Multiple Choice Quiz

Know the Five Themes of Geography!

Key phrases that connect with the one of the five themes of geography.

1. rivers flowing 10. depend, adapt, and modify the environment  

a. region a. human and environmental interaction
b. location b. region
c. movement c. place
d. place d. movement
2. wind patterns   11. clothing, shelter, agriculture, population  
a. location a. location
b. movement b. human and environmental interaction
c. region c. movement
d. human and environmental interaction d. region
3. address   12. way of life  
a. location a. region
b. place b. human and environmental interaction
c. human and environmental interaction c. location
d. region d. place
4. Where is it?   13. share a common characteristic or a set of
a. region characterisitcs  
b. movement a. location
c. place b. place
d. location c. region
5. climate, landforms, bodies of water, plant life, d. human and environmental interaction
animal life   14. moving people, good and ideas  
a. location a. region
b. movement b. movement
c. human and environmental interaction c. place
d. place d. location
6. unifying characteristics (alike/similar)   15. latitude and longitude  
a. human and environmental interaction a. human and environmental interaction
b. location b. location
c. region c. movement
d. movement d. region
7. raising crops   16. goods, people, ideas  
a. location a. location
b. human and environmental interaction b. place
c. movement c. movement
d. region d. region
8. Los Angeles is located in southern California.   17. transportation and communication  
a. human and environmental interaction a. movement
b. place b. location
c. region c. place
d. location d. region
9. continents, hemispheres, oceans, biomes   18. buildings, irrigation, shopping, farming, language  
a. location a. place
b. place b. location
c. movement c. movement
d. region d. region

19. What's it like?  

a. place
b. location
 c. human and environmental interaction
d. movement
20. maps  
a. place
b. human and environmental interaction
c. location
d. movement

The Beginnings of Human Society

Circle the letter next to the response that best answers the question.

1. The first domesticated animals may have been 9. Pastoral nomads travel from place to place to
a. camels. a. find good places to grow food.
b. dogs. b. find food for their animals.
c. sheep. c. find good places to establish trade routes.
d. donkeys. d. avoid having to fight with their enemies.
2. In the New Stone Age, people began to 10. Fertile soil
a. use fire to ward off large, dangerous animals. a. has an abundance of rainwater.
b. grow their own food. b. naturally contains lots of healthy seeds.
c. make tools. c. has substances that plants need for growth.
d. mine ore. d. is usually found in shady areas.
3. Which of the following is true about oral traditions? 11. The frozen body of the Iceman was found
a. They were never written down. a. on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa.
b. They tell about what was important in a b. in the Himalayas.
society. c. in the Alps.
c. They are historically accurate. d. in the Andes.
d. They no longer exist. 12. Where were early cities most likely to develop?
4. To understand societies that existed in the past, a. in protected mountain areas
historians study b. near large rivers
a. cave paintings. c. on open plains where it was easy to see
b. bones and tools. enemies from a distance
c. written records. d. where the climate was warmest
d. fossils. 13. Kings, priests, military officers, merchants, artisans,
5. An artisan is someone who and slaves are all examples of people from different
a. paints portraits for a living. a. societies.
b. is especially good at whatever he or she does. b. cultures.
c. makes things like baskets or pottery by hand. c. traditions.
d. is crafty in business dealings. d. social classes.
6. In some areas of the world, Old Stone Age societies 14. Scientists believe modern humans originated more
existed than 100,000 years ago in
a. into the first century. a. Asia.
b. until a.d. 1000. b. Northern Europe.
c. until 2500 B.C. c. Africa.
d. into the 1900s. d. Australia.
7. Systems of writing were developed about 5,000 15. Cities formed governments to
years ago by people in Southwest Asia and a. keep order and provide services.
a. Africa. b. ensure that all people were treated equally.
b. the Americas. c. develop occupations for people to keep people
c. Europe. employed.
d. Japan. d. keep track of who was moving into the city.
8. Ideas and information spread from city to city 16. Geography refers to climate, landscape, and
through a. population.
a. universities. b. location.
b. people who were taken captive. c. culture.
c. trade. d. food supply.
d. invasions by armies. 17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
 a. Having surplus food meant that families could 19. Archaeologists use all of the following to study
be larger. prehistoric cultures EXCEPT
b. Having surplus food meant that some people a. writing on stone.
could do work other than farming. b. bones.
c. Having surplus food meant that food could be c. tools.
stored. d. spear points.
d. Having surplus food meant that crops did not 20. The first metal used by Europeans was
need to be planted every year. a. brass.
18. Prehistory is the time before humans b. copper.
a. appeared on Earth. c. iron.
b. began to use tools. d. steel.
c. began to farm.
d. invented writing.

The Fertile Crescent

1. The Israelites united under their first king, named d. that rulers were to be seen as gods.
a. Saul. 7. Which of the following was NOT true of a city-state
b. Solomon. in Mesopotamia?
c. David. a. It has its own culture and language.
d. Moses. b. It has its own government.
2. Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's c. It has its own traditions.
Code? d. It has its own laws.
a. It laid out the punishments for breaking different 8. Moses led the Israelites out of
laws. a. Caanan.
b. It was written down. b. Assyria.
c. It was applied in the same way to all people. c. the Jordan River valley.
d. A person was guilty even if he or she d. Egypt.
accidentally broke a law. 9. Which of the following made Babylon rich?
3. "An eye for an eye" was the basis for a. spices
a. the Ten Commandments. b. its road system
b. the Assyrian army's conquests. c. trade
c. all written codes. d. advances in science and mathematics
d. Hammurabi's Code. 10. When the Romans drove the Israelites away from
4. The alphabet used in the United States is based on one their homeland, they scattered all over the world. This is
created by the known as the
a. Phoenicians. a. Exodus.
b. Hebrews. b. Covenant.
c. Assyrians. c. Passover.
d. Sumerians. d. Diaspora.
11. A ziggurat was a
a. shrine.
b. temple.
5. The biggest and most important Mesopotamian c. city's god or goddess.
civilizations were the empires of Assyria and d. ramp.
a. Nineveh. 12. Scribes in Sumeria were
b. Mari. a. teachers.
c. Babylonia. b. professional writers.
d. Sumer. c. accountants.
6. The Torah set out many laws for the Israelites d. religious leaders.
including 13. Which of the following was a ruler of Mesopotamia?
a. equal treatment for men and women. a. Urartu
b. how food should be prepared. b. Moses
c. that children could not be sold into marriage. c. Zikirtu
 d. Sargon II 18. Who taught the Hebrew people to practice
14. Sumer was located in Mesopotamia, which means monotheism?
a. desert city. a. Moses
b. green valley. b. Solomon
c. land between two rivers. c. Abraham
d. land of plenty. d. David
15. Cuneiform is a 19. Which of the following cities was famous for its
a. group of wedges and lines that can represent snails that produced purple dye?
different languages. a. Nineveh
b. special type of clay used by scribes. b. Sidon
c. language used by military scribes. c. Babylon
d. way to organize laws. d. Tyre
16. Israelite religious beliefs became 20. When was writing developed in Mesopotamia?
a. polytheistic. a. about 2500 B.C.
b. the religion of Egypt. b. about 3100 B.C.
c. Judaism. c. about 1000 B.C.
d. mingled with Hammurabi's Code. d. about 500 B.C.
17. What was Nineveh famous for?
a. its army
b. its library
c. its city walls
d. its bazaars

ANSWERS

1. dogs. 12. near large rivers

2. grow their own food. 13. social classes.
3. They tell about what was important in a society. 14. Africa.
4. written records. 15. keep order and provide services.
5. makes things like baskets or pottery by hand. 16. location.
6. into the 1900s. 17. Having surplus food meant that crops did not need
7. Africa. to be planted every year.
8. trade. 18. invented writing.
9. find food for their animals. 19. writing on stone.
10. has substances that plants need for growth. 20. copper.
11. in the Alps.
1. movement 11. human and environmental interaction
2. movement 12. human and environmental interaction
3. location 13. region
4. location 14. region
5. place 15. location
6. region 16. movement
7. human and environmental interaction 17. movement
8. location 18. place
9. region 19. place
10. human and environmental interaction 20. location

1. Saul.
2. It was applied in the same way to all people.
3. Hammurabi's Code.
4. Phoenicians.
5. Babylonia.
6. how food should be prepared.
7. It has its own culture and language.
8. Egypt.
9. trade
10. Diaspora.
11. temple.
12. professional writers.
13. Sargon II
14. land between two rivers.
15. group of wedges and lines that can represent different languages.
16. Judaism.
17. its library
18. Abraham
19. Tyre
20. about 3100 B.C.