How does Roman law influence our legal system?

Our system is based on their ideas of justice

Because there was a surplus of food

there was an increase in population

Because of Greece's geographic features

They became sailors and traders & developed into city-states

had absolute power over their people

Babylon became a center for trade because

located between cities north and south

Why was the Silk Road important

It connected China with the West

Why did the Senate give Augustus as much power as he wanted?

He brought peace & prosperity & shared power with the Senate

Because of the natural geographic barriers

China thought they were the only ones that existed.

What was not an accomplishment of Shi Huangdi?

Developed the civil service exam

What role did Greek mythology have on everyday life?

It was the source of everything in the universe

What impact did geography play in ancient Rome?

Centrally located in all the known world

Used Greeks ideas to build things

Why did civilizations develop near rivers?

provided soil that was good for farming

The most important practice of the Egyptians was?

to prepare the mummy for the afterlife

What was a lord's duty?

to protect his vassals & their land

How did the Nile affect the civilization?

It left silt which was good for farming

Because Confucius's ideas were the basic training for the civil service exam,

it brought the most qualified person to government jobs

you had to be loyal to anyone that had more land and wealth

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6th Grade Social Studies Final Review

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1
Were the Israelites?
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
2
What type of government did the ancient Romans establish?
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Democracy
Republic
3
What was significant about Greece's Dark Ages?
Arts and literature decreased
Trading increased
Writing was lost
Democracy grew
4
What was the most important religion in medieval times?
Judaism
Roman Catholic
Buddhism
Protestant
5
How does Roman law influence our legal system?
You are guilty until proven innocent
Our system is based on their ideas of justice
it is led by 2 men
Most people are equal under the law
6
Who developed the 1st democracy
Sparta
Athens
7
Which is not a reason for the fall of Rome?
the death of Julius Caesar
weak and corrupt rulers
inflation
army filled with mercenaries
8
Who made Christianity Rome's official religion?
Augustus
Abraham
Hadrin
Constantine
9
Spartan life was centered around
raising warriors
developing the 1st democracy
trading
arts & sciences
10
Who is credited with the first written code of laws?
Shi Huangdi
Alexander the Great
Hammurabi
Confucius
11
Which is not a religious belief
Explains life after death
Explains natural events
Explained hieroglyphics
Religion is part of everyday life
12
What river in Rome made the soil fertile and good for farming?
Nile
Tigris
Tiber
Euphrates
13
Which is not a reason why the church was so important?
set up courts, collected taxes, made laws
comforted people with the rewards of heaven
encouraged Holy Wars
improved the economy by inventing new ways to farm
14
The ancient people believed in
one god
many gods
15
No longer nomads
New Stone Age
Old Stone Age
16
How did technology spread in the ancient world?
Traders
Artisans
Farmers
Kings
17
Because there was a surplus of food
there was a decrease in population
people had to hunt and gather
there was an increase in population
there was famine
18
Because of Greece's geographic features
They became sailors and traders & developed into city-states
They were excellent farmers
They thought they were the only civilization
Rivers flooded and provided fertile soil
19
The Egyptian rulers
shared power with the nobles
predicted when the Nile would flood
led a democracy
had absolute power over their people
20
Babylon became a center for trade because
located between cities north and south
located near the Mediterranean Sea
located near rivers
Located on the Silk Road
21
Why was the Silk Road important
It connected China to the East
Traders learned how to make silk
That is where the silk worms were located
It connected China with the West
22
When two consuls disagree, who comes in to take over
Patricians
a dictator
a King
Plebeians
23
Why did the Senate give Augustus as much power as he wanted?
He brought peace & prosperity & shared power with the Senate
He was Julius Caesar's adopted son
He set up a postal service
He issued new coins
24
What was most important in the Chinese society?
the Golden Rule
Confucius
Silk
Family
25
Because of the natural geographic barriers
China thought they were the only ones that existed.
they became excellent traders
They had to build roads
They became excellent sailors
26
What is prehistory?
Time after history
Time before written records
Time of written records
The land before time
27
What was not an accomplishment of Shi Huangdi?
Developed the civil service exam
unified China
construction of the Great Wall
outlawed ideas of Confucius
28
What was the significance of the Phoenicians alphabet?
Easier to read and write
Only scribes could use it
All people could now read and write
Had over a 100 symbols
29
What role did Greek mythology have on everyday life?
It only told them what would happen with the weather
It was the source of everything in the universe
It only told them where to bury their Pharaohs
It told who would be king
30
Egyptian achievements were all but
Rosetta Stone
able to predict when the Nile would flood
hieroglyphs
365-day calendar
31
What impact did geography play in ancient Rome?
Centrally located in all the known world
very little farmland
became sailors as they were completely surrounded by water
easy to attack
32
Center of Public life
Acropolis
the market
Agora
Pyramids
33
What two rivers did Mesopotamia develop around?
Nile and Euphrates
Tigris and Huang He
Tiber and Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
34
The Romans
Used Greeks ideas to build things
developed studies of math & astronomy
were only interested in ideas
Built things on their own
35
What was a result of the Crusades
Feudalism increased
England united
trade increased
Nobles had a say
36
Acropolis was the center of
Family life
Church life
Religious life
Public life
37
Who was part of the largest Egyptian social class?
Pharaoh
skilled workers
nobles
workers
38
My favorite subject is?
Science
Social Studies
Math
ELA
39
Why did civilizations develop near rivers?
provided soil that was good for farming
they could fish and get food
they could have a drinking source
they could easily trade
40
The most important practice of the Egyptians was?
to pray daily to the gods
to build the pyramids
to feed the gods
to prepare the mummy for the afterlife
41
Farming began during the
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
42
What was a lord's duty?
Mark sure the serfs did not escape
teach his vassals how to read and write
farm the land
to protect his vassals & their land
43
During the Golden Age of Athens
Democracy flourished
Writing increased
trading declined
Arts and literature declined
44
How did the Nile affect the civilization?
It destroyed everything in its path
it gave them food
It took life away
It left silt which was good for farming
45
What makes a civilization?
domesticated animals
writing
one social class
farming
46
Because Confucius's ideas were the basic training for the civil service exam,
Anyone could be trained to work in the government
Only the wealthy could hold government positions
Democracy was formed
it brought the most qualified person to government jobs
47
Almost all of prehistory took place during
Old Stone Age
New Stone Age
48
Polytheism means?
Belief in one god
Belief in many gods
49
In feudalism,
you were only loyal to those below you
everyone had to work the land
you had to be loyal to anyone that had more land and wealth
serfs were the smallest group
50
Sumer developed into city-states because
there were many islands
it was surrounded by deserts
it was surrounded by mountains
no one could get along
51
The Rome Republic was made up of
Plebeians and patricians
consuls and Senate
senate and patricians
Plebeians and slaves
52
My second favorite subject is?
ELA
Social Studies
Science
Math
53
How did the Phoenicians spread civilization?
Using the Silk Road
by using ships
traveling on foot
on horseback
54
Where did civilizations develop?
near rivers
near the seas
in the mountains
near the desert
55
Why is the development of agriculture important?
They could continue to hunt and gather
They were able to domesticate animals
They could be nomads
Allowed people to stay in one place
56
What is monotheism?
Belief in one god
Belief in many gods

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