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6th Grade World History Trivia
6th Grade World History Trivia
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Here is a year-end trivia game designed to assess my 6th grade students' knowledge of World History.
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1
How many pillars of Islam are there?
6
4
5
7
2
Which artist created the following sculpture?
Johannes Kepler
Leonardo DaVinci
Michelangelo
Nicolaus Copernicus
3
Why was the Imperial City in the Ming Dynasty called the "forbidden city"?
common people could not enter it
the Black Plague had struck
no one was allowed to build houses there
4
What two natural resources helped the empire of Ghana become wealthy?
silver and gold
salt and pepper
gold and salt
pepper and wheat
5
Hindus do NOT believe in...
monotheism
reincarnation
dieties
karma
6
Iran is currently under what kind of law?
communist
sharia
terrorist
fascist
7
Who is this man?
Sun Yat-Sen
Mao Zedong
Mrs. Brown
Kim Jong Un
8
What does "Renaissance" mean?
rebirth
beauty
science
art
9
The Aztec myth that came true inspired the forming of what city?
Aztec
Cuzco
Tenochtitlan
Mexico
10
What kind of farming technique is shown in this picture?
domestic farming
terrace farming
step planting
specialized agriculture
11
A political leader who had to live by Muhammad's example and follow rules of Islam is called...
minaret
bazaar
astrolabe
caliph
12
When mummies were made, the chief priest wore the mask of ______________, god of the dead.
Khufu
Horus
Tut
Anubis
13
Hitler used ____ to convince Germans that the Nazi Party would lead them out of the depression.
fascism
speeches
propoganda
nazism
14
For Muslims, taking a pilgrimage to ________________ is important once in their life.
New York City
Jerusalem
Arabia
Mecca
15
King Tutankhamun is the most famous Pharoah because...
he had 20 wives
he was the first leader of Ancient Egypt
he was far wealthier than any other Pharoah
he was a king as a young boy
16
Sparta and Athens were both Greek ________________.
battles
city-states
leaders
capitals
17
Toussaint L'Ouverture was a former slave who led the fight for independence in _____.
France
Spain
Haiti
Portugal
18
The Taj Mahal is...
the capitol building
a tomb
a mosque
a statue
19
Who created Buddhism?
Siddhartha
Mahatma Ghandi
Hindu
Allah
20
The world's first farming region developed in the fertile crescent, which the Greeks called...
Greece
Mesopotamia
City-State
The Fertile Crescent
21
These soldiers protect the grave of which Chinese emperor?
Han
Qin
Shang
Zhou
22
What is the Reformation?
the greatest civil rights protest in Europe
The Spanish Civil War
a movement to change the church
DaVinci's greatest masterpiece
23
Which river carried rich topsoil to Egypt during the annual flood?
Tigris
Mississippi
Euphrates
Nile
24
Edward Jenner noticed that people infected with ________ were immune to smallpox.
zebrapox
goatpox
armadillopox
cowpox
25
Which of the following civil rights activists did NOT follow the idea of non-violent protest?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mahatma Ghandi
Nelson Mandela
Malcolm X
26
What figuratively separated the Communist countries and non-Communist countries in Europe?
Iron Curtain
Germany
Prime Maridian
The Great Wall of China
27
In the French Revolution, the poor seized __________, a royal prison in Paris.
the Parliament
the capitol
the Bastille
the Royal Guard
28
In the Kush empire in Africa, farmers used a
sickle
to...
get water
build homes
harvest fruits
cut grain and tall grass
29
Indonesia is an example of...
a country still held under European rule
a communist country
an archipelago
a country under martial law
30
"Pax Romana" means...
get off my lawn
surrender to Rome
Rome will win
Roman peace
31
What is porcelain?
a dye used in artwork
drawings of outdoor scenery
a type of fine pottery
a type of heavy clay
32
What is a raja?
a queen
a statue
a ruler
a place of worship
33
Mesopotamia means...
the Middle East
desert
the land between the rivers
irrigation
34
The Maya played a game called _________________ where the losers were put to death.
pok-ta-pok
sacred ground
codex
maize
35
A _______________ is a Muslim place of worship.
temple
synagogue
mosque
church
36
Which culture existed in South America?
Inca
Inuit
Olmec
Aztec
37
Who started the Reformation?
Pope John Paul
Johannes Gutenberg
Mahatma Ghandi
Martin Luther
38
The British Industrial Revolution unfairly treated ________ workers.
female
child
adult
slave
39
The colony of India was split into what two countries in 1947?
India and Nepal
Pakistan and India
Bangladesh and Pakistan
Nepal and Bangladesh
40
An idea that is
unproven
is called a _________.
discovery
theory
geocentric
law
41
Which group of traders emerged in Arabia, and their name means "people of the desert"?
Maya
Bedouins
Mesopotamians
Inuit
42
This king of Babylon conquered Mesopotamian city-states, and controlled the entire region.
Sumer
Abraham
Hammurabi
Pharoah
43
Nelson Mandela fought against ______ in South Africa.
racism
sanctions
segregation
apartheid
44
The spark that set off World War I was...
a bomb dropped on London
submarine warfare
the sinking of the Lusitania
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
45
Which European country started the age of exploration?
Britain
Portugal
France
Spain
46
Who is the goddess of wisdom and peace?
Artemis
Hera
Athena
Aphrodite
47
In Rome, the ____________________ were poor farmers and shopkeepers who could not hold office.
plebians
patricians
republics
consuls
48
This Empire is famous for advanced fighting techniques, iron weapons, and battering rams.
Ashur
Mesopotamia
Assyria
Israel
49
Monk is to monastery as nun is to _________.
Bible
convent
cathedral
female
50
In European feudalism, kings divided their land into ___________.
plots
manors
vassals
serfs
51
This picture is an example of what Egyptian writing system?
Pictographs
Cuniform
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
52
Those manors were controlled by _________________.
lords
feuds
vassals
serfs
53
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?
Columbus
Magellan
King Phillip II
Verazzano
54
Which country was NOT in the Axis Powers during WWII?
Germany
Italy
China
Japan
55
Who is the god of the sun, music, and medicine?
Apollo
Poseidon
Zeus
Ares
56
By 1900, only ______ countries in Africa remained independent.
6
8
2
4
57
Berbers, traders in Africa, used ____________ to cross the desert.
donkeys
cows
camels
elephants
58
Ancient Greece had the first...
democracy
oligarchy
monarchy
tyrrany
59
Why is the Huang He called the Yellow River?
because it flows through Asia
because the sun shines so brightly there
because the loess turns the river yellow
because they couldn't think of a better name
60
Studying World History with Mrs. Brown is...
like a million paper cuts at once
horrible
a nightmare
FUN!!!!!
61
What two rivers surround the northern half of India?
Indus, Arabian
Nile, Bangladesh
Nile, Ganges
Ganges, Indus
62
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on what day?
December 7, 1941
December 7, 1940
April 20, 1941
April 20, 1940
63
How long was the Silk Road?
40 miles
4,000 miles
400 miles
40,000 miles
64
How many people died during World War I?
6. 5 million
5.5 million
8.5 million
4.5 million
65
To ______________ is to trade products instead of using cash to buy a product.
domesticate
farm
trade
barter
66
In feudal Japan, __________ controlled large pieces of land, which were worked by poor farmers.
kings
daimyo
samurai
shogunate
67
In the Shang dynasty, special priests used these to tell the future.
oracle bones
hieroglyphics
artifacts
pictographs
68
The cities that developed in southern Mesopotamia were located in a region called...
Persia
The Middle East
Egypt
Sumer
69
Which of the following event was NOT part of the Cold War?
The War on Terror
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Korean War
70
The United States dropped nuclear bombs on what Japanese Cities?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tokyo and Hiroshima
Nagasaki and Osaka
Osaka and Tokyo
71
Who was the leader of Russia right before the Revolution began?
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Putin
Tsar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
72
Who first discovered that we live in a
heliocentric
solar system?
Copernicus
Aristotle
Kepler
Galileo
73
How did ancient humans get from Asia to the Americas?
they swam
Sail boats
By ship
a land bridge
74
Who is the founder of communism?
Kim Jong Un
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
75
The Japanese equivalent of knights are _________.
vassals
shogunate
daimyo
samurai
76
During Rome's civil war, Antony fell in love with __________________, an Egyptian queen.
Octavian
Cleopatra
Tut
Caesar
