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Test Description: Semester I final review of early civilizations
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is a human characteristic of a place?
A
language
B
landforms
C
climate
D
vegetation
2) Which theme of geography studies how and why places are similar to other places?
A
location
B
human environment interaction
C
region
D
place
3) How was the Great Rift Valley formed?
A
Glaciers cut deep into the Earth’s crust.
B
Meteor struck Earth, causing a large crater to form.
C
Tectonic plates separated, causing the rift to form.
D
People used shovels to dig out the valley. hy
4) Why is the area around the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile called the Fertile Crescent?
A
because the Sumerians planted flowers along the river banks, which grew to cover the region.
B
because several seasons of good rain helped bring many years of successful harvests.
C
because the desert protected it from invaders, allowing the population to grow.
D
because proximity to the rivers made the land perfect for farming.
5) Government led by religious leaders
A
theocracy
B
republic
C
democracy
D
communism
6) What civilization developed a way to preserve the bodies of their dead into mummies
A
Nile River Valley
B
Mesopotamia
C
Tigris Euphrates River Valley
D
Indus River Valley
7) Egypt was located about what river?
A
Euphrates
B
Nile
C
Indus
D
Tigris
8) What role did Ancient Egyptians have in the development of theocracy?
A
They thought their ruler should be the oldest person in the land.
B
They were the first to require their ruler to lead the military in battle.
C
They wanted other governments to have the same type of rulers.
D
They were the first to consider their ruler to be a god.
9) Which of these is a characteristic of a nomadic people?
A
They travel from location to location rather than settling in one place.
B
They are expert architects and build intricately planned cities.
C
They fish in the ocean and create trading empires to sell their catch.
D
They gather enormous armies and place a high value on military training.
10) What are the two reasons why people settled along rivers?
A
math and arithmetic
B
hunting and gathering
C
reading and writing
D
survival and trade
11) What was the code of laws that provided structure and order in ancient Babylon?
A
Confucianism
B
Babylonian Code
C
Ten Commandments
D
Hammurabi's Code
12) Which of the following could define a physical region?
A
political borders
B
a religion
C
a mountain range
D
a language
13) What resources led to the development of the early civilizations?
A
Fertile Farmland and Deserts
B
Rivers and Fertile Farmland
C
Mountains and Rivers
D
Mountains and Deserts
14) Which of the following is an example of modifying the environment?
A
city planners constructing highways and buildings
B
residents of Chicago wearing heavy coats in the winter
C
a student describing the absolute location of Chicago
D
ancient Egyptian farmers waiting for the Nile to flood
15) What was the form of writing developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia?
A
Cuneiform
B
Caligraphy
C
Heiroglypics
D
Greek
16) What did the Nile and Indus River Valley depend on to grow crops in fertile soil?
A
Famines
B
Errosion
C
Floods
D
Monsoons
17) When a group of people share a way of life with similar beliefs and customs is called....
A
Cultural Hearth
B
Culture
C
Cultural Diffusion
D
Domestication
18) When culture spreads from one place to another is called...
A
Culture
B
Domestication
C
Cultural Diffusion
D
Cultural Hearth
19) What were the large architectural features built like step pyramids with a temple on top for the city-state's god.
A
Great Pyramid
B
Great Wall
C
Sphinx
D
Ziggurat
20) People depend on the environment for ________.
A
food, clothing and shelter
B
gold, politics and shelter
C
food, language and region
D
clothing, culture and politics
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