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Worksheets6th Grade Exam Review
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 17mins
Select all the correct answers.
How did Alexander the Great contribute to achievements made during the Hellenistic era?
He encouraged learning and the exploration of ideas.
He married a Persian woman and started to dress in Persian clothing.
He spread ideas by creating trade routes and port cities.
He destroyed cities that were threatening to revolt against him.
He enjoyed inventing new ways of doing things to help the people.
Which term best describes the new form of government that Cleisthenes introduced in the Greek city-state of Athens?
representative democracy
oligarchy
tyranny
direct democracy
Identify the two territories within the Roman Empire.
1
2
3
4
Wealthy and powerful upper-class in the early Roman Republic
patricians
Plebians
consuls
Tribunes
farmers, craftspeople, and merchants in the early Roman Republic
Patricians
Plebians
consuls
tribunes
Which Greek scientist contributed to the field of mathematics?
Socrates
Thucydides
Plato
Euclid
Determine which political feature belongs to
both ancient Greece and Modern United States.
Only adult males born of two citizens can vote.
It operates on principles of democracy.
It has separate bodies of government.
All citizens of legal age can vote, regardless of gender
Examine the following map of the Inca civilization. Based on the map, which of the following statements is most likely true?
Tupac Inca (II) was the most generous and peaceful Inca ruler.
Pachacuti was the youngest person to become the Inca ruler.
Huascar and Atahualpa battled each other for the Inca throne.
Huayana Capac was the most successful ruler of the Inca.
Which of the following describes the Maya belief system?
They believed that it was the fate of animals to be hunted and eaten.
They believed that humans were the civilized descendants of animals.
They believed that humans were a gentler species compared to animals.
They believed that animals had to be sacrificed for the greater good.
Which two factors contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire?
The Yellow Turbans led a rebellion against the emperor, which led to the emperor losing the Mandate of Heaven.
Communication throughout the empire was too slow to keep the government in contact with remote regions.
Invaders became absorbed into the Hindu culture of the region rather than altering the culture of the people.
The government stopped paying soldiers, so they were no longer loyal to the empire.
Which Roman emperor founded the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?
Constantine V
Constantine I
Julius Caesar
Leo III
Determine whether each feature belongs to both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church.
The pope is the head of the church.
Observes the ritual of mass.
Derives its teachings from the New Testament.
Greek is the official language.
In the early Middle Ages, people lived by a social system known as _____________. Within this system, people received protection from invaders in exchange for their loyalty and obedience. At the top of the system was the king, who gave land to nobles in exchange for knights to fight in his wars. The serfs were at the bottom. They paid taxes in exchange for protection.
feudalism
the Catholic Church
scholasticism
hierarchy
Which two social changes of the Magna Carta influenced the US Constitution?
It guaranteed the right to a trial by a jury of peers.
It limited the power that the government could hold and use.
It gave the right to defend oneself against the government when needed.
It declared that government taxes were unlawful.
Which two choices were effects of Neo-Confucianism on China during the Middle Ages? Select all the correct answers.
It helped with the selection of able government officials.
It gave rise to a new social class.
It caused an increase in artistic publications.
It led to the decline of agricultural practices.
It made people more financially secure.
Select the correct answer.
Hal is studying history in college. His research on China during the Middle Ages shows that it was a trading giant under the Tang dynasty. Which fact best supports Hal’s research?
The rulers of the Tang dynasty filled their treasuries with precious stones imported from India.
Chinese merchants were well respected in social circles and held high social positions.
Traders from places such as India and Egypt came to Chang’an, the Tang capital, to conduct business.
Tang rulers would frequently engage in wars with neighboring territories over key trade centers.
The Mongols attacked the Chinese dynasties because the Chinese refused to conduct trade with them.
Arrange these African kingdoms according to the order in which they emerged.
Ghana
Mali Songhai
Mali Songhai
Ghana
Songhai
Ghana
Mali
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Select the correct location on the image.
In which part of Asia did Mahmūd of Ghazni and Muhammad of Ghor first establish their power?
Kazakhstan
Iran
Mongolia
Saudi Arabi
Afghanistan
Select the correct answer.
Into which two countries did Islam spread through trade rather than through conquest?
Malaysia
India
Iraq
Indonesia
Persia
Select all the correct answers.
Allucard, a merchant in medieval Russia, has heard about a growing epidemic in regions around France and Italy. His fellow traders agree to stop trading with those regions during the epidemic. Allucard realizes that he could keep trading and increase his profits. Which two outcomes are most likely to occur after Allucard’s decision to keep trading?
increased likelihood that he would carry the disease back to his native country
increased opportunities to become infected when he visits French and Italian cities
increased trade with Europe because other traders would be attracted by his success
better socioeconomic status in the French and Italian cities
greater personal political power because he traded with distant regions
Which items were a contributor to the spread of the Black Death?
decline in feudal system
increase of rats and fleas
ineffective treatments
decreased population
lack of sanitation
Select the correct answer.
Read this scenario, and then answer the question that follows.
A European nation in the Middle Ages enjoys friendly relationships with its neighboring nations. The merchant class is prosperous because there are plenty of trade opportunities within the nation and between the neighboring nations. Disputes between warlords have been crushed and resolved. The peasant class is happy in this nation.
Based on this information, what can you conclude about this European nation?
This nation has a strong marriage alliance with a neighboring state.
This nation has a strong monarch and a strong government.
This nation has a surplus of labor that gives the nobles power.
This nation has no sumptuary laws in place restricting the merchants.
Select all the correct answers.
Which three ideas are specifically associated with the Renaissance?
dependence on tested traditions and customs
significance of human thought and experience
emphasis on individual growth and achievement
obedience to religious texts and practices
interest in classical Greek and Roman texts
In what way were artists of the Northern Renaissance different from the artists of the Italian Renaissance?
They tried to depict the human psyche through their paintings.
They primarily painted their works using oil paint.
They painted portraits of ancient Greek and Roman heroes.
They explored religious topics such as God, heaven, and hell.
They rejected help from wealthy individuals called patrons
What was the long-term effect of the European Reformation?
Europeans were permanently divided into two religions, Catholicism and Protestantism.
A number of new Christian religions developed, but they had different beliefs and practices.
Each country developed a system of government that agreed with its dominant religion.
The Catholic Church divided religious authority among individual churches.
What was the impact on religion of the scientific discoveries made during the Scientific Revolution
The church gained support from the scientists to promote the teachings of Aristotle.
The scientists spent more time researching the role of God in the universe.
The power of the church in Europe weakened, and science began to become a secular field.
The church became even more responsible for spreading the new scientific discoveries.
The power of the church in Europe was completely eliminated, which fostered scientific progress.
In which two ways was Galileo’s improved telescope useful during the Scientific Revolution?
It helped him discover new theories that verified the scientific teachings of the church.
It helped him study the four moons that revolve around Jupiter.
It helped him explain how planets’ motions were related to their distance from the sun.
It helped him make observations that supported the heliocentric theory.
It helped him make observations that supported the geocentric theory.
Select all the correct answers.
Which two ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers are contained in the US Constitution?
providing a single religion to influence government
linking governments and citizens through a social contract
separating powers in the government
giving all the power to an executive
limiting the powers of state governments
Which choice has the correct order for the author of the philosophical beliefs listed below:
-maintained that religion was useful to humankind but didn’t have to be true
- maintained that each person entered into society with an unspoken agreement to refrain from harming one another
-believed that people should exchange some of their individual freedoms for common security
-believed that natural law was given to humans by God
William Blackstone
Voltaire
Jean J Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Jean J Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
William Blackstone
Thomas Hobbes
William Blackstone
Voltaire
Jean J Rousseau
Jean J Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
William Blackstone
Voltaire
