6th Grade Social Studies Midterm Review

__ was a writing system developed in Mesopotamia.

• hieroglyphs

• cuneiform

• wedges

• hieratic script

Another name for the Paleolithic Era is...

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Alternate Stone Age

When a religion is polytheistic, it...

• has no gods

• has one god

• has at most 10 gods

• has many gods

This means "The Land Between Two Rivers"

• Egypt

• Mesoamerica

• Mesopotamia

• Babylonia

____'s code was an ancient law code that governed the empire of

Babylonia, located in modern Turkey and Iraq.

• Gilgamesh

• Assyria

• Sumer

• Hammurabi

An official writer

• servant

• scribe

• Sumerian

• scarab

Which of the following was a significant technological breakthrough that occurred during the Paleolithic era?

• the use of coins as money

• the ability to create fire

• the invention of the wheel

• the use of writing

Humans’ main source of food during the early Paleolithic Era was

• from farming and growing crops.

• from raising livestock and cattle.

• from the sea.

• from hunting and gathering.

The Paleolithic Era is characterized by

• the earliest use of stone tools by humans.

• mass migration from North America to Africa.

• the first attempts at raising crops.

• development of clans and tribes.

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• a.  Storms
• a.  Drought
• a.  Agriculture