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Early Earth Quiz Prep
Name_____________________________Period_________
Directions: Answer each statement as completely as you can.
Physical Features and Processes
1. What is a landform that rises more than 2,000 feet above sea level?
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2. What three things that cause weathering? _________________________,
_______________________, _________________________
3. True or false (circle) – According to the theory of plate tectonics, the
Earth’s crust is made of one unbroken piece, of plate.
Pangaea: Super Continent
1. The continents are made of lighter rocks than the plates, so ____________
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2. When the Americas bump into Asia in a few hundred million years
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3. True or false (circle) – Continents keep changing, but never disappear?
Vocabulary; Know the meaning of each word.
Word Bank: molten landforms
Pangaea
plateau plate tectonics
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The earth’s one large landmass dating 200,000,000 yrs.
____________The earth’s crust is made up of many broken pieces or plates.
_______________ Features that are found on the earth’s surface.
_____________ Areas of level land at a high elevation.
_____________ Lava or rock so hot it turns to a liquid state.
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Label the following continents/country and oceans on the map below.
Why was it difficult to travel and farm in Greece?
The Birth of the Greek Civilization
Directions: Circle A for Athens and S for Sparta for statements that
apply to either. If the statement describes both city-states of Athens and
Sparta circle both A and S.
1. Only men could be citizens of a polis.
A
S
2. The helots, or farmers, revolted against the government in 600 BC
A
S
3. People honored Athena the goddess of wisdom
A
S
4. Boys spent a lot of time training to be soldiers.
A
S
5. Women and slaves had few rights
A
S
6. Ports or harbors were busy w/ trade.
A
S
Using Historical Maps
Review how to read an historical map.
Alexander the Great’s Empire
Alexander’s empire stretched over which continents?
__________________, ____________________, _____________________
What river did Alex the Great cross to get to India? _________________
What is the name of the city to which Alex returned before his death?
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Using New Words
Know the meaning of the following words:
Acropolis
agora
assembly
democracy
harbor
jury
citizen
monarchy
Hellenism
oligarchy
Peloponnesian War
peninsula
philosophy
Greek Foldable
Know the summarizes of the four sections of the Greek unit.
polis