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History's Game Changers Unit Test 6th grade

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 7hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?
a)
Alexander's son Philip took over
b)
Greece conquered Macedonia
c)
Alexander's empire fell apart
d)
Sparta won the Peloponnesian War
2.

Alexander _________ and founded 70 cities.

a)

lost many battles

b)

loved to build

c)

was a pacifist

d)

never lost a battle

3.

If a city did not surrender to Alexander he would

a)

negotiate with them

b)

leave them alone

c)

conquer and severely punish them

d)

send a diplomat

4.

Alexander did not take over civilizations to eliminate them. Instead,

a)

he forced them to mine resources for him.

b)

he was interested in new cultures and allowed people that surrendered to him to live as they please.

c)

he forced them to only follow Greek customs.

d)

he mocked them.

5.

Who were the three members of the First Triumvirate?

a)

Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus

b)

Octavian, Lepidus, Mark Antony

c)

Cleopatra, Ptolemy, and Julius Caesar

d)

Cicero, Cato, and Augustus Caesar

6.

What position did Julius Caesar win in 59 BC?

a)

Dictator

b)

Consul

c)

Emperor

d)

President

7.

Who were the leading conspirators during the death of Julius Caesar?

a)

Brutus and Cassius

b)

Cleopatra and Mark Antony

c)

Octavian and Lepidus

d)

Pompey and Cato

8.

How was Caesar killed?

a)

In battle

b)

Ambush and stabbed in the back

c)

By an animal

d)

He was betrayed

9.

Which is one of the reforms that Caesar wanted as a Consul?

a)

Create new roads that lead to Rome

b)

End the war with the Germans

c)

Give land to the poor

d)

Give land to the Rich

10.

Cleopatra had Greek roots.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Which country did Cleopatra rule?

a)

Australia

b)

England

c)

Egypt

d)

Pakistan

12.

Which family member did Cleopatra take the throne from?

a)

Her dad

b)

Her cat

c)

Her mum

d)

Her brother

13.
What did Confucius teach
a)
money
b)
beliefs
c)
how to live
d)
health
14.
What did people do after Confucius died
a)
his students gathered a collection of his sayings after he died
b)
his students gathered a collection of his body 
c)
they cried for weeks
d)
nobody 
15.
Who was Confucius?
a)
the founder of Legalism
b)
the founder of Hinduism
c)
The founder of Buddhism
d)
The founder of Confucianism
16.
Confucius's ideas were put into a book called....
a)
The Analects
b)
The Quran
c)
The Bible
d)
The Buddha
17.
Confucius decided to try ____________ after he was unable to obtain a government office.
a)
teaching
b)
rollerskating
c)
thinking
d)
wandering
18.

Ashoka the Great, was an Indian emperor of the Mauryan Dynasty, and he ruled almost all of the Indian sub-continent. India has history of many such famous empires, such as those of the Mauryas, the Mughals, the Cholas, etc. If a kingdom is a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or a queen, what is an empire?

a)

a very small kingdom

b)

a very famous kingdom

c)

a very big kingdom

d)

a very educated kingdom

19.

When member of same family become rulers one after another the family is after called a —–

a)

Empire

b)

Local Government

c)

Government

d)

Dynasty

20.

Ashoka decided not to fight anymore wars because he saw-

a)

violence and blood shed

b)

power

c)

force

d)

drama

21.
How did Asoka help spread Buddhism throughout India and the rest of the world?
a)
A. Asoka sent missionaries to spread the teachings of the Buddha to other kingdoms.
b)
B. Asoka conquered other kingdoms and forced them to follow Buddhism.
c)
C. Asoka forced his people to follow Buddhism or be executed.
d)
D. Asoka gave his people a tax break if they converted to Buddhism.
22.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
He was a god.
b)
He was a king of the first city of Ur.
c)
He was the king of the Babylonian empire.
d)
He was a Mesopotamian scribe.
23.
What is a stele?
a)
A babylonian chariot.
b)
A big black rock with the written laws etched on it.
c)
A big black rock with carvings etched on it.
d)
An early form of steel.
24.
Which modern idiom refers to Hammurabi's Code?
a)
An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
b)
It's raining cats and dogs.
c)
Break a leg!
d)
The wisdom of an old man brings wealth.
25.
Who was Hammurabi? 
a)
God in Ancient Sumer
b)
emperor of Babylonian Empire
c)
 warrior who fought Gilgamesh
d)
scribe known throughout Mesopotamia
26.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a)
story of Babylonian empire's creation by the gods
b)
written language of Babylonian Empire
c)
 collection of written laws from the Babylonian Empire
d)
book describing warfare from the Babylonian Empire