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Port Said Integrated International School

Academic Year 2023/2024
Subject: History Term I
Class: G11 Revision Sheets

In the blank, indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F).
Correct the Mistakes

1. T Prehistory refers to the era of time before people

developed writing.
2. F An event that occurred in the year 500 B.C. happened
before an event that took place in 750 B.C.
3. F Historians cannot learn about people from the past if
they do not have written records.
4. T A statement of fact expresses only what can be proven
by evidence.
5. F Research material can be gathered from works of
fiction, nonfiction, or persuasive writing.
6. T A scholarly journal might contain an article by a
historian.
7. F Historians study events occurring over long periods of
time as opposed to studying events that happened over just one or
two days.
8. T A historian can trust a primary source document to be a
true and unbiased account of what occurred.
9. T When geographers study places and regions, they analyze
how physical systems, such as hurricanes and volcanoes, shape the
Earth’s surface.

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 10. F Culture refers to how many people live in a specific
area or place.
11. T A basic theme in geography is the movement of people,
ideas, and goods.
12. T Opportunity cost can affect supply and demand.
13. T In a traditional economy, everyone’s needs are met
because members of a family or tribe make goods for the rest of
their group.
14. F Countries want to import the types of goods of which
they have a large supply.
Choose the correct answer:
The main job of a historian is to ………………..
a. examine the causes or reasons that something happened in the past.
b. open new museums to display a variety of ancient artifacts.
c. teach history and social studies and keep a journal.
d. travel around the world, finding archaeologists to work with.
We can use our knowledge of the past to help us ………………..
a. discover who is to blame for starting wars.
b. learn more about modern technology.
c. make decisions for the future.
d. write more interesting books.

Historians divide the past into larger blocks of time known as ………………..
a. centuries.
b. decades.
c. eras.
d. millenniums.

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The Julian calendar started counting years from the ………………..
a. birth of Julius Caesar.
b. death of Jesus.
c. end of the Hebrew calendar.
d. founding of Rome.
The Julian calendar was not exactly right because it ………………..
a. lost one day a year.
b. lost one day every 128 years.
c. contained too many days.
d. started in the wrong month.

The Gregorian calendar ………………..

a. did not allow for leap years.
b. has been in use for over 3,000 years.
c. was based on an event of religious importance.
d. was immediately accepted all over the world.
Heinrich Schliemann ………………..
a. discovered an ancient city’s remains.
b. fought in the Trojan War.
c. found new information about the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
d. lived and worked in ancient Greece.
When historians interpret a document, one way that they can determine if the
source is trustworthy is by ………………..
a. investigating the social status of its creator.
b. finding out the age of the writer.
c. evaluating how much information is contained in the document.
d. considering the point of view of the author.

Secondary sources ………………..

a. offer a broad view of an entire event.
b. are sometimes clothing or tools.
c. include spoken interviews.
d. are firsthand pieces of evidence.

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The Domesday Book was written at the direction of ………………..
a. Queen Elizabeth I.
b. King Edward.
c. King George V.
d. King William I.
Sources with bias ………………..
a. contain several points of view.
b. cannot always be trusted.
c. are used to confirm historical facts.
d. are reliable and aid in drawing conclusions.

What is the first step in a history research project?

a. creating inquiry questions
b. identifying the topic
c. searching the Internet
d. selecting research materials
The most important part of a history research project is ………………..
a. obtaining a list of primary sources.
b. choosing a time period that is interesting.
c. selecting a topic that is workable.
d. the number of sources that you have.

If you copy an idea or a written text word for word, that is called …………
a. investigation.
b. fact-checking.
c. investigation.
d. plagiarism.

Which web site URL is most likely to contain reliable, accurate information?
a. .edu
b. .org
c. .net
d. .com

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What is one of the main reasons why people like to research topics on the
Internet?
a. They don’t like to go to libraries.
b. Internet information is more reliable than that found in books.
c. It is quick and there is lots of information to find.
d. They don’t need to worry about finding biased sources.
If you had relatives who were family historians, what might they do?
a. They would conduct research using primary and secondary sources.
b. They might be able to tell you about the occupations of your great-
grandparents.
c. They probably would work in a museum in a nearby city.
d. They would be likely to travel around the world doing archaeological
digs.

A topic that might be too broad for a history research project is ……………..
a. the Louisiana Purchase.
b. World War II battles.
c. 15th-century English rulers.
d. the age of exploration.

To decide if a Web site is a reliable resource, you want to know …………….

a. what links appear on the site.
b. if that site appears on a search engine.
c. how many other sites contain similar material.
d. if the site was recently updated.

A URL that is more likely to be attached to a site that contains biased

information would be ………………..
a. .edu.
b. .org.
c. .gov.
d. .com.
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When using content from books or the Internet, you must ………………..
a. take notes about the books.
b. present your opinion about the source.
c. cite the source.
d. use secondary sources to back it up.

The study of people and events of the past is called ………………..

a. economics.
b. archaeology.
c. history.
d. anthropology.

A system for arranging days in order is called a ………………..

a. century.
b. calendar.
c. time line.
d. decade.

What new model for the Earth was developed after geographers realized that
the Earth was not flat?
a. the Mercator projection
b. a globe
c. a hemisphere
d. the choropleth

Which map projection was the first to use latitude and longitude as straight
lines?
a. political
b. physical
c. Mercator
d. Goode
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Which of the Six Essential Elements of Geography involves examining where
a place is located?
a. environment and society
b. the world in spatial terms
c. human systems
d. physical systems

Which Essential Element of Geography might be used to study how glaciers

shape the Earth’s surface?
a. physical systems
b. places and regions
c. environment and society
d. human systems

On a physical map, what do colors represent?

a. patterns such as climate and natural resources
b. the map scale and cardinal directions
c. the culture and population
d. features such as land, water, and elevation

What is the name of the type of map that uses color to show population
density?
a. migration
b. projection
c. cardinal direction
d. choropleth

Throughout history, populations have moved from one place to settle in

another place. What is this movement called?
a. projection
b. culture
c. migration
d. density

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Which resource was used by early civilizations whose rulers needed many
workers for large projects?
a. capital
b. entrepreneurship
c. labor
d. technology

Which resource was used by early civilizations when they collected taxes?
a. labor
b. technology
c. capital
d. entrepreneurship

What does the law of demand say?

a. When a good or service is priced high, you will want to sell less of it.
b. When a good or service is priced low, people will want to buy less of it.
c. The lower the price of a good or service, the more of it people will want
to buy.
d. The higher the price of a good or service, the more of it you will want to
sell.

What can happen as a result of scarcity of a resource?

a. Demand for the resource will decrease.
b. People will weigh the opportunity cost of the resource.
c. The price of the resource will decrease.
d. People may seek replacements for that resource.

An item you purchased for 10 dollars last year costs 11 dollars this year. What
is this an example of?
a. inflation
b. recession
c. imports
d. exports

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Europeans traded wool, gold, and silver with Asians for rare goods such as
silk and spices. Why did the Europeans import the silk and spices?
a. They wanted to limit Asian influence on their society.
b. They wanted goods of which they had a large supply.
c. They wanted to cut off contact with Asia.
d. They wanted goods that were hard to find in their own land.

What has the process of globalization increased?

a. the amount of barriers to trade
b. the ties among the world’s economies
c. the amount of command economies
d. the taxes on food crops

Answer the Following Questions:

Discuss how historians can make different interpretations about the same
historical event or person. Explain different interpretations of Genghis Khan.
Answers must include the result of having different point of views and
interpretations about the same event and using various resources that
support both interpretations. Genghis Khan, for example, some historians
believe that his era was an era of propriety for his empire while others believe
that he killed many people in his war.

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