5th Grade History Test 8 (Semester Exam)

Question 1

writing; the wheel

Answer 1

Sumerians

Question 2

Hanging Gardens

Answer 2

Babylonians

Question 3

coins

Answer 3

Lydians

Question 4

early empire builders

Answer 4

Hittites

Question 5

alphabet

Answer 5

Phoenicians

Question 6

no great accomplishments

Answer 6

Canaanites

Question 7

What is the false idea that man began as an animal called?

Answer 7

evolution

Question 8

Which event divides time into B.C. and A. D.?

Answer 8

Christ’s coming to earth

Question 9

How as the man that God called out of Ur and promised the land of Canaan?

Answer 9

Abraham

Question 10

What is Sumerian wedge-shaped writing called?

Answer 10

cuneiform

Question 11

List 3 religions that began in the Middle East.

Answer 11

Christianity
Islam
Judaism

Question 12

What language is spoken by most people in the Middle East today?

Answer 12

Arabic

Question 13

What is the Middle East’s mot important natural resource today?

Answer 13

oil

Question 14

In which river valley did Indian civilization begin?

Answer 14

Indus

Question 15

What is the belief that when person dies his soul is reborn in some other newborn man or animal?

Answer 15

reincarnation

Question 16

Which country was once called Persia?

Answer 16

Iran

Question 17

the largest country in Africa

Answer 17

Sudan

Question 18

the world’s largest swamp

Answer 18

Sudd

Question 19

the structure built to control flooding of the Nile

Answer 19

Aswan High Dam

Question 20

the waterway separating Africa and Asia

Answer 20

Suez Canal

Question 21

the body of water connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 21

Strait of Gibraltar

Question 22

the second largest freshwater lake in the world

Answer 22

Lake Victoria

Question 23

the largest city in Africa

Answer 23

Cairo

Question 24

the two African countries that were never colonies of Europe

Answer 24

Liberia

Ethiopia

Question 25

the short descendants of the original inhabitants of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Answer 25

Pygmies

Question 26

Serengeti National Park is located in

Answer 26

Tanzania

Question 27

leader of Chinese Communists

Answer 27

Mao Tse-tng

Question 28

only woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt

Answer 28

Hatshepsut

Question 29

the "Father of Faith Missions"

Answer 29

Hudson TAylor

Question 30

righteous Batswana chief

Answer 30

Khama

Question 31

first known African Christian

Answer 31

Ethiopian eunuch

Question 32

the "Queen of Cannibals"

Answer 32

Mary Slessor

Question 33

first black president of South Africa

Answer 33

Nelson Mandela

Question 34

first Egyptian leader to make peace with Israel

Answer 34

Anwar Sadat

Question 35

greatest missionary-explorer to Africa

Answer 35

David Livingstone

Question 36

the "Father of American Missions"

Answer 36

Adoniram Judson

Question 37

the key to understanding hieroglyphics

Answer 37

the Rosetta Stone

Question 38

What was an Egyptian device for irrigating crops?

Answer 38

shadoof

Question 39

Which country was once called the "Spice Islands"?

Answer 39

Indonesia

Question 40

Which country is the "Land of the Rising Sun"?

Answer 40

Japan

Question 41

Which city was a famous center of learning in Africa?

Answer 41

Timbuktu

Question 42

Africa's highest mountain

Answer 42

Mt. Kilimanjaro

Question 43

the fourth largest island in the world

Answer 43

Madagascar

Question 44

Where is the Barbary Coast located?

Answer 44

Mediterranean Sea

Question 45

List 3 needs of Africa today.

Answer 45

the gospel stable government education

Question 46

capital of Egypt

Answer 46

Cairo

Question 47

capital of Sudan

Answer 47

Khartoum

Question 48

capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Answer 48

Kinshasa

Question 49

capital of Ethiopia

Answer 49

Addis Ababa

Question 50

capital of Kenya

Answer 50

Nairobi

Question 51

capital of South Africa

Answer 51

Cape Town

Question 52

capital of Tanzania

Answer 52

Dar es Salaam

Question 53

capital of China

Answer 53

Beijing

Question 54

capital of India

Answer 54

Nw Delhi

Question 55

capital of Iraq

Answer 55

Baghdad

Question 56

capital of Israel

Answer 56

Jerusalem

Question 57

capital of Japan

Answer 57

Tokyo

Question 58

capital of South Korea

Answer 58

Seoul

Question 59

capital of Syria

Answer 59

Damascus

Question 60

capital of Syria

Answer 60

Damascus

Question 61

capital of Taiwan

Answer 61

Taipei

Question 62

capital of Thailand

Answer 62

Bangkok

Question 63

capital of Turkey

Answer 63

Ankara

Question 64

Be able to identify these items on a map.

Answer 64

``` China India Japan Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Thailand ```

Question 65

Be able to identify these geographical locations of Africa

Answer 65

``` Democratic Republic of the Congo Egypt Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar South AFrica Sudan Tanzania Horn of Africa Mediterranean Sea Red Sea Strait of Gibraltar Drakensburg Mountains ```

Question 66

Be able to identify and find these mountains and mountain ranges on a map.

Answer 66

``` Alps Andes Appalachians Mt. Ararat Atlas Mts. Mt. Elbrus Mt. Everest Mt. Fuji Great Dividing Range Himalayas Mt. Kilimanjaro Matterhorn Mt. McKinley Mont Blanc Rockies Urals ```