Grade 6 Social Studies Common Assessment

Front

Which phrase best describes what geographers study? Options: the history of cities around the world, the reasons that people and nations engage in trade, the science of how GPS works, the location of places, the people who live there, and how they impact one another

Back

the location of places, the people who live there, and how they impact one another

Front

What is prehistory?

Back

Before writing was invented

Front

What is an object that was made and used by a human in the past?

Back

An artifact

Front

How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food? Options: By planting and harvesting, By trading over land and sea, By hunting and gathering, By herding farm animals

Back

By hunting and gathering

Front

Which statement about Sumerian city-states is true? Options: Sumerian city-states were united as one country., Sumerian city-states were independent and constantly fought one another., Sumerian city-states were independent, but peaceful toward one another., Sumerian city-states are a myth and never actually existed.

Back

Sumerian city-states were independent and constantly fought one another.

Front

Which Babylonian leader was known for his code of laws?

Back

Hammurabi

Front

What was a ziggurat?

Back

a temple to the gods in the center of a Sumerian city

Front

Which direction does the Nile River flow?

Back

north

Front

Which of the following is NOT a Mesopotamian invention? sailboat, wheel, plow, papyrus (paper)

Back

papyrus (paper)

Front

How did the Sahara Desert help protect the people of Egypt?

Back

It provided protection from invaders.