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6th GRADE Test (1st Test)

Total questions: 76

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an era?

a)

A large block of time.

b)

A black hole.

c)

A type of car.

d)

A time before written history.

2.

What is archaeology?

a)

The study of objects to learn about past human life.

b)

The study of fossils to learn about past life.

c)

The study of volcanic islands.

d)

The study of calendars.

3.

What is an artifact?

a)

An object made by a person.

b)

Bones of living things.

c)

Plant remains.

d)

Facts about artwork.

4.

What is paleontology?

a)

The study of fossils.

b)

The study of manmade objects.

c)

The study of pails and buckets.

d)

The study of artwork.

5.

What is a fossil?

a)

Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time.

b)

Manmade objects.

c)

A shoe company.

d)

A type of African Violet plant.

6.

What is anthropology?

a)

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

b)

The study of objects.

c)

The study of fossils.

d)

The study of pea pods.

7.

What does "species" mean?

a)

A class of individuals with similar physical characteristics.

b)

A newspaper company.

c)

A sci fi movie.

d)

Manmade objects.

8.

What is a decade?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

10,000 years

9.

What is a century?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

10,000 years

10.

What is a millennium?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

50 years

11.

What does it mean to "found" something?

a)

to create or set up something such as a city.

b)

to start a book club.

c)

to begin a science organization.

d)

to organize or set up a anime club.

12.

Who invented the Julian Calendar?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Pope Gregory

c)

Pope Caesar

d)

Mr. Bobeda

13.

Who invented the Gregorian Calendar?

a)

Pope Gregory XIII

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Mr. Bobeda

d)

Pope Francis

14.

What does B.C. stand for?

a)

Before the birth of Jesus Christ

b)

Before CD players

c)

Before Cookie Monster

d)

After the birth of Jesus

15.

What does "anno domini" mean?

a)

in the year of our lord

b)

after the plague

c)

after new year's

d)

before Pope Francis

16.

What does B.C.E. stand for?

a)

before the common era

b)

before the stone age

c)

before electricity

d)

before the plague

17.

What does C.E. stand for?

a)

Common Era

b)

Common problem

c)

Common history

d)

Common idea

18.

Buddha was born in 563 B.C.E.

a)

That's 563 years AFTER Jesus Christ

b)

That's 563 years BEFORE Jesus Christ

c)

That's the SAME TIME as Jesus Christ's birth.

d)

That's the SAME TIME as Pope Francis' birth.

19.

How do historians learn bout people who lived in the earliest historical eras?

a)

Look at artifacts.

b)

Read diaries of cavemen.

c)

Watch videos from Netflix.

d)

Eat chicken noodle soup.

20.

Why is history important?

a)

Knowing the past can help us make decisions in the future.

b)

It's not.

c)

So people can repeat mistakes.

d)

So people can give up when faced with problems.

21.

When you study history, you start to see patterns in human behavior.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The skill of being able to identify and explain events or concepts throughout history is called this.

a)

Contextualization

b)

Developments & Processing

c)

Sourcing

d)

Corroboration

23.

To study history - you must start with this.

a)

A sentence

b)

A war

c)

A question

d)

A solution

24.

What is the information that can be used to prove your statement or to support a conclusion?

a)

Opinions

b)

Ideas

c)

Questions

d)

Evidence

25.

A document or other records of past events created by people who were present at that time are called this -

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

26.

This type of source was written after the time period by an expert or a historian.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

27.

What's another way of saying that after researching your evidence, you've come to a conclusion? What is this conclusion called?

a)

Sourcing

b)

Opinion

c)

Evidence

d)

Inference

28.

This term refers to anything that might change a person’s observations.

a)

Source

b)

Context

c)

Bias

d)

Artifact

29.

History is still open to interpretation.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What does it mean to evaluate a source? Evaluate.

a)

get rid of the source

b)

to judge the quality of or assess the source

c)

don't ask questions about the source

d)

to summarize the main ideas

31.

Tick off the 2 reasons why we study history?

a)

To learn about the past mistakes people made so that we don't make them in the future. (Like the Apartheid)

b)

To understand that what happened in the past effects how we live today.

c)

To be bored

32.

What is a primary source of evidence?

a)

It is something that DOESN'T come from the time period being studied.

b)

It is a type of rock

c)

It is something that come from the time period being studied, for example, books, coins, an old map, and newspapers etc

33.

Two examples of a primary sources of evidence are:

a)

A coin from the Roman empire

b)

A textbook about Rome written in 2020

c)

A weapon from the Roman empire

34.

What is a secondary source of evidence?

a)

It is evidence or clues from the time period.

b)

Are books, songs or stories written or told about the event by someone who has researched the topic and wasn't at the event.

c)

It is a rock

35.

Who finds the evidence in an archaeological site?

a)

A teacher

b)

A doctor

c)

A historian

d)

An archaeologist

36.

An example of a secondary source of evidence is

a)

A poem written about Nelson Mandela's life in 2020

b)

A rock art from the San people

c)

A necklace from ancient Egypt

d)

A mummy from an Egyptian tomb

37.
Who is most likely to study the oral traditions of a society?
a)
An anthropologist
b)
An archaeologist
c)
An architect
d)
A paleontologist
38.
Primary sources and artifacts are valuable because they
a)
are free of bias.
b)
never have to be evaluated for reliability or validity.
c)
are valid but not reliable.
d)
come directly from people who witnessed the event.
39.
a)
PRIMARY
b)
SECONDARY
40.
Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?
a)
Original uniforms worn at a time in history
b)
Diaries written at the time of an event
c)
Film footage of a historical event
d)
A poem about World War II from your classmate
41.
A magazine article about the War of 1812.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
42.
An interview you had with a Vietnam War veteran.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
43.
Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
44.
What is Archaeology?
a)
The study of dinosaur bones
b)
The study of artifacts
c)
Playing adventure video games
d)
The study of old rocks
45.
Archaeology is important because it helps us understand our ______.
a)
past
b)
present 
c)
future
d)
dreams
46.
What is the job of an Archaeologist?
a)
to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts
b)
To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
c)
To find cool stuff underground
d)
To study the relationship between geography and fossils 
47.

Dates in history are expressed in two terms:

a)

BC and AD

b)

AD and AC

c)

BC and BD

d)

DC and AD

48.

Is this a fossil or an artifact?

Imprint of a dinosaur's foot on a rock

a)

Fossil

b)

Artifact

49.

Is this a fossil or an artifact...

throwing spear

a)

Fossil

b)

Artifact

50.

Define this term...

Culture

a)

The customs, beliefs and values of a group of people

b)

Studying the past

c)

Studying natural features of the land

d)

An environment

51.

When we study history we think about the past, the present, and the future.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

Studying history can help us create new and better ideas.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

History is

a)

one single story that everyone agrees on.

b)

memorizing facts about the past.

c)

different accounts of events depending on people's perspectives.

d)

only useful if you want to be a historian

54.

Historical skills like critical thinking, research, and communication can help you in which career? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

a)

Engineering

b)

Law

c)

Medical Sciences

d)

Business

55.

History also...

a)

explains why things are the way they are now.

b)

is always accurate and unbiased.

c)

always creates smart people that make the best decisions.

d)

allows us to remember our heritage.

56.
Which event on this timeline happened FIRST? 
a)
Last use of hieroglyphic writing
b)
Rosetta Stone is carved
c)
Settlers in Nile Valley
d)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
57.
Timelines are read from
a)
right to left
b)
left to right
c)
upside down
d)
not read
58.
A timeline can represent any length of time.
a)
true
b)
false
59.
What did the person on this timeline do at 7:15am?
a)
Wake Up
b)
Catch the Bus
c)
Brush Teeth
60.

Which happened earlier?

a)

gladiator combats in Rome

b)

fencing in Egypt

c)

chess in Persia

d)

playing cards in China

61.

A timeline about you might begin with your _________.

a)

death

b)

birth

c)

between

d)

future

62.

A timeline is a tool that we can use to help us understand __________.

a)

history

b)

sample

c)

tool

d)

number line

63.
Which event happened first?
a)
Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
b)
Germany declares war on France
c)
Woodrow Wilson outlines his 14 points
d)
Treaty of Versailles
64.

BCE stands for ____.

a)

Before the Common Age

b)

Before the Common Era

c)

Beginning of Common Existence

d)

Beginning of the Correct Eras

65.

CE stands for ___.

a)

Correct Eras

b)

The Continual Elements

c)

The Common Era

d)

Before the Common Era

66.

If two dates are in the same era (BCE/ BCE or CE/CE) you need to _____ to find the distance between the years.

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

67.

If two dates are in different eras (BCE/CE or BC/AD) you need to ____ to find the distance between the years.

a)

add

b)

subtract

c)

multiply

d)

divide

68.

___ is the same as BCE.

a)

BC

b)

CE

c)

AD

d)

LMNOP

69.
What part of a timeline informs the reader what the timeline is about?
a)
The events on the timeline.
b)
The title.
c)
The spacing of the years.
d)
The number of events the author chooses to include. 
70.
On a timeline, B.C.E. is represented
a)
on the right side of the timeline
b)
on the left side of the timeline
c)
in the year zero
d)
B.C.E. is never on a timeline
71.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
72.
Prehistory is the time before humans invented __________. 
a)
language
b)
stone tools
c)
writing
d)
arithemetic
73.
History is divided between history and ____________.  
a)
the future
b)
prehistory
c)
jurassic park
d)
now
74.
How long ago did written history begin?
a)
152,000 years ago
b)
5,200 years ago
c)
July 4, 1776
d)
1945
75.
The Gregorian Calendar 
a)
lost one day every 128 years
b)
is also known as the Hebrew Calendar.
c)
is still in use today
d)
was developed by Julius Caesar
76.
Some early calendars developed by the Chinese, Egyptians, and Hebrews, were based on cycles of the
a)
sun
b)
moon
c)
stars
d)
dish washers

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