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El-Fayrouz British International College

Social Studies
Revision Booklet
Grade 9
Semester 1
1st Quarter
2023-2024

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World History
1. Choose the correct answer.
1. The species name for modern humans is ……………………..
a. Homo sapiens b. inventions

2. The Old Stone Age that lasted from about 2.5 million years
ago to 8000BC is also called…………………………………………………
a. Neolithic Age b. Paleolithic Age

3. The New Stone Age from about 8000 BC to as early as 3000

BC is also called………………………………………………..
a. Neolithic Age b. Paleolithic Age

4. …………………….is a people’s unique way of life.

a. Technology b. Culture

5. ……………………………are specially trained scientists who work

like detectives to uncover the story of prehistoric peoples.
a. Archeologists b. Paleontologists

6. ………………………is a member of a group who settled on the

Greek mainland around 2000 BC
a. Dorian b. Mycenaean
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7. ………………..is Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the

Odyssey.
a. Homer b. Mycenaean

8. …………………..is a heroic story told in the form of a long

poem.
a. Epic b. Myth

9. ……………………….is a traditional story told in the form of a

long poem.
a. Epic b. Myth

2. Decide if the sentences are true or false. Correct the

wrong ones.
1. Anthropologists study culture. ( )
…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2. Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting

animals and collecting plant foods are called hunter –
gatherers. ( )
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3. Domestication is a farming method in which people clear the

fields by cutting and burning trees and grasses, the ashes of
which serve to fertilize the soil. ( )
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3. Write the correct Term for each definition.

1. Professional record keeper ……………………………………..

2. Wedge-shaped writing developed in Sumer

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3. Time when people began using bronze

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4. Trading goods and services without money

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5. Pyramid-shaped monument; part of a temple in

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Sumer …………………………………………………
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6. Arc of rich farmland in Southwest Asia between the

Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.

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7. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

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8. Series of rulers from a single family.

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9. Belief in many gods.

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10. New ideas spreading from one culture to

another.

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11. King of Upper Egypt who united Upper and

Lower Egypt.

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12. Egyptian ruler thought of as a god.

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13. Process by which a body is preserved after

death.

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14. Government in which the ruler is considered to

be a divine figure.

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15. Plant used to make a paper-like material.

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Answer the following questions:

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1. What is slash – and – burn farming?

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Global Geography
1. Write the correct term for each of the following
definitions.
1. The study of distribution and interaction of physical

and human features on Earth.……………………………………

2. The exact place where a geographic feature is found.

…………………………………………….

3. A place in relation to other places around it.

……………………………………………

4. Imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator.

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5. Imaginary lines that go around the earth over the

poles. ……………………………………………….

6. The solid metallic center of the earth.

……………………………………..

7. A soft layer of molten rock that floats on top of the

core. ………………………………………

8. The thin layer of rock at the surface of the earth.

……………………………………….

9. A giant wave in the ocean caused by the earthquake.

……………………………

10. Violent movement of the earth caused by the

movement of the tectonic plates.

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11. An opening in the earth’s crust where magma and

gases escape.

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12. The atmosphere at a particular location and time.

……………………………….

13. Weather at a particular location over a long period of

time.

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14. Storms that form over warm, tropical ocean waters.

………………………………..

15. Powerful, funnel-shaped column of spiraling air.

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16. A long period without rain.

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17. A forest located in the tropical zone; covered with a

heavy concentration of deciduous trees.

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18. Speech patterns related to class, region, other cultural

changes. ……………………………….

19. Reasons why people migrate. …………………………………

20. A government in which an individual or group holds

complete political powers.

………………………………………

21. materials in or on the earth that have economic value

……………………………………….

2. Choose the correct answer:

1. The………………………………is the imaginary line that divides
the north and the south halves of the Earth.
a. equator
b. prime meridian
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2. ……………………..are the reasons why people migrate.

a. Birthrate
b. Push-pull factors

3. …………………………..are materials in or on the earth that have

economic value
a. Natural resources
b. Monarchy

4. ……………………….is a government in which an individual or

group holds complete political power.
a. Democracy
b. Dictatorship

5. …………………………………….is the study of distribution and

interaction of physical and human features on Earth.
a. Geography
b. History

6. …………………………….is the exact place where a geographic

feature is found.
a. relative location
b. absolute location

7. ………………………..is a place in relation to other places around

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a. relative location
b. absolute location

8. …………………………….are imaginary lines that run parallel to

the equator.
a. Longitudes
b. Latitudes

9. …………………………..are imaginary lines that go around the

earth over the poles.
a. Longitudes
b. Latitudes

10. ………………….is the solid metallic center of the earth.

a. Core
b. Mantle

11. ……………………….is a soft layer of molten rock that floats

on the top of the core.
a. Core
b. Mantle

12. ……………………………..is the thin layer of rock at the

surface of the Earth.
a. Mantle
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b. Crust
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13. ………………………….is a giant wave in the ocean caused

by the earthquake.
a. Volcano
b. Tsunami

14. ………………………….is a violent movement of the Earth

caused by the movement of the tectonic plates.
a. Earthquake
b. Volcano

15. ………………………….is an opening in the earth’s crust

where magma and gases escape.
a. Earthquake
b. Volcano

16. …………………………..is the atmosphere at a particular

location and time.
a. Weather
b. Climate

17. …………………………..is the Weather at a particular

location over a long period of time.
a. Weather
b. Climate
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18. …………………………are storms that form over warm,

tropical ocean waters.
a. Hurricanes
b. Tornadoes

19. …………………………is powerful, funnel-shaped column of

spiraling air.
a. Hurricane
b. Tornado

20. ……………………is a long period without rain.

a. Rainforest
b. Drought

21. …………………..is speech patterns related to class, region,

other cultural changes.
a. Dialect
b. Religion

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