Social Studies Midterm 6th Grade

Match the continents & oceans to the letter on the map.

• D

• Antartica

• E

• Europe

• J

• Australia

• G

• Atlantic Ocean

• C

• North America

Match the continents & oceans to the letter on the map.

• B

• Asia

• H

• Africa

• K

• Southern Ocean

• F

• South America

• A

• Pacific Ocean

The belief in multiple gods & goddesses is

Ur, Babylon, Sumer, Thebes, Luxor are examples of which characteristic of a civilization?

• Public Works

• Cities

• Social Class

• Religion

Cuneiform & Hieroglyphics are examples of which characteristic of a civilization?

• Writing

• Art & Architecture

• Cities

• Specialized Jobs

What country in modern day where Mesopotamia was?

• Iran

• Iraq

• Kuwait

• Afghanistan

This book describes the Egyptian journey into the afterlife.

• The Book of the Dead

• The Bible

• Cuneiform

• The Torah

What are the two rivers that make up the Fertile Crescent?

• Nile & Euphrates Rivers

• Tigris & Yellow Rivers

• Euphrates & Tigris Rivers

• Nile & Yellow Rivers

A person who studies the past based upon what earlier people left behind

• Archeologist

• Hunter-gatherer

• Domesticate

• Anthropologist

Which is NOT true of Mesopotamian city-states?

• they had walls for protection

• they built irrigation canals

• they were surrounded by farmland

• they invented concrete bricks