7th grade world cultures semester exam study cards Flashcards by Sahiba Sethee

Ancient Egyptians developed _____________, a system of picture-like symbols used as written language.

hieroglyphics

cuneiform

papyrus

lapis lazuli

hieroglyphics

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The _____________ is an imaginary line running through Greenwich, England, serving as 0° longitude.

physical line

political line

equator

prime meridian

latitude

prime meridian

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_____________ is the court official who designed the first pyramid in Egypt.

Tutankhamen

Cleopatra

Djoser

Imhotep

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The _____________ is a body of water in Israel and Jordan that is 90 times saltier than the ocean.

Jordan River

Mediterranean Sea

Dead Sea

Caspian Sea

Dead Sea

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_____________ is the behaviors, values, and beliefs of a particular group.

Legacy

Record

Government

Culture

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Match the early culture with the location.

Middle East (Mesopotamia): _____________

Sumeria

Indus River valley

Nile River valley

Yellow River valley

Sumeria

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The first of the legendary Five Emperors, Huang Di, is considered the founder of _____________.

the Qin Empire

Babylon

the Fertile Crescent

Chinese culture

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_____________ is a city holy to Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.

Jerusalem

Tehran

Mecca

Medina

Jerusalem

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The first toilets were built in _____________ in the Indus River valley.

Uruk

Tehran

Ganges

Harappa

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Match the religion with the beliefs or practices.

began with Abraham as a promise from God

Judaism

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The capital of Egypt, _____________, is the largest city in Africa and the Middle East.

Alexandria

Suez

Giza

Cairo

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The area of rich farmland in the Middle East where several early civilizations arose is the ___.

Arabian Penisula

Rub’ al-Khali

Assyrian Plain

Fertile Crescent

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Match the locations with the early cultures.

_____________ : Indus River valley

Europe

Africa

India

Persia

Australia

India

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_____________ was the chieftain responsible for uniting Indian tribes to form the Mauryan Empire

Harappa

Vishnu

Chandragupta

Gautama

Mesopotamia

Chandragupta

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Match the locations with the early cultures.

_____________ : Yellow River valley

India

Mesopotamia

Japan

China

Persia

China

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The Acts of Union 1707 joined ____________ to England and Wales to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Isle of Man

Ireland

Scotland

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The ____________ Death in the 14th century killed approximately half the people in Europe.

Yellow

Black

Great

Red

White

Black

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____________ the Great conquered parts of three continents, including land between Greece and India.

Constantine

Alexander

Phillip

Zeus

Alexander

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____________ invented the printing press.

William the Conqueror

Napoleon Bonaparte

William Wallace

Johannes Gutenberg

William Shakespeare

Johannes Gutenberg

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Match the person with the accomplishment.

successfully invaded England in 1066

William Shakespeare
William the Conqueror
Napoléon Bonaparte
Ludwig van Beethoven

William the conqueror

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German music composer who went deaf, but continued to compose

William Shakespeare
William the Conqueror
Napoléon Bonaparte
Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

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crowned himself emperor of France; conquered much of Europe; was defeated at Waterloo

William Shakespeare
William the Conqueror
Napoléon Bonaparte
Ludwig van Beethoven

Napoléon Bonaparte

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wrote Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare
William the Conqueror
Napoléon Bonaparte
Ludwig van Beethoven

William Shakespeare

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____________ rule left Bulgaria with a wrecked economy and a contaminated environment.

Fascists

Communist

Imperialist

Democratic

Socialist

Communist

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Sweden, Denmark, and Norway are the three ____________ countries. Balkan Nordic Scandinavian Mediterranean

Scandinavian

The ____________ Model is a social welfare system. British French Swedish Danish

Swedish

The ____________ allows most European countries to trade and work together more easily. League of Europe Council of European Leaders United Nations European Union

European Union

# Choose the best answer. Match the country with the capital. _____ : Greece Rome London Athens Paris

Athens

Members of the ____________ once belonged to the British Empire. Commonwealth of Nations Highland Countries British Foreign Territories Council of Colonial States

Commonwealth of Nations

Match the country with the capital. _____ : Spain Madrid Valencia Granada Malaga Barcelona

Madrid

Otto von Bismarck was a statesman who unified the ____________ states into a single nation. Russian French Spanish Italian German

German

Martin Luther started the Protestant ____________ in Germany. Enlightenment Reformation Renaissance Age Renewal

Reformation

Author ____________ wrote Spain's most famous work of literature, Don Quixote. Miguel de Cervantes Gabriela Bustelo Rafael Alberti Francisco Franco Gerardo Diego

Miguel de Cervantes

# Choose the best answer. The Greek city-state of ____________ was founded on democratic principles. Corinth Sparta Del phi Athens

Athens

# Choose the best answer. Match the country with the capital. _____: Sweden London Rome Madrid Stockholm

Stockholm

# Choose the best answer. Home to the CN Tower, _____________ is Canada's largest city. Toronto Winnipeg Montreal Edmonton

Toronto

# Choose the best answer. Early European explorers searched Canada for _____________. gold and riches the Northwest Passage slaves oil

the Northwest Passage

# Choose the best answer. Canada's largest island is _____________ Island. Quttinirpaaq Baffin Mackenzie St. Lawrence

Baffin

The First Amendment protects Americans' right of _____________. responsibilities duties expression private property

expression

# Choose the best answer. _____________ is the capital of Canada. Vancouver Calgary Montreal Ottawa

Ottawa

# Choose the best answer. The Mississippian culture constructed large ceremonial mounds _____________. at Anasazi at Kansas City at Cahokia at Jamestown

at Cahokia

# Choose the best answer. The _____________ revolution was led by American inventors and scientists. industrial Bolshevik information cultural

information

Disputes concerning U.S. laws are settled by the _____________ branch. judicial legislative congressional executive

judicial

Proposed constitutional amendments that became the Bill of Rights Ronald Reagan George Washington James Madison Benjamin Franklin

James Madison

Viking explorer who visited Canada around 1000 AD. Henry Hudson Jacques Cartier Joseph St. Lawrence Leif Ericson

Leif Ericson

The _____________ people are descendants of Canada's pre-European settlers. Third Nations Fourth Nations First Nations Second Nations

First Nations

# Choose the best answer. Japanese airplanes attacking Pearl Harbor in _____________ on December 7, 1941, drew America into World War II. New York Hawaii Alaska California

Hawaii

# Choose the best answer. The ___________ religion teaches worship of orishas, or spirits, similar to saints. Bahá’í Santería Roman Catholic Islam

Santería

# Choose the best answer. The Virgin of ___________ is Mexico's patron saint. Guadalupe Maria Veracruz Cancún

Guadalupe

# Choose the best answer. The ___________ of Panama is narrow land that connects North and South America. Peninsula Strait Isthmus Canal

Isthmus

What is the capital of Honduras? Tegucigalpa Guatemala City Havana Panama City

Tegucigalpa

# Choose the best answer. ___________ led peasant uprisings during the Mexican Revolution. Lempira Diego Rivera Emiliano Zapata Manuel Noriega

Emiliano Zapata

The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the island of ___________. Jamaica Hispaniola Cuba

Hispaniola

# Choose the best answer. ___________ was the leader of Spanish conquistadors who conquered the Aztec Empire. Porfirio Díaz Vicente Fox Christopher Columbus Hernán Cortéz

Hernán Cortéz

# Choose the best answer. ___________ was the President of Panama who was removed from office by U.S. military forces. William Gorgas Manuel Noriega Miguel Hidalgo Antonio Montesino

Manuel Noriega

___________ searched for the "southern sea" in Panama. Antonio Montesino Hernán Cortéz Vasco Núñez de Balboa George W. Goethals

Vasco Núñez de Balboa

# Choose the best answer. The ___________ is an impassable jungle in Panama. Petén Darién Gap Pacaya Tegucigalpa

Darién Gap

# Choose the best answer. What is the capital of the Dominican Republic? Panama City Santo Domingo Havana Tegucigalpa

Santo Domingo

# Choose the best answer. What is the capital of Cuba? Havana Atitlán Santo Domingo Guatemala City Tegucigalpa

Havana

# Choose the best answer. Montezuma II was the leader of the ___________ Empire. Mesoamerica Atitlán Aztec Hispaniola

Aztec

# Choose the best answer. The Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlán on Lake ___________ in 1345. Texcoco Mexico Chihuahua Atitlán

Texcoco

What is the capital of Mexico? Havana Panama City Mexico City Juárez

Mexico City

# Choose the best answer. Lake ___________ is a lake in Guatemala surrounded by three volcanoes. Pacaya Texcoco Motagua Atitlán

Atiltán

# Choose the best answer. ___________ was a region of Mexico, the American Southwest, and Central America where advanced cultures developed. Greater Mexico Latin America Mesoamerica Guatemala

Mesoamerica

# Choose the best answer. After toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro made ___________ a communist state. Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Venezuela Cuba

Cuba

# Choose the best answer. A(n) ___________ is a floating bed of reeds, manure, and mud used in agriculture. tlachtli chihuahua chinampa aztec

chinampa

# Choose the best answer. The ___________ Coast is a wilderness area of rain forest in Honduras. Mosquito Timbuktu Pacific Gold

Mosquito

# Choose the best answer. Chile's capital is also its largest city. Lima Santiago Bogota Caracas

Santiago

# Choose the best answer. The world's largest wetland is the _________ in Brazil. Amazonia Pantanel São Paulo Manaus

Pantanel

# Choose the best answer. Argentina's capital is the largest port in South America. São Paulo Buenos Aires Lima Brasília

Buenos Aires

# Choose the best answer. Gauchos were horsemen from _________ who cared for cattle. Argentina Chile Brazil Columbia

Argentina

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