SAQR AMERICAN BRITISH SCHOOL

MID-TERM EXAMINATION 2020/2021 SESSION

CLASS: GRADE: 7 SUBJECT: History TIME ALLOWED: 45minutes

TEACHERS NAME: Ms.Taqwa Taweel DATE: 17th NOV 2020 TOTAL MARKS: 20

Q1/ True or false: ( 7 Marks )

1. Earth always gives its secrets easily ( )
2. As years pass, the size of the human skull grew larger and the human intelligence decreased ( )
3. The pictures drawn on caves walls were never colored ( )
4. In stone age both men and women were busy working In farms ( )
5. The stone age ended when people discovered stone ( )
6. The knowledge of metalworking spread from Egypt to Europe ( )
7. The Babylonians were very cleaver people ( )

Q2/ Fill in the gaps: ( 3 Marks )

1. Farming produced more food supply than ………………………….
2. human beings belong to the animal family know as ……………………..
3. About …………………………. Years ago people started using wood to make handles
4. The way of getting water on to the fields is called ………………………………….
5. Heavy rain during the wet season led to ………………………………
6. the land between rivers was called Mesopotamia and now it’s called …………………………..

Q3/ Answer the following questions : (10 Marks )

1. who are the archeologists ?how do they find their discoveries ?
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2. what did Mary and Louis find ?
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3. what were the first tools made of ?
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4. why human throat sounds are more varied than animals’ sounds ?
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5. what did both hunters and farmers use animals for ?
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6. What did farmers need to do in order to plant crops at the right time ?
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7. why the area of the (Fertile crescent ) was called by this name ?
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8. who destroyed the second Babylon empire ?
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9. What did the Hittites discover ?
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10. why writing was important for the Sumerians?
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