Towheed Iranian School
(International Section)
First Term, Final Exams, 2015-2016
Subject: Social Studies
Mark
___________
20
Date: 5/1/2016
Name: _________________
Grade:7, Section: A D
Exam time: 40 min
Match the below definitions with the related concepts: (6 marks)
_________ 1. Dry riverbed
_________ 2. A farming method in which the land is left unplanted every
few years to store moisture.
_________ 3. The worship of many gods
_________ 4. Fertile place in the middle of desert or steppe, as a result of
spring or well.
______ 5. A type of rock created when layers of material are hardened
by extreme weight.
______ 6. Illegal fishing
a. Poaching
e. Wadi
b. Oases
c. Sedimentary
f. Dry farming
d. Polytheism
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
(8 marks)
____ 7. What is the biggest desert of the world?
a. Sahara in Africa
c. Sahara in Asia
b. Rub- al- Khali in Africa
d. Rub-al- Khali in Asia
____ 8. Which two seas have been damaged by poaching and irrigation projects?
a. Black and Mediterranean
c. Caspian and Aral
b. Caspian and Red
d. Baltic and Black
____ 9. Which of the following did ancient Egypt have in common with Sumer?
a. Both were theocracies.
b. Both depended on the desert for protection.
c. Both used hieroglyphics.
d. Both used a 60-minute hour and 60- second minute.
Social Studies
Grade 7
Term one
2015-2016
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____10. What Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have in common?
a. All were polytheistic.
b. None became a dominant religion of an entire continent.
c. All began before 1000 B.C.
d. All were monotheistic.
____11. Which of the following statements is disadvantage of having dams?
a. Controls flooding
c. Provides hydroelectric power
b. Block the flow of silt
d. The level of salt in water decrease
____12. Which of the following concept represents the meaning of a kind of
government that is controlled by religious leader?
a. Polytheism
c. Monotheism
b. Monarchy
d. Theocracy
____13. _________ is the title of rulers in ancient Egypt.
a. Emperor
c. Pharaoh
b. Fellahin
d. Caliph
____14. Which of the following body of water is not located in the southwest
Asia, central Asia or North Africa?
a. Bosporus strait
c. Gibraltar
b. Persian Gulf
d. Mississippi river
Define the below concepts: (2 marks)
12. Refineries: ___________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
13. Terrorism: ____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Essay
23. Name and explain two ways that countries in North Africa, Southwest and
Central Asia use to deal with the water shortage: (2 marks)
1. ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2. ______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
24. Name four challenges that cities in the southwest Asia, central Asia and
North Africa face with: (2 marks)
1. ______________________________ 2. ___________________________
3. ______________________________ 4. ___________________________
Social Studies
Grade 7
Term one
2015-2016
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