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Semester One Exam Review
Location can be:
Flooding of rivers resulted in:
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Flooding of rivers resulted in:
silt being left behind to improve the soil
silt killing all life forms
diseases that killed everyone
isolation
2
Location can be:
Absolute or unmoving
Relative or changeable
Absolute or relative
Relative or systematic
3
A sarcophagus is used to:
Store food
House a mummified body
Keep animals healthy
Play music
4
An artifact is made by:
Human Hands
Aliens
Animals
Machines
5
What did Hammuarbi create to help unite his people?
invited restaurants to open in his empire
built roads and a post office
made everyone join the military
gave away free necklaces to citizens
6
Dividing up the work among people helped early communities in what way?
People all did one job
People started to die
People developed a variety of skills
People ran away
7
Khufu declared himself:
A President
A god
An animal lover
A mummy
8
Which of these leaders of empires came first?
Nolan
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
9
Sumerian wedge shaped writing is:
cursive
cuneiform
unreadable
hieroglyphics
10
Pharaoh Khufu spent his reign encouraging:
building
trade
war
marriages
11
Why would Nebuchadnezzar build two walls, some towers, and a moat around his capital?
to protect the city from attacks
to show off his building skills
to lure animals to his city
to isolate his people
12
When writing Latitude and Longitude coordinates, which comes first?
latitude
longitude
either
multiples of three
13
The Nile River delta feeds into the:
Western Ghats
Deccan Plateau
Mediterranean Sea
Tigris River
14
One animal that was domesticated mainly for meat and milk was the-
mule
ostrich
pigeon
goat
15
All Mesopotamian empires had trouble with:
building houses
trading with others
controlling large areas of land
choosing strong leaders
16
The Book of the Dead included:
Songs and prayers to help the deceased get to the afterlife
Animal information
Crops and agricultural information
Literature and plays
17
Culture is a person's:
Life Span
Food supply
Unique way of life
Language only
18
The Akh is:
Bird-like part of the spirit
Supernatural part of the spirit judged in the Hall of Judgement
Language of ancient Egyptians
West of Egypt in the desert
19
Paleolithic Age=
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
No Stone Age
Iron Age
20
I will make an ___ on this exam!
A
A
A
A
21
In Ancient Egypt, the ka represented a person’s:
lifeforms
spiritual double
mummies
bird-like spirit
22
Longitude can only be measured in:
N or S
Minutes and seconds
NE or NE
E or W
23
I will study ____ for this exam:
study?
air
notes, maps, text and all class resources
only my notes from Q2
24
_____ is a cardinal direction:
Peace
Northwest
Justice
North
25
Neolithic Age =
Old Stone Age
Flower Age
Bronze Age
New Stone Age
26
The main idea behind mummification was:
to fill the body with chemicals
to allow the body to decay naturally
to remove blood from the body
to remove all fluids from the body to prevent decay
27
Geography is the study of:
Mountains and streams only
Humans
People and the environment
Volcanoes, monsoons and weather
28
Latitude describes:
distance from the prime meridian measured in degrees
distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees
distance from the prime meridian measures on a compass
distance from the equator measured only in hours
29
How weather affects clothing and shelter is ___ element of geography?
Environment and Society
Human Systems
Uses of Geography
Relative Location
30
Akkadians used steles to:
record important events
plow land
eat
communicate with Floridians
31
Worship of more than one god is known as:
monotheism
polytheism
multiples
double worship
32
Which geographic features most influenced early settlements in India?
mountains and deserts
oceans and ports
rivers and plains
plateaus and trenches
33
Longitude describes:
distance from the prime meridian in only hours
distance E or W from the prime meridian measured in degrees
distance from the equator measured in angles
distance from the equator N or S measured in linear functions
34
Which one of these inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?
chariot
arch
wheel
plow
35
Building a highway is an example of the ___ element of geography
Human Systems
Absolute Location
Places and Regions
Uses of Geography
36
The Nile flows:
North to South
South to North
East to West
West to East
37
Latitude can only be measured in:
NW or NE
SW or SE
E or W
N or S
38
Why do social scientists believe Early Man used handprints in cave art?
To go North
To sign their paintings
To explain scientific ideas
To scare away invaders
39
The Tigris and Euphrates flooded:
42 times a year
unpredictably
predictably
in August
40
The most important environmental factor is . . .
fire
water
topography
vegetation
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Why did pharaohs build pyramids?
As a tomb for eternal life
For beauty only
Slave quarters
For Food Supplies
42
Seven characteristics of civilization in Sumer include:
Stable Food Supply
No writing
Kings
Water
43
Species name for modern humans --
Home Sapiens
Homo Erectus
Neanderthal
Homo Habilis
44
Ramses II is known best for:
sending mail
electing governors throughout Egypt
signing the first peace treaty
moving to Athens
45
There are ___ cardinal directions
1
3
2
4
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In the Neolithic Revolution, there was a shift from food-gathering to:
grocery stores
food sales
food producing
food destruction
47
A ziggurat was used for:
Food
Animals
Religious purposes
Watering plants
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Technology =
knowledge, tools and inventions to meet needs
Animal life cycles
Only Computers
Books, magazines and lectures on computer technology
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Mesopotamia means:
No rivers
Rocky soil
The Himalayas
Land between two rivers
