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6th Grade Social Studies TCAP Practice

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did innovations such as irrigation, aqueducts, and improved farm techniques transform civilizations? 
a)
Innovations made it possible to expand settlements at arid locations. 
b)
Innovations increased the numbers of hunters and gatherers. 
c)
Innovations required smaller herds and less livestock. 
d)
Innovations decreased the size of cities. 
2.
English nobles forced King John to sign the __________, taking away some of his powers.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Guest Book
d)
Bill of Rights
3.
What did Aztecs build in order to worship their gods? 
a)
Mosques
b)
Stadiums
c)
Cathedrals
d)
Temple-pyramids
4.
Mesopotamian farmers developed a system of __________ to control the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
a)
Irrigation 
b)
Cuneiform 
c)
Aqueducts
d)
Terraced Farming
5.
Exploration and conquests occurred in the middle ages. How did they affect relations between ancient societies? 
a)
They caused long-lasting peace with the help of religion
b)
They caused empires to close off access between their societies
c)
They caused outbreaks of violence that closed off trade routes
d)
They caused trade routes and communication to open up between societies 
6.
Why did trading networks like the Silk Road develop?
a)
Certain resources were not available in all areas 
b)
The trails were used for communication between groups
c)
People wanted to take land and to keep control of that land 
d)
Travelers enjoyed exploring nearby lands after trading for spices 
7.
Why did some ancient civilizations write and publish their laws?
a)
to allow patricians and plebeians to read and vote for the laws
b)
to records the laws so that historians would understand ancient culture 
c)
to ensure that citizens of the civilization would read and understand the laws
d)
to guarantee that each politician received a personal copy of the printed laws
8.

Polytheistic means...

a)

To believe in many gods

b)

To believe in only one god

c)

That you do not believe in any gods

9.

These things were left behind by humans

a)

Fossils

b)

Artifacts

c)

Computers

10.

________ wrote things down and recorded history.

a)

Scribes

b)

Typers

c)

Journalists

11.

Hammurabi was the the king of Mesopotamia and wrote the 1st set of laws

a)

True!!

b)

False!!

12.

Where did the Egyptians thing the Pharaohs went after they were mummified

a)

A Party

b)

A terrible place

c)

The After-Life

13.

This time period was the transformation from hunting and gathering into farming.

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

Early Man

c)

2018

14.

What do you call it when you take a plant or animal from the wild and use it for personal use?

a)

Surviving

b)

Domesticate

c)

Translate

15.

Rulers of Ancient Egypt that had complete control.

a)

Kings

b)

Peasants

c)

Pharaohs

16.

Farming, transportation, and trade in the Indus Valley were dependent on:

a)

Mountains

b)

Rivers

c)

Monsoons

d)

Lakes

17.

Buddhism appealed to a wider range of people than Hinduism because

a)

Buddhists believed in many gods

b)

The Buddha traveled to many places

c)

Buddhism treated all people equally

d)

Buddhist poetry was beautiful

18.
Who was killed in the Roman Senate for trying to gain too much power?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Augustus
c)
Brutus
d)
Legate Lanius
19.
Which city-state was the "enemy" or rival of Athens?
a)
Sparta
b)
Olympia
c)
Delphi
d)
Rome
20.
Belief in more than one god
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheism
c)
Theocracy
d)
Theology
21.
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Tigris and Amazon
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Euphrates and Mississippi
22.
_________________ was the king responsible for his written set of laws.
a)
Sargon
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Nebuchadnezzar
d)
David
23.
Pyramids are built to 
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
24.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
25.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
26.

Vocabulary: Jewish religious leader and scholar

a)

Prophet

b)

Rabbi

c)

Kosher

d)

Diaspora

27.

Vocabulary: The belief in one all-powerful, just, and personal God

a)

Commandment

b)

Covenant

c)

Torah

d)

Monotheism

28.

The Phoenicians developed an _____________ to ensure that they kept an accurate record of their trades.

a)

Synagogue

b)

Covenant

c)

Alphabet

d)

Devotion

29.
Sahara
a)
A desert that covers most of Northern Africa
b)
Flat grasslands in Africa
c)
Named assigned by the Greeks to the African kingdom of Aksum and other regions in Africa
d)
A slave who rose to favor with the king of Aksum and introduced Coptic Christianity to the people.
30.
savannah
a)
Flat grasslands in Africa
b)
An empire that developed from the city of Great Zimbabwe in southeast Africa in the 1300s
c)
Belief that spirits live in physical objects
d)
a Coptic holy city in Ethiopia that contains churches carved in rock below ground level
31.
clan
a)
A slave who rose to favor with the king of Aksum and introduced Coptic Christianity to the people.
b)
A trade language in Africa built upon the Bantu language
c)
Largest family group in Africa
d)
Belief that spirits live in physical objects
32.
Ethiopia
a)
Important city in western Africa located on the Niger River
b)
Belief that spirits live in physical objects
c)
Flat grasslands in Africa
d)
Named assigned by the Greeks to the African kingdom of Aksum and other regions in Africa
33.

The ruler of the Roman empire was a(n)

a)

president

b)

lord

c)

king

d)

emperor

34.

Which continent is #1

a)

North American

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

35.

Which continent is #2

a)

North American

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Asia

36.

Which continent is #3

a)

North America

b)

Antarctica

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

37.

Which type of government means "people rule?"

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Tyranny

38.

Which type of government means "one to rule?"

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Monarchy

39.

Which type of government means "few to rule?"

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

40.

What is a dynasty?

a)

A lower ranking officer that takes over when the king dies

b)

A sequence of rulers from the same family ruling the same country

c)

Rulers of differing countries that are related by marriage

d)

A higher ranking official overthrowing the king's thrown

41.

Egypt was divided into two parts geographically, what were they called?

a)

Northern Egypt

b)

Southern Egypt

c)

Upper Egypt

d)

Lower Egypt

42.

What river is this?

a)

Amazon River

b)

Yellow River

c)

Nile River

d)

Mississippi River

43.

Reincarnation is a belief of..

a)

Christians

b)

Jews

c)

Buddhists

d)

Buddhists and Hindus

44.

In Hinduism, a soul's karma is...

a)

good or bad deeds

b)

The next life

c)

Moksha

d)

None of these

45.

The Goal for the Buddhist is...

a)

Heaven

b)

Nirvana

c)

reincarnation

d)

karma

46.

belief in more than one God

a)

monotheism

b)

animism

c)

polytheism

d)

Christianity

47.

"Crusade" is

a)

a just war

b)

a holy war

c)

a long war

d)

all of these

48.

The purpose of the Crusades was:

a)

to gain control of Rome

b)

to see who was loyal to the pope

c)

to gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks

d)

none of these

49.

An effect of the Crusades was

a)

increased trade

b)

growth of towns

c)

increased bitterness between Muslims and Christians

d)

all of these

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