7TH GRADE 1ST SEMESTER STUDY GUIDE

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1 7TH GRADE 1ST SEMESTER STUDY GUIDE Answer the following questions 1. NORTH WEST What two hemispheres are we in? 2. TROPI OF ANER What line is at 21-1/2º North? 3. APPX. DEEMER 21 On what day does the Tropic of apricorn face the sun? 4. LONDON What world capital does the Prime Meridian go through? 5. PAIFI What ocean does 180º go through? 7. MERIDIANS What is another name for lines of longitude? 6. PARALLELS What is another name for lines of latitude? 8. EQUATOR Which earthly line faces the sun on the first day of spring and fall? 9. POLES Name one of the places where all meridians meet N - 92W What are the coordinates of umberland, Wisconsin? MATH THE LETTERS ON THE MAP WITH THE OORDINATES ELOW D I 11. A 42ºN--4ºW 12. E 47ºN--16ºE 13. I 63ºN--17ºE J H G 14. J 54ºN--4ºW ºN--3ºE ºN--7ºW E 17. H 51ºN--7ºE 18. D 68ºN--17ºE A F 19. F 42ºN--21ºE 20. G 57ºN--17ºE

2 Match the correct river valley with the correct civilization... Indus A E Nile Tigris-Euphrates Yellow choices: a) hina, b) Egypt, c) Inca, d) India, e) Mesopotamia A E D MONOTHEISM What is it called when people worship a single deity? EONOMY What term describes how people acquire goods and make money? ARHITETURE What describes the art of making buildings? MILITARY How does a country defend itself? POLYTHEISM What is it called when people worship more than one deity? SOIAL STRUTURE What describes a class system in a society? GEOGRAPHY What is the science of describing what the land and people of an area? KEY: Geography: Social Structure: Polytheistic Monotheistic Economy: Architecture: Military: MEDITERRANEAN SAHARA NILE DELTA NILE SINAI PENINSULA RED SEA ON THIS MAP... label what each part of Egypt was called... remember, it was divided into two kingdoms! The Nile runs North to South! LOWER ON THE MAP AOVE: DRAW AND LAEL 1) THE NILE RIVER 2) THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA 3) 4) NILE DELTA 5) SINAI PENINSULA 6) SAHARA DESERT PAGE 2 UPPER

3 River Terms... on the map to the left, what of the following letters corresponds to the... A The mouth of the river. The source of the river. A tributary of the river. A Geography... the answer blanks correspond with the number on the map. Use the word bank below to write the correct answer into the blank spot Word ank: Aegean Sea Athens Atlantic Ocean alkan Peninsula lack Sea Hellespont Ionian Sea Mediterranean Pelopennesian Sea of Marmara Sparta 1. IONIAN 2. ALKAN PENINSULA LAK SEA 3. AEGEAN SEA MEDITERRANEAN SEA 6. HELLESPONT SEA OF MARMARA SPARTA ATHENS 9. PAGE 3

4 do these matching questions G Thermopylae, G, J 12. E Illiad D, E, H 13. Acropolis A,, I 14. K Olympus A,, K 15. A rete A,, K 16. D Democracy D, H, I 17. F Persia A, F, J 18. J Marathon, G, J 19. H philosophy D, H, I 20. I Parthenon A,, I A: Island where Greek civilization started. : Naval battle where Themosticles tricked the Persians. : The city s highest hill. D: Athenian government. E: 1st famous book written by Homer...involved a horse. F: ountry defeated by the Greeks at Marathon. G: Hot gates where Leonides fought Xerxes. H: The study of how we view our lives. I: Greece s greatest temple J: attle that stopped the Persians and saved Athens. K. Where the gods lived. A G Put the correct letter next to the column style below. Put a N if none of these pillars describe the answer. 21. N Athenian D 46. How did the Spartans get into Troy? ) Starved them out (siege) by surrounding them. D) Fooled them by faking them somehow. 47. Who was the goddes of love? She was pretty. A) Athena ) Aphrodite ) Artemis 22. G orinthian 23. A Doric 24. Ionic 25. N Thebian D 48. What festival honored the Olympian Gods? ) Ides of March ) Olympics D) Zeus Day 49. What city seemed to always lie, cheat, and steal at the Olympics? ) orinth ) Megaria D) Sparta PAGE 4

5 label these regions...word bank far right ARTHAGE 2. HISPANIA 3. GAUL 4. RITANIA 5. GERMANIA 6. ALPS 7. ITALIA 8. GREEE 9. ANATOLIA 10. SYRIA 11. PALESTINE 12. EGYPT identify the above bodies of water... word bank below. 13. ATLANTI 14. TYRHENIAN SEA 15. MEDITERRANEAN SEA 16. ADRIATISEA 17. IONIAN SEA 18. AEGEAN SEA 19. LAK SEA word bank: adriatic sea, aegean sea, alps, anatolia, atlantic ocean, black sea, britania, carthage, egypt, gaul, greece, germania, hispania, ionian sea, italia, mediterranean sea, palestine, syria, tyrhenian sea, PAGE 5

6 Describe, in as much detail as possible, the attle of Thermopylae. OVER 200,000 PERSIANS ATTAKED GREEE, TRYING TO ONQUER ATHENS. THEY WERE MET A NARROW PASS Y 1000 GREEKS, INLUDING 300 SPARTANS. EAUSE THE PASS WAS SO NAR- ROW, THE SPARTANS WERE ALE TO HOLD AK THE PERSIANS FOR THREE DAYS. FINALLY, A SPARTAN TRAITOR TOLD THE PERSIANS AOUT A SERET PASS AND THE SPARTANS WERE SURROUNDED. THEY STAYED AND FOUGHT TO THE DEATH. EAUSE OF THIS, THEY OUGHT THE REST OF GREEE TIME, AND THEY WERE ALE TO HOLD AK THE PERSIANS. Draw and Roman Aquaduct and explain how it was constructed... THE ROMANS USED ARHES IN SERIES TO MAKE A STRUTURE THAT WAS HELD TOGETHER Y THE FORES OF GRAVITY. THE AQUADUT WOULD SLOPE DOWN 1º EVERY 100 FEET SO THAT WATER WOULD GENTLY FLOW TO THE ITIES FROM THE MOUNTAIN OR WHEREVER THE SOURE OF THE WATER WAS. WHEN THE AQUDUT HAD TO ROSS RIVERS OR GORGES, ARHES WERE UILT ON LAYERS. Explain what happend to Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, using the bullets below for stages... SMALL TREMORS SHOOK THE LAND FIRST MAJOR EXPLOSION... FOAM WENT INTO THE AIR AND TURNED TO PUMIE SEOND ERRUPTION TORE ASALT FROM VOLANO, SHOOTING OMS INTO THE ITY A MUD-LAVA SLIDE ASADED TOWARD THE SEA, URYING HERULANIUM ANOTHER ERUPTION GOT TO THE GATES OF POMPEI. MANY DIED FROM POISON GAS LAST MAJOR ERRUPTION, LASTED ROK OMS THAT URIED POMPEI. MOST WERE AL- READY DEAD FROM HEAT AND POISON GAS page 6

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