7th Grade 1st Semester Review

Question 1

How is water an environmental concern in South Asia

Accepted Answer

farmers use wasteful irrigation methods, its wasted in cities due to old, leaky distribution pipes, its polluted by runoff from factories, fertilizers, & sewage, climate can bring water shortages due to dry seasons

Question 2

What group of people are known for their strong mountain climbing skills?

Accepted Answer

Sherpa

Question 3

Which is a negative of U.K. influence?

Accepted Answer

taxed the poor heavily, created cheap goods that flooded the markets, forced to adapt to their culture

Question 4

What are the 2 early civilizations that developed near the Middle East

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

Question 5

After King David's rule, why did the Jews leave their homelands?

Accepted Answer

they were conquered and forced to leave their homeland

Question 6

Which best explains how Earth gets its seasons?

Accepted Answer

the 23 1/2 degree tilt has toward the sun

Question 7

Where does 40% of India’s population live?

Accepted Answer

Ganges Plain

Question 8

Which best explains how air pollution is a concern in South Asia

Accepted Answer

allows less sunlight in impacting climate and rain patterns, number of cars have risen rapidly, brown cloud of chemicals, ash,dust has formed over ocean, breathing problems have developed due to burning of wood

Question 9

What acted as a trading route into the area and also allowed armies to march into India?

Accepted Answer

Khyber Pass

Question 10

Where are Christians dominant in the Middle East

Accepted Answer

Armenia and Georgia

Question 11

How does Earth provide us with a constant water supply?

Accepted Answer

the water cycle turns salt water into freshwater

Question 12

Describe the impact that religious beliefs have on a person's diet in South Asia

Accepted Answer

Hindu's don't eat beef, Muslims don't eat pork

Question 13

Maldives consists of hundreds of

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 14

What empire ruled when Jesus was crucified?

Accepted Answer

Roman

Question 15

How has Pakistan and the U.S. governments worked together?

Accepted Answer

helped fight the Taliban in Pakistan, worked together to fight terrorism

Question 16

According the Jewish belief, Jews are descendants from

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 17

Explain how the subcontinent of South Asia was formed

Accepted Answer

the plate drifted away from Africa and collided with Asia

Question 18

Why do people live in clusters?

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 19

Judaism was first practiced by a small group of people known as

Accepted Answer

Israelites

Question 20

Which is not a Hindu belief

Accepted Answer

Jesus and Muhammad were prophets from God

Question 21

How do people escape poverty in Pakistan?

Accepted Answer

find a job in another country and send the money back

Question 22

What river is holy to Hindus?

Accepted Answer

Ganges

Question 23

Who led Israelite's from Egypt & into Mt Sinai receiving God's laws

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 24

South Asia is home to what percent of the world’s population?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 25

Which best explains why deforestation is an environmental concern in S. Asia

Accepted Answer

it is relied on to heat rural homes, new seeds are rarely planted leading to erosion and flooding, most of the land was clear centuries ago for a growing pop., it is cut down for building materials and for fuel

Question 26

Which is a positive of Great Britain colonization of South Asia

Accepted Answer

founded schools, introduced telegram and postal service, brought a well run governemtn, built infrastructure

Question 27

Describe the multiple types of challenges countries in South Asia’s rural areas face

Accepted Answer

lack safe drinking water and electricity, farmland is limited due to mountains and islands, limited farmland due to population of area, they use inefficient farming methods

Question 28

Describe how the varnas or caste system/jati worked

Accepted Answer

class system that people were born into, something Hindu's needed to climb to reach Brahman

Question 29

Which is not an example of the use of absolute location

Accepted Answer

giving directions to Mcdonald's from school

Question 30

Describe the impact the tsunami of 2004 had on Sri Lanka.

Accepted Answer

their fishing fleets were destroyed, over 30,000 people died, tourism was damaged

Question 31

How does cultural diffusion occur?

Accepted Answer

trade, migration, and conquest, by technology and communication devices

Question 32

What makes up a person's culture?

Accepted Answer

the type of music, art, and literature they grew up with, history, holidays, heritage, religion, language, social groups, the type of government and economy they use

Question 33

Who led India’s fight for independence?

Accepted Answer

Mohandas Ghandi

Question 34

India makes over twice as much movies than the U.S., where is India’s film industry located?

Accepted Answer

Bollywood, Mumbai

Question 35

Which is not a Buddhist belief

Accepted Answer

Ghandi is the creator of Buddhism

Question 36

The Israelite's under ____ created a kingdom in present day Israel

Accepted Answer

King David

Question 37

Why has Nepal and Bhutan been protected from outside influence?

Accepted Answer

mountains acted as a natural barrier

Question 38

The scattering of Jews is known as____. In many areas Jews were treated cruelly.

Accepted Answer

diaspora

Question 39

Which best defines what culture is

Accepted Answer

a way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs

Question 40

How is South Asia a subcontinent?

Accepted Answer

it is a large landmass that is part of a larger continent

Question 41

Who first taught about Islam?

Accepted Answer

Muhammad

Question 42

______ is the tallest mountain in the world

Accepted Answer

Mt Everest

Question 43

What rivers did Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt settle near

Accepted Answer

Tigris, Euphrates, and Nile

Question 44

Which countries are ranked in the top ten for being most populated in the world from South Asia

Accepted Answer

Bangladesh, Pakistan, India

Question 45

What were South Asia’s first two cities and what were they known for

Accepted Answer

Harappa and Mohanjo Daro

Question 46

Why are Christians declining in the Middle East

Accepted Answer

they are having less children, they are moving out of the area

Question 47

How were Egyptians protected from invaders?

Accepted Answer

natural barriers like the Sahara, Med. Sea, protected them

Question 48

Where are Jews dominant in the Middle East

Accepted Answer

Israel

Question 49

Why does outsourcing occur in India?

Accepted Answer

to save businesses money

Question 50

Which is an example of erosion occurring?

Accepted Answer

ocean waves picking up shells, an avalanch

Question 51

What is the dominant religion in the N.A., C.A., SWA?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 52

What river did Harappa and Mohenjo Daro sit on?

Accepted Answer

Indus

Question 53

How did religious conflicts create the countries Pakistan and Bangladesh

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 54

What country colonized much of South Asia?

Accepted Answer

U.K.

Question 55

How are women in Saudi Arabia put at a disadvantage?

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 56

The holiest of cities to Islam is

Accepted Answer

Mecca

Question 57

How do monsoons impact life in Bangladesh?

Accepted Answer

all the above

Question 58

Why did Ancient Egyptians rely on flooding?

Accepted Answer

to enrich the dry soil

Question 59

What separates the subcontinent of South Asia from the rest of Asia?

Accepted Answer

mountains

7th Grade 1st Semester Review

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