FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

IN ARALIN PANLIPUNAN - GRADE 7

Name:___________________________________________________ Score: /105

I. Multiple Choice
Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is the biggest landmass on earth.

a. Asia b. mountain range
c. continent d. region

2. According to the Continental Drift Theory, all continents came from a super continent
called __.
a. Pangea b. Pangeae
c. Pangeia d. Pangaea

3. For the Greeks, Asia pertained to the region of ______ (now Turkey) or the Persian
Empire.
a.Anatolia b.Constantipole
c.Sumer d.Babylonia

4. It is the way of looking to the world by the Europeans. It is how Europeans give
meaning to things.
a.Asian-Centrism b.Eurocentrism
c.Arcticentrism d.Africentrism

5. It is the smallest continent in the world.

a.Asia b. Africa
c. Antarctica d. Australia

6. It is the largest continent in the world.

a.Asia b.Africa
c. Antarctica d. Australia

7. It is the highest peak in the world with a height of 8,850 meters; located between Nepal
and Tibet.
a.Mt. Everest b. Mt. Godwin Austen
c. Kinabalu d. Kanchenjunga

8. It is known as the Empty Quarter; biggest sand desert in the world.

a.Gobi b.Sahara
c.Rub’al Khali d. Thar

9. It is a classification of climate wherein a place is cold all year round, has a cool
summer, and the temperature ranges from -22degrees C to 6degrees C.
a.Tropical Savana b. Tundra
 c. Steppe d. Humid continental.

10. In a ______ climate, the vegetation is sparse, whole day is hot and cold at night,
at it is experienced in countries such as Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
a.Desert b. Sub-arctic
c. Tropical Savanna d.Mediterranean

II. Write the capital or the country.

NORTH/CENTRAL ASIA
Country Capital
1. Armenia

2. Tbilisi

3. Ashgabat

4. Uzbekistan

5. Tajikistan

EAST ASIA
Country Capital
1. China

2. Japan

3. Pyongyang

4. South Korea

5. Ulaanbaatar

SOUTHEAST ASIA
Country Capital
1. Philippines

2. Kuala Lumpur

3. Bangkok

4. Lao People’s Democratic Republic

5. Singapore

SOUTH ASIA
Country Capital
1. Thimpu

2. Dhaka

3. Istanbul

4. Nepal

5. India
 WEST ASIA
Country Capital
1. Afghanistan

2. Israel

3. Oman

4. Saudi Arabia

5. UAE

III. Matching type

Mountains
A B
1. Mt. Everest a. It is located in Turkey
2. K2 b. Second highest peak in the world
3. Kanchenjunga c. It is located in Sabah, Malaysia
4. Ararat d. Highest peak in the world
5. Kinabalu e. It is a mountain in India

Mountain Range
A B
1. Himalayas a. a long mountain range in Iran and Iraq
2. Karakoran b. located in mid-eastern asia near China
3. Altay c. where nine of the highest mountains in the
world are found
4. Ghats d. two mountain ranges that form eastern
and western edges of Deccan Plateau in
India
5. Zagros e. row of mountains from northern Pakistan
to southwestern China

ISLAND
A B
1. Borneo a. main islands of Japan
2. Sumatra b. largest island in Asia
3. Honihu, Hokkaido, c. second largest island in Asia
Kyushu and Shikoku

ARCHIPELAGO
A B
1. Indonesia a. largest archipelago in the world
2. Japan b. made up of 33 islands
3. Philippines c. located in East Asia
4. Bahrain d. has around 7,100 islands

VOLCANO
A B
1. Kerinci a. in the Philippines
2. Tambora, Semeru, b. in Japan
Rinjani, and Agung
3. Fuji, Ontake, and Unzen c. tallest volcano in Indonesia
 4. Mayon, Taal, and Pinatubo d. in Indonesia
DESERT
A B
1. Rub’al Khali a. in northern China and southern Mongolia
2. Gobi b. northwestern India and eastern Pakistan
3. Thar c. known as Empty Quarter, biggest sand
desert in the world

SEA
A B
1. Arabian Sea a. Southeast asia
2. Bering Sea b. East Asia
3. South China Sea c. northwest part of the Pacific Ocean
4. Red Sea d. West asia

GULF AND BAY

A B
1. Gulf of Tonkin a. in Thailand
2. Gulf of Oman and Gulf of Aden b. In west asia
3. Bay of Bengal c. northern part of Pacific Ocean
4. Maya Bay d. in Southeast Asia

RIVER
A B
1. Chang Jiang a. known as Yangtze River, longest river in Asia
2. Mekong river, Irrawaddy river b. in South Asia And Chao Phraya River
3.Ganges River, Indus River c. in west Asia And Brahmaputra river
4. Tigris River and Euphrates river d. in Southeast Asia

LAKE
A B
1. Caspian Sea a. in Turkey
2. Aral Sea b. in Cambodia
3. Lake Baikal c. largest lake in the world
4. Tonie Sap d. between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
5. Laguna de Bay e. in the Philippines
6. Van Lake f. deepest lake in the world

IV. ENUMERATION

1-7. Write the continents of Asia arranged from biggest to smallest continent.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8-10. Write the 3 regions of Asia according to Europeans

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9.
10

11-15. Write the 5 regions of Asia according to Asian centric perspective.

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12.
13.
14.
15.

V. Fill in the Blanks

Choose your answer from the box.

Semitic Aegan Highland Climate Savana Herodotus

Van desert asu Indonesia K2
Europe Subtropical Tropical Rain Continental Baikal
Forest

1. The word Asia came from the ____________________ word asis, which means
muddy.
2. The word Asia came from the Semitic word _____________ which means rising or
light.
3. The climate experienced in the Philippines is
___________________________________.
4. In ________________________________, as the places go higher, the wind gets
colder.
5. _______________________________________ has the largest archipelago in the
world.
6. The ________________________________ is the second highest mountain in the
world.
7. Thar and Gobi are both examples of
__________________________________________.
8. Asia is located at the east of the continent
_____________________________________.
9. ___________________________ is the father of history who used Asia in his
narratives.
10. In the ____________________ climate, it is dry during the cold season and wet
during summer.
11. In the Humid ___________________ climate, it rains and snows all year round. It
is experienced in far north regions of Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar.
12. In the Humid ___________________ climate, climate is affected by landforms and
not by the direction of the wind. Places with this type of climate are northeast China,
North Korea and northern portion of South Korea.
13. The deepest lake in the world is the Lake
______________________________________.