EOC 6th Grade Practice

How many years before the birth of Christ was the Buddha born?

• 1000

• 563

• 200

• 2000

The term A.D. from the Gregorian calendar represents

• After Death

• After David

• Ancient Dudes

• Anno Domino (in the Year of Our Lord)

a group of 10 years is called a

• Century

• Decade

• Millenium

• Eon

An example of a primary source is

• a diary entry

• Newspaper editorial

• Encyclopedia

• Dictionary

an example of a secondary source is

• an artifact

• a Fossil

• a textbook

• notes of a meeting

a historian looks for firsthand evidence about an event in which type of resource?

• a secondary source

• a primary source

• the internet

• an online scholarly journal

What is the difference between artifacts and fossils?

• Fossils are objects made by people and artifacts are the remains of plant and animal life that have been preserved from an earlier time.

• Artifacts are objects made by people and fossils are the remains of plant and animal life that have been preserved from an earlier time.

• Fossil is the study of paintings and artifact is the study of living species.

• Artifact is the study of paintings and fossil is the study of living species

The study of history can help us make decisions about the future because

• people and events from the past are so old fashioned

• identical events tend to happen again and again

• people who study history are usually smart and are more likely to make better decisions

• Historical instances of conflict and cooperation are examples that we can learn from

Native Americans preserved their culture by

• building museums to house their artifacts

• learning to farm and domesticate animals

• passing along stories from generation to generation

• writing their histories in hieroglyphics

Hunter-gatherer societies

• developed after the Bronze Age

• were nomads

• lived in small farming settlements

• developed the first large civilization