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Worksheets6th Grade Ancient Europe Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which of the following was NOT a major natural resource found in Ancient Greece?
fertile soil
natural gas
limestone
fish
How did city-states develop?
Mycenaeans built fortified towns that grew into city-states that controlled farms around them
The government drew boundaries on a map and city-states were born
Zeus proclaimed what towns would be city-states and which would not
Poseidon proclaimed any town by the sea to be a city-state
How did the Greeks influence the study of history?
They left huge structures for us to copy
They were the first to note and analyze historic events
They left a giant statue of the Greek gods so we know who they worshipped
They created the chariot
Which common enemy united Athens and Sparta?
Persians
Meads
Russians
Romans
Which of the following was NOT true about Athens?
stressed the arts and learning
had a democracy
had a strong navy
their women enjoyed more freedom than Sparta
Which of the following is NOT true of Sparta?
stressed the military
had a democracy
had a strong army
their women enjoyed more freedom than the women of Athens
Which of the following was NOT a right gained by the plebeians?
representations by tribunes
gained their own assembly
gained the right to talk to the king
gained equal voting power with the patricians
What was the result of Julius Caesar's assassination?
his son became king
it ended the republic and led to the first emperor
set Egypt up as a world power
his daughter became queen
What was NOT one of the elements that helped unify the Roman empire?
citizenship
religion
trade
the phalanx formation
Why did the Jews want to flee Roman rule?
Rome harshly punished Jews who rebelled
Rome wanted to make the Jews their slaves
Rome wanted to put all of the Jews into the military
Rome wanted to make the Jews the court jesters
What was NOT one of the factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire?
economic problems
mercenaries
invasions
the Black Plague
What did Cyril and Methodius achieve?
they created an alphabet in Cyrillic
they assassinated the emperor
they swam across the Nile
they invented the chariot
What were some of Charlemagne's reforms?
created a school in the palace
revised the legal system
conquered the Romans
conquered the Egyptians
How did medieval monks preserve ancient learning?
copied the Bible and Greek and Roman works
fought in many wars
perfected the phalanx formation
created many old stories
In feudalism, what was the role of the knight?
to protect his lord
to farm the land
to preserve ancient works
to create castles
Soldiers coming back from the Crusades brought spices with them from the Middle East. People liked the spices and wanted more so trade increased between Europe and the Middle East.
True
False
Why were medieval city craftsmen known as the middle class?
they were above the nobles and below the peasants
they were above the peasants and below the nobles
they were above the peasants and the nobles
they were below the peasants and the nobles
What did the Magna Carta do?
limit the king's power
limit the lords' and nobles' power
limit the middle class' power
limit the peasants' power
How did the Black Death change Europe?
caused a labor shortage
brought about the decline of manorialism
it brought a lot of people to Europe to live
it made a lot of people very wealthy
How do people organize time?
they divide it into history and prehistory
they create timelines and calendars
they carve faces into rocks
they create desks
Select all of the primary sources
Anne Frank's diary
a video about the French Revolution
a letter written by a soldier in World War 1
Abraham Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address
Select all of the secondary sources
Anne Frank's diary
a video about the French Revolution
a book written about the Cold War
Abraham Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address
Archaeology and anthropology help us to understand what people in the past did, made and believed.
True
False
A historical map can tell you what the capital of every state is
True
False
a city or town that controls surrounding villages and farmland nearby
city-state
oligarchy
cultural hearth
direct democracy
a government in which a small group of people rule
city-state
oligarchy
cultural hearth
philosophy
a center of new practices and ideas that spread
oligarchy
cultural hearth
direct democracy
philosophy
citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of this type of government
direct democracy
oligarchy
monarchy
philosophy
the love of wisdom
philosophy
oligarchy
monarchy
direct democracy
wealthy aristocrats
patricians
plebeians
representative democracy
Pax Romana
non-wealthy or common citizens
patricians
plebeians
direct democracy
aqueducts
elected representatives make the political decisions in this type of government
direct democracy
representative democracy
aqueduct
Pax Romana
the period known as the Roman Peace
Pax Romana
representative democracy
Magna Carta
philosophy
a channel that moves water over great distances
aqueduct
Pax Romana
representative democracy
plebeian
a split
schism
lord
vassal
feudalism
a tribal leader or a king
lord
vassal
feudalism
manorialism
a noble who received land from their lord
lord
vassal
feudalism
manorialism
the system of fights and duties connecting lords and vassals
lord
vassal
feudalism
manorialism
the economic relationship that existed between lords or knights and peasants
feudalism
manorialism
vassal
lord
a series of military expeditions to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule
Crusades
Reconquista
guild
Magna Carta
the reconquering of Spain by the Christians
Magna Carta
Crusades
Reconquista
guilds
an association of people who have a common livelihood
Magna Carta
Crusades
Reconquista
guilds
people who study events in the past
historian
timeline
chronology
period
a line marked off with a series of events and dates
timeline
chronology
period
prehistory
a list of events in the order in which they occurred
prehistory
history
chronology
period
a length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that happened during that time
period
timeline
chronology
history
the time before humans invented writing
history
prehistory
period
era
Information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event
primary source
secondary source
artifact
bias
an object made by a human being
primary source
secondary source
artifact
bias
information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced that event
primary source
secondary source
bias
artifact
an unfair preference for or dislike of something
bias
primary source
secondary source
artifact
the scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence
archaeology
anthropology
oral tradition
historical map
the study of humankind in all aspects
archaeology
anthropology
oral tradition
historical map
a community's cultural and historical background, passed down in spoken stories and songs
archaeology
anthropology
oral tradition
historical map
a special-purpose map that provides information about a place at a certain time in history
archaeology
anthropology
oral tradition
historical map
