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End of Year History - Core Knowledge 6th Grade

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Belief in a single divine being is called

a)

monotheism

b)

trinity

c)

crucifixion

d)

trinity

2.

What are the ten commandments?

a)

rules about how to pray

b)

rules about how to treat God and fellow humans

c)

laws about what foods Jews can and cannot eat

d)

suggestions about how to live a happy life

3.

The life of Jesus written by his followers can be found in the

a)

Torah

b)

New Testament

c)

Ten Commandments

d)

Old Testament

4.

In 313 Emperor Constantine signed the Edict of Milan, which declared that

a)

all Jews must convert to Christianity

b)

Christians could no longer live in Rome

c)

Christians must worship the emperor

d)

The Christian church could legally exist in the Roman Empire.

5.

Abraham's agreement with God is called the

a)

Resurrection

b)

Torah

c)

Beatitudes

d)

covenant

6.

Which was a temple built during the Golden Age of Athens to honor Athena?

a)

The Parthenon

b)

The Acropolis

c)

The Coliseum

d)

The Academy

7.

Who could be a citizen of Athens?

a)

Anyone who was born in Athens

b)

Any male adult

c)

Any male or female adult who had at least one Athenian parent

d)

Any male adult who was not a slave and had two Athenian parents

8.

What was most important to Spartans?

a)

Military ability

b)

Artistic ability

c)

Debating skills

d)

Shipbuilding

9.

Which Greek philosopher developed a question-and-answer system of learning?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Heraclitus

10.

In what form of government is power shared by a large number of citizens?

a)

tyranny

b)

oligarchy

c)

democracy

d)

aristocracy

11.

Athens was known as the _________________ of democracy.

a)

marathon

b)

independent

c)

religious festival

d)

birthplace

e)

warriors

12.

What was Rome’s chief governing body?

a)

Assembly

b)

Senate

c)

Acropolis

d)

Supreme Court

13.

For what is Julius Caesar remembered?

a)

being a great general

b)

craving power no matter what the cost

c)

starting a civil war in Rome

d)

all of the above

14.

What was the Pax Romana?

a)

the long period of peace in the Roman Empire

b)

the words placed on public buildings in ancient Rome

c)

the motto of the Delian League

d)

the highest rank in the Roman army

15.

What did the Edict of Milan do?

a)

made Caesar a god

b)

ended the Punic Wars

c)

made Latin the official language of the Roman Empire

d)

made Christianity a legal religion in the Roman Empire

16.

What are the White House, Capitol, & Jefferson Memorial based on?

a)

Roman & Spanish architecture

b)

Byzantine architecture

c)

Greek & Turkish architecture

d)

Greek & Roman architecture

17.

What did Julius Caesar force the Senate to do?

a)

vote for him as Dictator for Life

b)

divide Rome into separate voting districts

c)

make him the Supreme Commander of all of Rome’s army

d)

restrict Roman citizenship to only those who were of noble birth

18.

Hannibal decided to attack Rome by__________?

a)

Muslim

b)

Land

c)

Scipio Africanus

19.

An elected official that governed the Roman Republic

a)

Recession

b)

Inflation

c)

Martyr

d)

Patricians

e)

Consul

20.

What statement best describes the beliefs of the Enlightenment thinkers?

a)

They had faith that absolute monarchs would govern wisely and fairly.

b)

They believed that science and reason could improve people’s lives.

c)

They believed religion alone could answer all questions about life.

d)

They believed that the ancient Greeks and Romans knew all there was to know.

21.

Why was René Descartes known as the “father of modern philosophy”?

a)

He wrote a new constitution for his country.

b)

He plotted to overthrow the monarch.

c)

He used reason to ask questions and find truths.

d)

He discovered medicines that improved health and life expectancy.

22.

Which of the following ideas is associated with Thomas Hobbes?

a)

Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

b)

Tabula rasa

c)

The need for a strong government

d)

A natural force pulls objects toward earth.

23.

Which of John Locke’s ideas influenced the American patriot’s decision to fight a war for independence from Great Britain?

a)

People are the way they are because of their experiences in life.

b)

One’s mind at birth is like a blank sheet of paper.

c)

People should rebel against a government that does not protect their rights

d)

People learn about their world through their senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

24.

Who was known as an American philosophe?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

René Descartes

25.

In pre revolutionary France, which group had the least amount of political power?

a)

peasants

b)

bourgeoisie

c)

clergy

d)

nobles

26.

What gave the Reign of Terror its name?

a)

Napoleon established a dictatorship that oppressed the people.

b)

Many people were executed.

c)

There was no government in France.

d)

France was at war with Russia.

27.
What Estate was the Bourgeoise in
a)
1st
b)
2nd
c)
3rd
28.

The middle class who represented the highest level in the third estate

a)

Guillotine

b)

Radical

c)

Clergy

d)

Absolute Monarch

e)

Bourgeoisie

29.

The third estate was made up of the

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Peasants

30.

Who were the radical group that wanted to remove all traces of Christianity from France.

a)

Jacobins

b)

Clergy

c)

Bourgeoisie

d)

Conservatives

31.

The French Bill of Rights is called the

a)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

b)

Constitution

c)

Declaration of the French

d)

Declaration of the French Man

32.

What was the greatest factor in Russia’s defeat of Napoleon’s army?

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

A fake peasant village

c)

Spontaneity

d)

Cold Russian Winter

33.

What is the La Petit Trianon?

a)

Storming of the Bastille

b)

A fake peasant village

c)

Spontaneity

d)

Cold Russian Winter

34.

The first estate was made up of the

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Peasants

35.

The second estate was made up of the

a)

Clergy

b)

Nobility

c)

Peasants

36.

What happened during the enclosure movement?

a)

People worked indoors in factories.

b)

Small fields were combined to make a larger farm

c)

Monks had to stay in their monasteries

d)

Farmers built greenhouses to enclose their crops

37.

Who perfected the steam engine?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Lord Ashley de Thomas

c)

Thomas Alva Edison

d)

James Watt

38.

Which invention(s) helped people make cloth faster and more easily?

a)

spinning jenny

b)

cotton gin

c)

all of the above

d)

water frame

39.

Who wrote novels describing the hard life of many people in England in the 1800s?

a)

Friedrich Engels

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

Jane Austen

d)

William Shakespeare

40.

What were the Luddites most famous for?

a)

establishing a perfect community

b)

destroying factories and machines

c)

ending feudalism in Europe

d)

supporting the free market

41.

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

a)

Robert Owen and Lord Ashley

b)

Joseph Stalin and V. I. Lenin

c)

Charles Dickens and Benjamin Disraeli

d)

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

42.

What was Karl Marx's goal?

a)

fairer treatment of workers by capitalists

b)

absolute equality

c)

a state religion

d)

martial law

43.

Why did early factories like to hire children?

a)

They could be paid less than adults

b)

They were easy to replace

c)

They did dangerous work that adults refused to do

d)

All of the above

44.

Which of the following influenced the Latin American independence?

a)

the French Revolution

b)

writings of Enlightenment thinkers

c)

the American revolution

d)

all of the above

45.

Who was the most successful liberator of South America?

a)

Hidalgo

b)

Bolivar

c)

Iturbide

d)

Napolean

46.

Which goal was shared by San Martin and Bolivar?

a)

ending Spanish rule

b)

uniting all of South America

c)

gaining independence for most of Latin America

d)

gaining the support of South Americans

47.

How was Brazil different from many other Latin American countries?

a)

It had no seaport

b)

Its people spoke the language of the Incas

c)

It was ruled by Portugal not Spain

d)

It contained valuable gold mines

48.

The largest class in Latin America

a)

Export

b)

Hacienda

c)

Creole

d)

Indians

e)

Maroon

49.

Which Mexican ruler fought against Texans at the Alamo?

a)

Juarez

b)

Villa

c)

Santa Anna

d)

Diaz

50.

Who were the mestizos?

a)

Europeans who had moved to Latin America

b)

people who were part Indian and part Spanish

c)

slaves who worked on the plantations

d)

soldiers in Napoleon’s army

51.

Which people represented the highest social class in Latin America?

a)

Mestizos

b)

Indians

c)

People born in Spain

d)

Creoles

52.

The potato blight struck which country?

a)

England

b)

Ireland

c)

Russia

d)

United States

53.

What made the United States so attractive to European Farmers?

a)

Temperate climate

b)

plenty of land available

c)

both and b

d)

neither a nor b

54.

What is the name for the wave of immigration to the United States after the Civil War?

a)

westward movement

b)

manifest destiny

c)

Old Immigration

d)

New Immigration

55.

Where did most immigrants after the Civil War settle?

a)

mountains

b)

citiies

c)

farmland

d)

suburbs

56.

Which was the first stop in the United States for most European Immigrants after 1892?

a)

Long Island

b)

Liberty Island

c)

Angel Island

d)

Ellis Island

57.

In 1882, all immigrants from which country were banned from entering the United States?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

China

d)

Japan

58.

Immigrants from _______ suffered more than any others from the nativists, especially those in the Far West.

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

Lazarus

d)

Ellis Island

59.

To escape pogroms, many Jewish immigrants fled _________ for the United States.

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

Lazarus

d)

Ellis Island

60.

Most immigrants arriving in New York after 1892 were examined and interview at __________

a)

China

b)

Russia

c)

Lazarus

d)

Ellis Island

61.

What is a patent?

a)

A protected right to make and sell a product.

b)

A king of oil used to light lamps before electricity.

c)

A special share of stock sold only to owners of the company.

d)

A way of measuring the width of railroad tracks.

62.

In the 1800's, why did Andrew Carnegie's steel company shift production from rails to beams?

a)

The railroads didn't need any more rails.

b)

The company couldn't make money on rails.

c)

The railroads needed beams.

d)

The new skyscrapers would need beams.

63.

The complete control of an industry by a single company is called _____.

a)

Investor

b)

Sweatshop

c)

Monopoly

d)

Urbranization

e)

Anarchist

64.

Who was Cornelius Vanderbilt?

a)

Andrew Carnegie's business partner.

b)

The inventor of oil-drilling machines.

c)

The head of the New York Central railroad system.

d)

A textile mill owner.

65.

Which of the following did Alexander Graham Bell invent?

a)

Light Bulb

b)

Storage battery

c)

Phonograph

d)

Telephone

66.

Which of the following did Thomas Edison invent?

a)

Phonograph

b)

Light bulb

c)

Moving picture camera

d)

All three

67.

What is stock?

a)

Shares of ownership

b)

Building materials

c)

A small farm

d)

A type of road

68.

The act passed in Congress in 1890 to prevent companies from forming monopolies and limiting competition was called the

a)

Fourteenth Amendment

b)

Fifteenth Amendment

c)

Sherman Antitrust Act

d)

Elkins Act

69.

The Populist Party was in favor of backing US paper money with

a)

gold

b)

silver

c)

greenbacks

d)

none of the above

70.

Who was William Jennings Bryan

a)

the first president from the Populist Party

b)

the founder of Standard Oil

c)

a great orator who ran for President three times

d)

a writer who exposed abuses in the railroad industry

71.

Who wrote articles exposing the dubious practices of the Standard Oil Company?

a)

Ida Tarbell

b)

John D. Rockefeller

c)

Upton Sinclair

d)

Samuel McClure

72.

To better serve the poor community near Hull House, Jane Addams included

a)

bathtubs, kitchens, and a day-care center in the settlement

b)

a swimming pool and entertainment center

c)

a farm and a zoo filled with unusual animals

d)

a hospital for the seriously ill

73.

Jacob Riis wrote about the need for

a)

an end to immigration

b)

inflation

c)

tenement reform

d)

a third major political party

74.

Theordore Roosevelt's regiment in Cuba during the Spanish-American war was called the

a)

Rough Riders

b)

Green Berets

c)

Bull Moose

d)

Wobblies

75.

Under Roosevelt's administration, the Forestry Division of the federal Land Office

a)

waged a campaign against the dangerous black bear

b)

promoted oil drilling and strip mining in Oklahoma and Kansas

c)

became responsible for the wise use of the nation's forest lands

d)

was known for favoring industrial use of protected lands

76.

What did Theodore Roosevelt propose for all Americans?

a)

a chicken in every pot

b)

40 acres and a mule

c)

the New Deal

d)

a square deal

77.

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution officially

a)

set aside land for wildlife refuges

b)

ended slavery in America

c)

banned monopolies

d)

gave women the right to vote

78.

What is Booker T Washington best known for?

a)

refusing to sit at the back of buses

b)

founding Tuskegee University

c)

founding the NAACP

d)

being the nephew of George Washington

79.

Susan B Anthony fought for

a)

women suffrage

b)

temperance

c)

abolition of slavery

d)

all of these

80.

In what year were women finally allowed to vote throughout the US.

a)

1900

b)

1920

c)

1930

d)

1945

81.

The industrialist who prospered most from the production of oil was

a)

abolition

b)

John D Rockefeller

c)

scapegoat

d)

refuge

e)

civil rights