Name: Period: TEST A Social Studies: The World (End of the Year TEST) Map and Globe Skills: Label the continents and oceans on the lines below the map. 1 11 3 4 5 8 2 9 10 8 6 7 1. 8. 2. 9. 3. 10. 4. 11. 5. 6. 7. 12. There are seven continents on our planet. What continent do you live on? 13. There are about 192 countries in the world. What country do you live in? 14. There are 50 states within your country. What state do you live in?
15. On the map below, color in the state where you currently live. (Just use your No. 2 pencil for this.) Map Skills: Label the compass rose with all eight cardinal and intermediate directions. 16. 23. 17. 22. 18. 21. 19. 20.
Chart and Graph Skills: Use the time lines below to help you answer questions 24-26. 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 years ago years ago years ago years ago years ago years ago years ago 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 years ago years ago years ago years ago years ago years ago years ago 24. How many years are represented on the time lines? 25. During which Stone Age were the cave paintings in Lascaux, France produced? Stone Age 26. The Old Stone Age ended about years ago. Map and Globe Skills: Use the map below to help you answer questions 27-29. 27. What is the name of the parallel imaginary lines that extend east and west on a map? 28. What is the name of the imaginary lines that extend north and south on a map? 29. You would be vacationing in which country, at the coordinates 10 S and 75 W?
30. What kind of map is this? A. physical map B. political map C. time zone map D. road map 31. What kind of map is this? A. physical map B. political map C. time zone map D. road map 32. In what time zone is Illinois? 33. If it is 3:00 p.m. where you live, what time is it in the Eastern Time zone?
Chart and Graph Skills: Use the graphs below to answer questions 34-36. Bars indicate Temperature Lines indicate Precipitation 34. What do the bars on the climographs above show? 35. In which month does Hong Kong get the most precipitation? 36. Which city has a larger temperature range? Short Response: Please fill in the missing parts of the sentence or use complete sentences to answer the following questions. 37. What is an archaeologist? How do archaeologists draw conclusions about ancient civilizations?
38. is the study of the relationship between physical features, climate, and people. 39. Why was farming a challenge in Mesopotamia and how did the people overcome it? 40. is the worship of only one god. 41. is the worship of many gods. 42. The River is the longest river in the world. 43. The longest river in the world is located in the present-day country of. 44. How were Egyptian pharaohs bodies mummified? 45. Why did Egyptians mummify their pharaoh s body?
46. Why is China s culture so different from its neighbors to the west? 47. Name two ancient Chinese Dynasties: and 48. The season (rainy season) in South Asia lasts from June through September. 49. Buddha means the. 50. The main religion in India is. It is one of the world s oldest religions. 51. Describe where Mesoamerica is located. 52. is a government in which the leader or ruling classes are believed to represent the gods. 53. The Empire in Mexico was conquered by the Spanish explorer, Hernando Cortés.
54. Name one of the geographical world (landscape) records that South America currently holds. 55. According to their discoveries, archaeologists believe Machu Picchu was a. 56. How did the physical geography of ancient Greece cause it to separate into independent communities? 57. is a government that is ruled by the people. Athens was an excellent example of this type of government.