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6th SS Grade Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapts to the lack of rainfall?

a)

Irrigation & Canals

b)

Moved

c)

Rain Dance

d)

Nothing

2.

Which code established Laws & Punishments in Mesopotamia?

a)

Justinian

b)

Alexander

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Menes

3.

Match the correcting writing in order:

Mesopotamia, Egypt & India

a)

Sanskrit, Hieroglyphics, Cuneiform

b)

Hieroglyphics, Phoenician, Sanskrit

c)

Cuneiform, Phoenician, Hierolglyphics

d)

Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics, Sanskrit

4.

What discovery helped to decode Egyptian Hieroglyphics?

a)

Hammurabi's Code

b)

Rosetta Stone

c)

Greek Alphabet

d)

Latin

5.

How would you describe the religion of Egypt?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

None

d)

Buddhism

6.

Who was the founder of Judaism (the 1st monotheistic relgion)?

a)

Jesus

b)

Abraham

c)

Moses

d)

Mohammed

7.

Which of the following are the main contributions of China?

a)

silk & paper

b)

gunpowder

c)

woodblock printing

d)

All of the above

8.

One impact from trade along the Silk Road was...

a)

Exchange of goods & ideas

b)

more money

c)

laws

d)

Buddhism

9.

The Indus River was located in

a)

South Asia (India)

b)

Egypt

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Greece

10.

This PHILOSOPHY centered on the belief of ANCESTOR WORSHIP & NATURE

a)

Buddhism

b)

D(T)aoism

c)

Confucianism

d)

Hinduism

11.

Which Hindu belief focuses on the CAUSE/EFFECT of nature?

a)

Karma

b)

Dharma

c)

Reflection

d)

Reincarnation

12.

Which relgion spread throught the Silk Road? Hint: It was not accepted in India

a)

Hinduism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

13.

During the Tang/Ming (China) dynasties, what allowed literature to reach new heights?

a)

Gunpowder

b)

Woodblock printing

c)

Gold/Salt

d)

Compass

14.

Which dynasty created the concept of "0"?

a)

Gupta (India)

b)

Shang (China)

c)

Jerusalem (Mesopotamia)

d)

Alexandria (Egypt)

15.

What type of government did Athens, Greece develop?

a)

Democracy (Direct)

b)

Tyranny

c)

Monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

16.

Who wrote the Illiad & the Odyssey?

a)

Alexander

b)

Philip II

c)

Pericles

d)

Homer

17.

What started the Peloponnisian War?

a)

Sparta spending Delian League Money

b)

Athens spending Delian League Money

18.

The blending of Greek/Asian cultures ...

a)

Alexandria

b)

Macedonia

c)

Mecca

d)

Hellenistic Age

19.

Who was credited for unifying the Greek city-states

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Justinian

c)

Diocletion

d)

Philip II

20.

Conquered land on 3 continents and expanded his father's rule...

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Justinian

c)

Diocletian

d)

Philip II

21.

What is the basis for all Romance languages?

a)

Roman

b)

Greek

c)

Hebrew

d)

Latin

22.

What type of government did Rome establish in 509 BC?

a)

Democracy (Direct)

b)

Monarchy

c)

Dictatorship

d)

Republic

23.

200 year period of peace in Rome

a)

Pax Romana

b)

Golden Age

24.

Greek Philosopher how taught by asking questions?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

25.

Before Christianity, how would you describe religion in Rome?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polythesitc

26.

Who divided the Roman Empire?

a)

Justinian

b)

Diocletian

c)

Julius Caesar

27.

How are Judaism & Christianity alike?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Their place of origin

d)

Their holy book

28.

What rules to Muslims (Islam) follow?

a)

10 Commandments

b)

5 Pillars

c)

Code of Justinian

d)

No laws

29.

What did Islam begin (originate)

a)

Greece

b)

Jersusalem

c)

Arabian Peninsula

d)

Rome

30.

2 main trade goods of W Africa

a)

Gold & Salt

b)

Salt & Water

c)

Hieroglyphs

d)

5 Pillars & Camels

31.

3 Kingdoms of W Africa (In Order)

a)

Ghana, Mali, Songhai

b)

Songhai, Ghana, Mali

c)

Mali, Ghana, Songhai

d)

Ghana, Songhai, Mali

32.

What term is used for trade across the Sahara Desert?

a)

Trans-Saharan Trade

b)

Trans-Atlantic Trade

33.

What helped to unite Rome, Aztecs & Incas?

a)

Roads

b)

Laws

c)

Military

d)

Emperors

34.

Conquered the Aztecs & Inca civilizations?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Portugal

35.

Cliff Dwellers

a)

Maya/Aztecs

b)

Inca

c)

Anasazi/Pueblos

d)

Mound Builders (Mississippians)

36.

Why did Mound Builders create mounds?

a)

Nice to look at

b)

Boredom

c)

to bury their dead (after-life)

d)

Recycle

37.

Which of the Mound Builders settled farthest EAST?

a)

Adena (Ohio)

b)

Hopewell (Ohio)

c)

Mississipians (Mississippi River)

38.

How far did Islam spread?

a)

N Africa, parts of Europe & SW Asia

b)

Just Asia

c)

Just Europe

d)

It stayed on the Arabian Peninsula

39.

Center of Islamic learning in Mali Empire?

a)

Timbuktu

b)

Sahel

40.

Who ruled the Mali Empire?

a)

Justinian

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Menes