Didgeridoo, Dreamtime
d)
Gum Leaf, Dreaming
11.
______________, ruler of the Mongol Empire, completed the conquest of China and in 1279 declared himself emperor of China. This began the _________ dynasty, a period that some people also call the Mongol Ascendancy.
a)
Kublai Khan, Ming
b)
Genghis Khan, Ming
c)
Kublai Khan, Yuan
d)
Genghis Khan, Yuan
12.
When a country exports more goods than it imports
a)
export surplus
b)
tariff
c)
tariff deficit
d)
trade surplus
13.
The increase in the percentage of people who live in cities
a)
populism
b)
populization
c)
urbanism
d)
urbanization
14.
In 1994, Rwanda experienced ethnic violence between two groups: the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutus were the poorer majority, while the Tutsis were the more wealthy minority. The Hutus sought out and systematically killed Tutsis. What is this process called and how is it defined?
a)
Conflict, it is the mutual violence between to groups.
b)
Genocide, it is the intentional destruction of a people.
c)
Holocaust, it is the intentional destruction of a people.
d)
Immigration, it is the willing choice of a person to go elsewhere.
15.
The voyages that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies:
a)
European Voyage
b)
Middle Trade Route
c)
Middle Passage
d)
The Silk Road
16.
In 1989 more than 100,000 _________________ protestors gathered in Tiananmen Square in ____________, China’s capital. The protestors demanded more political rights and freedoms and refused to leave the square.
a)
pro-activist, Shanghai
b)
pro-democracy, Beijing
c)
pro-capitalist, Hong Kong
d)
pro-communist, Wuhan
17.
A great teacher of the ___________ dynasty was _________________. His teachings were collected in a book called The Analects.
a)
Shang, Laozi
b)
Zhou, Confucius
c)
Qin, Laozi
d)
Han, Confucius
18.
People in the Indian Subcontinent practice mostly which religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Islam
d)
Sikhism
19.
______________ occur when an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or other event causes seawater to move in huge waves.
a)
Monsoons
b)
Tectonics
c)
Tsunamis
d)
Typhoon
20.
_____________ occur when an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or other event causes seawater to move in huge waves. The majority occur in the Pacific Ocean because of the region’s many earthquakes.
a)
Monsoons
b)
Samurai
c)
Tsunamis
d)
Typhoons
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