WorksheetsSocial Studies Final 6th grade
Total questions: 88
Worksheet time: 48mins
Which list is the correct order of population by continent, highest to lowest?
Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, Australia, Antartica
Asia, South America, North America, Europe, Antartica , Australia
Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, Australia , Antartica
Asia, Africa , South America, North America, Antartica, Europe,
What are the worries of the Hominids ?
Starvation
injuring yourself
Freezing
Being attack by a large group of Nomads
In what continent did Homo Sapiens develop?
Asia
Africa
Georgia
Egypt
What are the bad things that increased with farming?
Disease
Domestication
Food supply
irrigation
What one word means an animal controlled for human use?
Domestication
Irrigation
Food supply
Disease
What did specialized workers do with most of what they make?
Nothing
Traded
Gave to family members
Who are people with no home?
Nomads
Hunters
Specialized Workers
Farmers
What are three things people in higher social classes normally have more of?
People
Rights
Wealth
Power
What is a civilization that controls civilization of other cultures called?
City State
Tyranny
Empire
Democracy
What type of writing is cuneiform?
ABC's
Polythistic
Monotheistic
Symbols and Pictures
What is true about the Caste System?
Often causes rebellions against Brahmans
People are born in a Caste.
Your children stay in the same Caste.
Your rights are determine by your Caste.
What is an example of karma?
You find a diamond. You are reincarnated as something better.
You are a good farmer, your child inherits a large piece of land.
You are a bad farmer. You are reincarnated as a warrior.
You are an untouchable and always allow everyone to be mean to you without complaints. In your next life you find gold on your property.
In what way a women in China to bring honor to herself in China?
To marry into a rich family
To obey her male relatives.
To have a male child.
To have many children.
What civilization had the least help from Geography to become a powerful Civilization?
Eygpt
Greece
India
China
What are the Dark Ages of Greece?
Greece became poor, the writing stopped and trade stopped.
No more farming
They were defeated by another civilization
They couldn't produce fire.
What were the rights poor Athenian citizens had at the assembly?
Speak
Attend
Vote
Propose Laws
What did the Greeks believe is True about their gods?
People could occasionally kill a god if they were really brave.
They set good moral examples on how to behave.
They had normal human emotions like jealousy.
They were all powerful and all knowing.
Which one is NOT a Greek Philosophers.
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander
What type of government did Athens create?
Absolute ruler
Merit System
Democracy
Republic
What city-state is completely focused on training for war?
Sparta
Athens
Thebes
Macedon
In what battle did the Athenians defeat a much larger Persian force on land?
Salamis
Marathon
Thermopolae
Platea
What was the most important affect of Alexander's short lived Empire?
It lead to the defeat of the Romans.
Through Helenism, Greek culture was able to spread.
It lead to the beginnings of Christianity.
Alexander was able to pass power to his children.
What was the title of the two Roman rulers who served for a year, ran the army, and were most respected in the Republic?
Consul
Dictator
Emperors
President
What was special about the Laws of the Twelve Tables?
They set up the Republic
They ended the Republic
They applied to all citizens equally and were in public.
They made all males in Rome citizens.
What is the 6,000 man military unit in Rome called?
Legion
Phalanx
Division
Immortals
What made the Roman Republic weaken?
Strong enemies on the borders.
Soldiers losing their land after serving in the military for long periods of time.
The spread of Christianity.
A slave rebellion.
What is a curved structure meant to create open spaces and save materials?
Arch
Aqueduct
Steel
Architect
What is True about divorce in the Roman Empire?
It was rarely done.
Christianity made it much easier.
It was easy and a person could also disown children.
It was only done if the couple had fallen out of love.
Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Augustus
Julius Caesar
Pompey
Alexander The Great
Who fought to entertain others in Rome?
Gladiators
Scapegoat
Martyrs
What is someone who is blamed for problems they did not cause?
Scapegoat
Mercenaries
Martys
What was never the capitol of the Roman Empire
Rome
Carthage
Constantinople
What is NOT true about the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire?
It grew to twice the size of the original Roman Empire
It was Greek speaking who followed the Orthodox religion.
It slowly became less Christian.
It built a church called the Parthenon.
What religion is monotheistic?
Ancient Greek
Judaism
Hinduism
Egyptian
What religion has the least followers today?
Judaism
Greek Religion
Christianity
Hinduism
A Greek student of Socrates, who wrote The Republic about a perfect society.
Plato
Homer
Spartacus
Augustus
A Roman who became the first Emperor, always respected the Senate.
Plato
Homer
Augustus
Cleopatra
A Macedonian who defeated the Persian Empire, never lost a battle, died from illness at age 33.
Alexander the Great
Justinian
Howard Carter
Shi Huangdi
An Athenian Greek, had a theory "know thyself", drank poison, taught Plato.
Socrates
Shi Huangdi
Alexander the Great
Justinian
Eastern Roman Emperor, made laws, reconquered Italy, suffered through plague.
Moses
Justinian
Shi Huangdi
Howard Carter
What is true about Mecca before Muhammad?
It was an important farming center
Most people were Christian
It was a important center for trade,
What religion did Muhammad begin?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Catholic
What religion did Muhammad begin?
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Catholic
A Christian is to Christianity as a ________ is to Islam.
Muhammaden
Islamic
Muslim
Islain
A Mosque is a holy place of worship for which religion?
Hindu
Christians
Islam
Catholic
What is TRUE (3) about the Quran?
It is a holy book of Islam
It covers religion and law.
It can be translated and holy in any language
Muslim believes it was communicated to Muhammad through angels.
What is not one of the five pillars?
Say there is one god and Muhammad is his messenger.
Give to the poor.
Treat others like they should be treated.
True or False: Sunni wanted the best person to rule.
True
False
What ethnicity are most people North of Sahara desert in Africa?
Arab
Black Skinned
White
Christian
What is the largest river on Earth?
The Amazon
The Nile
The Sahara
Agua Fria
What religion has survived in Ethiopia for a long time?
Islam
Buddhist
Christianity
Judaism
When did the Catholic Church attack scientific knowledge?
When they did not understand it.
When it hurt people
When it went against the Church taught.
How did the scientific method improve the quality of knowledge?
By increasing knowledge
By preforming experiment and figuring out what is true and not true.
By allowing people to share knowledge
What religion did Henry the VIII make most English people become?
Protestant
Catholic
Islamic
What are causes(3) of the Reformation?
The Catholic Church becoming corrupt and selling indulgences.
The Printing Press allowing reformation ideas to be passed around.
Martin Luther challenging the Church and translating a Bible into German.
Converting Natives in North and South America to the Catholic faith.
What did Martin Luther believe about the Bible unlike Catholics?
It was the word of god.
It should be translated so regular people can interpret it.
It was false.
What was the criticisms of indulgences?
Maybe God will not agree with the Catholic Church in forgiving sins.
The poor cannot afford to buy them.
It is an incentive (makes it more likely) to sin.
none.
Why do people like Shakespeare's play the most?
His stories are still relevant to people today.
He gives a lot of historical information about the time.
His plays were serious.
What book was a parody that made fun of the Middle Ages?
Utopia
Don Quixote
The Prince
True or False: Shakespeare was not threatened to be killed over religion.
True
False
True or False: The Bible was the book that helped increase the desire for the printing press the most.
True
False
True or False: Painting looked three dimensional and used color in the Renaissance.
TRUE
FALSE
Who did Machiavelli write The Prince for?
Men
Woman
Warriors
Rulers
Why did Native Americans die of disease when Europeans came?
Native Americans did not have immunity to diseases.
Native American doctors did not have the ability to cure diseases like European doctors.
Europeans often purposely spread diseases to Native Americans.
Why is it wrong to say Christopher Columbus discovered America?
Native Americans lived their for thousands of years.
Christopher did discover America
He never made it to America.
What are things (3) that the Samurai would do?
Farm
Practice the bow
Practice the sword
Be loyal to their lord.
Who had the most power in Japan?
The Shogun
The Emperor
The Samurai
The Pope
True or False: Did the Chinese invent Moveable type to allow the saving and spreading of knowledge.
True
False
T or F: Empress Wu a unique ruler of China because she was a Woman .
False
True
How did the Mongols deal with religious differences in their civilization?
They forced everyone to become animist.
They were animist, but treated all religions equally.
They did not have a religion and encouraged everyone to abandon their religion.
What major civilization did Kublai Khan conquer?
India
China
Byzantine
How did most enemies react when the Mongols opposed them?
They retreated.
They surrendered
They hid behind walls.
T or F: The largest empire in history was The Mongols.
False
True
What was the Muslim trading post in Africa that traded with India?
Kilwa
Ethiopia
Zimbabwe
What is Timbuktu most associated with?
Salt
Gold
War
Timber
What is true (3) about the West African gold kingdoms?
They had good farmland.
They had advanced technology in weapons.
They went from animist in religion.
They went from animist to Islamic in religion.
What best describes the letter J?
Caste System, Karma
Most people, Great Wall
Carved Church in the ground
What does the letter B represent?
Horse Riding Nomads, Largest Land Empire
Caesar and Augustus were rulers
Pyramids, Pharaohs, best farmland
What best describes letter A?
Mansa Musa, became Islamic over time
Caesar and Augustus were rulers
Democracy, won at Marathon, women invisible
What best describes c?
Democracy, won at Marathon, women invisible
Home of Muhammad, Islam started
Caesar and Augustus were rulers
Carved churches into the ground
What does D best represent?
Pyramids, Pharaohs, best farmland
Democracy, won at Marathon, women invisible
First Civilization, Invented Writing, Schools
What does E represent?
Carved churches into the ground
Democracy, won at Marathon, women invisible
Mansa Musa, became Islamic over time
What does the letter F represent
Home of Muhammad, Islam started
Caste System, Karma
Horse Riding Nomads, Largest Land Empire
What does g represent ?
Samurai, Figurehead Emperor
Horse Riding Nomads, Largest Land Empire
First Civilization, Invented Writing, Schools
What does H describe?
Enemies of Greece, Defeated by Alexander
Home of Muhammad, Islam started
Pyramids, Pharaohs, best farmland
Caesar and Augustus were rulers
What does I describe?
Horse Riding Nomads, Largest Land Empire
Carved churches into the ground
Democracy, won at Marathon, women invisible
What does K describe?
Most People, Great Wall
Caste System, Karma
What does L describe?
Most People, Great Wall
Samurai, Figurehead Emperor
Enemies of Greece, Defeated by Alexander
