6th Grade World Cultures Pre-Assessment

The language, customs, and beliefs that a group of people share are part of its –

• ecomony
• environment
• culture
• government

Which source of information is an example of a primary source?

• encyclopedia
• dictionary
• thesaurus
• journal

Location, Region, Place, Movement, Human Environment Interaction

• Five Themes of Geography

• Five Fields of SS

• Furious Five

• Five Themes of History

Desert, Tundra, Tropical Grassland, Mediterranean are all

• natural regions
• interdependence
• absolute location
• landforms

Which is an example of absolute location?

• "northwest of Boston, Massachusetts"
• "near the Prime Meridian"
• "on the border between Pakistan and India"
• "40° south latitude, 20° west longitude"

How is a globe different from a map?

• It is more distorted
• It is easier to carry and use
• It only has two dimentions
• It is a more accurate model of the world

What's B?

• North America
• Asia
• South America
• Africa

Which of the following is an example of unlimited government?

• dictatorship
• democracy   
• republic
• constitutional monarchy      

Which is a limited government?

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Tyranny

Which of the following statements is true?

• All political systems protect the rights of individual citizens
• A monarchy offers the least protection to individual citizens
• Citizens have the right to elect their dictator
• A democracy offers the greatest freedom and protection to citizens