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6th Grade Review

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

lines that run east and west, but measure north and south of the Equator

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

hemisphere

2.

Lines that run north and south, but measure east and west of the Prime Meridian

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

hemisphere

3.

half of a sphere

a)

coordinates

b)

hemisphere

c)

latitude

4.

the location of a place in relation to its surroundings

a)

relative location

b)

absolute location

5.

the exact location of a place

a)

relative location

b)

absolute location

6.

an imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude

a)

absolute location

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

7.

an imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

8.

a circle showing the main directions

a)

compass rose

b)

map scale

c)

cardinal directions

9.

He rose to power in upper Egypt.

a)

Tut

b)

Menes

c)

Hatsheput

d)

Ramses

10.

Specially treated dead bodies.

a)

Mummies

b)

Tut

c)

Elite

d)

Noble

11.

Pyramids

a)

A huge triangular gate built by the Egyptians and other people.

b)

A triangle of power

c)

A statue with the head of a man and body of a lion.

d)

A huge triangular tomb built by the Egyptians and other people.

12.
What is the triangular green location on the map?
a)
Nile river
b)
Nile delta
c)
Mediterranean Sea 
d)
Nile valley
13.
What is papyrus?
a)
remains of ancient buildings
b)
paper made out of reed plants
c)
set of symbols used to read and write
d)
object from an ancient civilization
14.
The Nile flooded:
a)
At the same time every year.
b)
Unexpectedly
c)
Never
d)
All the time
15.
Upper Egypt is called "upper" because:
a)
It is where the Nile ends.
b)
It is where the pharaohs and priests live.
c)
It is near the gods.
d)
It is at a higher elevation.
16.
The most important piece of geography in Ancient Egypt was:
a)
Cataracts
b)
The Valley of Kings
c)
The Desert
d)
The Nile River
17.
Which direction does the Nile River flow?
a)
South
b)
East
c)
West
d)
North
18.
Which word below matches this definition: steep rapids along a river that are created with large boulders
a)
papyrus
b)
stream
c)
cataracts
d)
dynasty
19.
Ancient Egypt is sometimes referred to as the "BLANK of the Nile"
a)
Curse
b)
Gift
c)
Present
d)
Answer
20.
Egyptian writing using symbols
a)
hieroglyphics
b)
dynasty
c)
pyramid
d)
diety
21.
a line of hereditary rulers of a country, also known as passing down from family generation to generation
a)
dynasty
b)
theocracy
c)
tribute
d)
pass it along
22.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Euphrates River
b)
Tigris River
c)
Jordan River
d)
Strait of Hormuz
23.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Tigris River
b)
Red Sea
c)
Arabian Sea
d)
Strait of Hormuz
24.
Which body of water is this?
a)
Arabian Sea
b)
Mediterranean Sea
c)
Tigris River
d)
Euphrates River
25.
What country is this?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Egypt
d)
Saudi Arabia
26.
What country is this?
a)
Israel
b)
China
c)
Turkey
d)
Oman
27.
What number represents the country, Syria?
a)
8
b)
12
c)
9
d)
17
28.
What number represents the country, Turkey?
a)
17
b)
13
c)
16
d)
10
29.
What number represents the country of Israel?
a)
17
b)
9
c)
11
d)
10
30.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the body of water for symbol A on the map below.

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Ionian Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Aegean Sea

31.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the body of water for symbol B on the map below.

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Ionian Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Aegean Sea

32.

Choose the answer that correctly labels the body of water for symbol C on the map below.

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Ionian Sea

c)

Black Sea

d)

Aegean Sea

33.

Choose the answer choice that correctly labels the City-State for symbol A on the map below.

a)

Knossos

b)

Athens

c)

Olympia

d)

Delphi

e)

Sparta

34.

Location #3 is referring to which of the following?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Gobi Desert

c)

Plateau of Tibet

d)

Taklamakan Desert

35.

Location #13 is referring to which of the following?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Beijing

c)

Mount Everest

d)

Tian Shan

36.
A system of beliefs based on the teachings of moral responsibilty
a)
Dao
b)
Legalism
c)
Daoism
d)
Confucianism
37.
Long wall running east and west to defend the empire from nomads
a)
Warring States
b)
The Great Wall
c)
Silk Road
38.

China has this type of government.

a)

Democratic

b)

Communist

c)

Dictatorship

39.

The official name of China

a)

People's Republic of China

b)

United People of China

c)

China United

40.

The capital of China

a)

Ming Dynasty

b)

Confucious

c)

Beijing

41.

What is the largest country (by population)?

a)

Russia

b)

Brazil

c)

USA

d)

China

42.

What continent is circled?

a)

Brazil

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Iceland

43.

What is the largest Island

a)

Madagascar

b)

Iceland

c)

Greenland

d)

Great Britain

44.

Where is Asia

a)
b)
c)
d)
45.
Which is an example of a absolute location?
a)
South of London
b)
Northern Hemisphere
c)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
d)
30 N Latitude, 150 W Longitude
46.
What is the rapid death of plant life in a desert called?
a)
Deforestation
b)
Desertification
c)
Devegitation
d)
Evaporation
47.
The rise of the Earth's average temperature, caused by carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
a)
Global Heating
b)
Global Warming
c)
A hoax
d)
Precipitation
48.
The process were people move from the country to the city in large numbers.
a)
Transgression
b)
Urbanization
c)
Citification
d)
Migration
49.
What is migration?
a)
The movement of people or animals from one region to another
b)
People moving to another country
c)
The rapid loss of plant life in a desert
50.
What is immigration?
a)
The movement of people from one planet to another
b)
The movement of people from one region to another
c)
The movement of people from one country to another
51.

The largest city in Latin America is

a)

Mexico City

b)

Caracas

c)

Rio-de-Janeiro

d)

Buenos Aires

52.
What is a huge, moving mass of ice?
a)
a plateau
b)
a plain
c)
a glacier
d)
erosion
53.
The following are renewable resources except.....
a)
trees
b)
coal
c)
animals
d)
rocks
54.
Rotation is.....
a)
one way in which the earth moves through space
b)
the earths travels around the sun
c)
how the earth tilts
d)
the earth spinning on its axis
55.
Everything people make, think, and do
a)
subsistence
b)
industry
c)
customs
d)
culture
56.
On the ground it is  a dangerous gas. in the atmosphere it protects the earth from the suns harmful rays. 
a)
fossil fuels
b)
minerals
c)
ozone layer
d)
natural gas
57.
A family that includes aunts, uncles and cousins is......
a)
an extended family
b)
a nuclear family
c)
a tribe
d)
a clan
58.

Which of these are the Zones of Latitude?

a)

Humid Continental, Humid Subtropical, Tropical Wet and Tropical Dry

b)

Hot, Cold, Medium

c)

Tropical, Temperate, Polar

59.

Which map shows the Japanese archipelago?

a)
b)
c)
d)
60.

A system of government in which the people are invested with the power to choose their leaders and determine government policy.

a)

Monarchy

b)

Federation

c)

Sovereignty

d)

Democracy

61.

A principle of international relations that holds that final authority over social, economic, and political matters should rest with the legitimate rulers of independent states.

a)

Universal suffrage

b)

Sovereignty

c)

Geopolitics

d)

Devolution