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Social Studies Mid-term Exam Review
Civics:
1. What is a presidential democracy? Give examples of countries that have this form of
government.
2. Which branch of the United States government makes laws?
3. How many members are there in the U.S. Senate?
4. How many electoral votes are needed for a candidate to win the presidency?
5. Put the following documents in order from first written to last written.: Constitution, Declaration
of Independence, Bill of Rights, Gettysburg Address.
6. Which historical document has seven articles and 27 amendments and is considered the
supreme law of the land?
7. Which amendment gives Americans the freedom of expression?
8. Who was the man responsible for writing the majority of the Constitution? He is also known as
the "Father of the Constitution."
9. How long do Supreme Court justices serve?
10. Which major political party in the United States is represented by a donkey?
11. Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
12. What is the name given to the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
13. According to the Constitution, what is the date for holding a presidential election?
14. Which two houses make up the United States Congress?
15. Which famous document begins with, “We the people…”?
16. Which world organization has the most influence on gas prices?
17. Which of the world organizations is headquartered in new York and is a forum for solving
world problems?
Geography:
18. In this type of rectangular map, the shapes of the continents are correct, but the sizes are
distorted, especially toward the two poles
19. These lines of measurement run from the North Pole to the South Pole. They measure how
far east or west you are from the Prime Meridian.
20. This type of map shows country borders, states, capitals, major cities, and other man-made
features.
21. What do you call one half of the globe?
22. Which type of map shows land features like rivers and mountains?
23. What is the imaginary line upon which the earth spins?
24. This is the line that runs east-west around the circumference of the earth, halfway between
the North and South Poles.
25 These lines of measurement run parallel to the Equator. They measure how far north or
south you are.
26. An indicator that explains map distance vs. real distance, such as "1 inch=1 mile."
27. This is a map indicator which shows the cardinal directions -- north, south, east, west.
28. This is the main line of longitude, which passes through Greenwich, England.
29. This is something's position on the globe compared to something else.
30. These lines mark the farthest seasonal tilt of the planet. They lie on the northern or
southern edge of the hottest area of the earth.
31. What causes the changing of the seasons?
32. What do the grids on a map help show?
Daily Geography:
33 Is Delaware a city or a state?
34.Which continent is smaller than Europe?
35 What landform separates Europe from Asia?
36. Which country has the largest land area in North America?
37. Washington D.C. is to the United States as ___________ is to China.
38 What is the degrees of longitude for the International Date Line?
39 What is the name of one of the largest bodies of fresh water that is located in east Africa?
40. What does a star or dot in a circle usually mean on a map?
41. Would you probably find a scale of 1 inch = 1500 miles on a map of what?
42. Most of Africa is north of which major line of latitude?
43. Which landlocked nation is north of China and has Russia on its northern border?
Africa:
44. What is the nickname of the continent of Africa?
45. What are the names of the four MAJOR rivers of Africa?
46. What area of land supports tall grasses, thorny bushes, and scattered trees?
47. What is the majority of Africa’s farmland used for?
48 In what area are most of Africa’s workers employed?
49. What are the four geographic regions of Africa?
50 Why is it impossible for ships to sail the rivers from the interior to the sea?
51 What are Africa’s most important natural resources?
52 What is the landform that extends across most of North Africa?
53 How did the earliest humans in East Africa get their food?
54. How did the people of the old stone age get their food?
55. What is the difference between history and prehistory?
56. List the characteristics of a civilization.
57. What are the serious environmental problems facing Africa today?
58. What civilization arose on the Nile river about 5,000 years ago?
59. How did the kingdoms of West Africa become powerful? (hint trade )
60. How did farming change the way early people lived?
61. What is a primary source document and give an example.
62. What must African countries do to meet the challenges faced by their countries?
63. Why is Islam so important in North Africa?
64. Why does West Africa have a wide variety of cultures?
65. What are the important changes that are affecting family life in West Africa?
66. In Central Africa, how do living conditions in the interior areas compare to those of the
coast?
67. What unifies the different peoples of North Africa?
68. What is the outcome due to the fact that West Africa has so many ethnic groups?
69. What are the methods of preserving traditions in West Africa?
70. Where does much of East Africa’s cultural diversity come from?
71. To what culture do some Africans who have African and Arab ancestry belong?
72. How has the economic needs of South Africa affected the whole region of Southern Africa?
Ancient Civilizations.
73. What is the title used by the kings of Ancient Egypt?
74. Which art did the ancient Egyptians perfect to prepare a body for the afterlife?
75. What is the Ancient artifact found in Egypt that helped researchers translate and understand
hieroglyphics?
76. What name is given to Egyptian pictures and other written symbols that stand for ideas,
things, or sounds?
77. This was an early form of paper that was made from reeds found in the marshy areas of the
Nile Delta?
78. These are huge buildings with four sloping triangle shaped sides that housed dead pharaohs
for the afterlife?
79. Explain the different methods for measuring time.
80. When were the last stone age people found living on earth?
81. What do the initials A.D. and B.C.
82. Where did modern human life begin?
83. For how many years have modern humans existed?
84. How do you tell what century a date belongs to?
East Asia
85. To compensate for a shortage of farmland, which of the following practices is used in China to
grow more crops?
86. What strongly affects the climates of East Asia?
87. What is the name given to a tropical storm that develops near East Asia?
88. Japan is a group of islands known as an ___________________?
89. What kind of landform is Korea?
90. Where is the Three Gorges Dam built, and what is its main purpose?
91 The Gobi is the northernmost what?
92. What kind of tree sheds its leaves seasonally?.
93. What is population density?
94. What country has the most people of any nation in the world?
95. What landform forms a natural barrier between South Asia and the rest of the continent?
96. Which is the largest lake in the world?
97. What is an oasis?
98. What are steppes?
99. which East Asian nation has the highest percentage of arable land?
100. In ancient civilizations, where were cities most likely to develop?