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WorksheetsDMK 6th Grade Social Studies
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an aqueduct
a)
A place to race horses
b)
a structure that carries water over long distances
c)
a member of a rich powerful family
d)
a social class of people
2.
What is an aristocrat
a)
someone who lives forever
b)
a cientist who studies stars
c)
a member of a rich and powerful family
d)
a person who chooses to dies for a cause
3.
Astronomer
a)
A person who believes they will live forever
b)
A scientist who studies the stars
c)
a person who is the only ruler
d)
A teacher
4.
Democracy
a)
a Government where one person rules
b)
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves
c)
A form of government where no one rules
d)
a form of government where there is a King
5.
Code
a)
A set of rules and laws
b)
A secret language
c)
A set of clues
d)
A set of messages
6.
Cuneiform
a)
a form of speaking
b)
a form of writing
c)
a form of coloring
d)
a form of hearing
7.
Delta
a)
the place at the mouth of a river
b)
the place at the beginning of the ocean
c)
the place at the top of the mountain
d)
a place under the sea
8.
Dispora
a)
the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
b)
the scattering of seeds that have a common background or beliefs
c)
a scattering of ashes of the dead
d)
a scattering of animal droppings
9.
Domesticate
a)
to tame animals and raise them to be used by humans
b)
to train people and make them do work for animals
c)
to train a husband
d)
to train children
10.
Hieroglyphs
a)
a kind of alphabet
b)
a kind of picture writing
c)
a kind or scribbling
d)
a type of messaging
11.
Migrate
a)
to move your farm animals from one place to another
b)
to relocate or move from one place to another to settle
c)
to move your house back to the old place
d)
to go to a different country
12.
irrigation
a)
supplying seeds to all the fields
b)
supplying land with water through a network of canals
c)
supplying fertilizer
d)
supplying food to all
13.
monotheism
a)
the belief in more than one god
b)
a belief in one god
c)
to believe in an animal god
d)
to believe in plants and animals
14.
veto
a)
to pass a law
b)
to reject a law
c)
to reject a god
d)
to pass a message
15.
surplus
a)
more of one thing or product than needed
b)
too little of one product than needed
c)
to not have enough food
d)
to add something
16.
nomad
a)
a person who has not single, settled home
b)
a person who stays in one place their whole life
c)
a person who leaves the country
d)
a person who lives in the dessert
17.
oral tradition
a)
a bed time story
b)
a traditional story that explains peoples beliefs
c)
a way to talk
d)
a new language
18.
Papyrus
a)
an early form of paper made from a plant
b)
a plant Koala Bears eat
c)
a plant silk worms eat
d)
a type of food Natives eat
19.
Polytheism
a)
to believe in one god
b)
to believe in many gods
c)
to believe in an animal
d)
to believe in family
20.
penninsula
a)
an area of land surrounded with water on three sides
b)
an area of land that is surrounded by water
c)
an area of land that has no water
d)
an area of land that is under water
21.
plague
a)
a disease that spreads
b)
a disease that is cured
c)
a new disease
d)
an old disease
22.
silk
a)
A valuable cloth made in Japan
b)
A valuable cloth made only in China
c)
A cheap piece of cloth
d)
An ugly piece of cloth
23.
Plebeian
a)
an ordinary citizen in the acient Roman Republic
b)
A very important citizen in Ancient Roman Rebublic
c)
A person with a pebble
d)
A person who wears flip flops
24.
What is an Archaeologist?
a)
a scientist who studies the stars
b)
a scientist who studies gravity
c)
a scientist who examines bones, tools, structures, to learn about the past.
d)
a scientist who studies dead people
25.
Currency
a)
the kind of money that people throw away
b)
the kind of money that is used by a group or a nation
c)
the kind of money made of papyrus
d)
the kind of money we don't need
26.
Blockade
a)
the cutting off of an area by enemy forces
b)
building with blocks
c)
a building that helps others
d)
like lemonade but with blocks
27.
Empire
a)
many countries and people controlled by many governments
b)
countries with no government
c)
many territories and people who are controlled by one government
d)
countries with no leader
28.
History
a)
only for old people
b)
the written and other recorded events of people
c)
remembering the past
d)
"Stuff" that happened and no one cares
29.
monsoon
a)
a strong wind that blows across a region at certain times of the year.
b)
when it rains all day
c)
a storm with no wind
d)
a snow storm with no wind
30.
martyr
a)
a mother of a child
b)
A Greek goddess
c)
a person who chooses to die for a cause he or she believes in
d)
cement that puts stones together
31.
missionary
a)
a religious animal
b)
a place where people pray
c)
a person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others
d)
A house in New Mexico
32.
Mummy
a)
a Halloween Costume
b)
a dead body preserved in lifelike condition
c)
someones mother
d)
a person who is alive and wrapped in cloth for a laugh
33.
Famine
a)
A big party with your family
b)
When you can't sleep
c)
a time when there is so little food that many people starve
d)
a period of time where there is a lot of food
34.
dictator
a)
a ruler who talks a lot
b)
a ruler who does nothing
c)
a ruler that measures things
d)
a person who rules with all the power
35.
Pharaoh
a)
a person who lives far away
b)
the title of the kings of ancient Egypt
c)
the King of Pharaoh
d)
a common person in Egypt
36.
Social Class
a)
a group of students in one class who talk too much
b)
a group of people who love to have a party
c)
a group of people who talk to everyone all day long
d)
a group, or class, that is made up of people with similar background, wealth, and ways of living
37.
Philosophy
a)
A system of beliefs that all animals think alike
b)
a system of believing in Philos
c)
a system of understanding animals
d)
a system of beliefs and values
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