SGO Review (6th Grade)

Question 1

Which of the following was NOT true of Egyptian writing?

Accepted Answer

girls and boys were both scribes

Question 2

The ancient Babylonian king Hammurabi was known for?

Accepted Answer

a code of law and punishments

Question 3

Which event had the greatest impact on establishing early civilizations?

Accepted Answer

agricultural revolution

Question 4

The shared attitudes, knowledge and behaviors of a group are the groups?

Accepted Answer

Culture

Question 5

The type of government found in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 6

In which form of government does one party hold all the political power/controls the economy?

Accepted Answer

Communism

Question 7

People were mummified in Ancient Egypt because?

Accepted Answer

they believed in an afterlife and they needed their body

Question 8

What does Mesopotamia mean/translate out to?

Accepted Answer

“land between the rivers”

Question 9

How many years ago, from today’s date, was the year 100 CE?

Accepted Answer

1919

Question 10

Having different types of people and cultures in an area is known as cultural ____________?

Accepted Answer

Diversity

Question 11

A government is best defined as?

Accepted Answer

An organization set up to make/enforce rules in a society

Question 12

The value of goods and services produced in a country in a year is?

Accepted Answer

GDP

Question 13

Which group was NOT represented on a level of the Egyptian social class pyramid?

Accepted Answer

teachers

Question 14

A form of government in which one person holds complete political power is?

Accepted Answer

Dictatorship

Question 15

What do we call the fan-shaped part of the Nile River?

Accepted Answer

delta

Question 16

Factors that cause a person to _____________ an area are called push factors?

Accepted Answer

leave

Question 17

Raising plants or animals for human use is known as?

Accepted Answer

domestication

Question 18

How long of a time period is it between 600 BCE and 700 CE?

Accepted Answer

1300 years

Question 19

If an event started in 1500 BCE and ended in 1350 BCE, how long did it last?

Accepted Answer

150 years

Question 20

If an event took place in 1930, how many years ago, from today’s date did it occur?

Accepted Answer

91

Question 21

Lacking economy, industry, diversity or focusing on a specific limited number of products is?

Accepted Answer

Specialization

Question 22

A product or resource which is sold (or traded) to another country is a(n)?

Accepted Answer

Export

Question 23

What was the key to deciphering (translating) hieroglyphics?

Accepted Answer

the Rosetta Stone

Question 24

Modern-day scientists date years using the following abbreviations?

Accepted Answer

CE and BCE

Question 25

Earliest hominids (like Lucy)?

Accepted Answer

walked on two feet (bipedal)

Question 26

The average number of people who live in a certain area is?

Accepted Answer

Population Density

Question 27

A system for producing and exchanging goods and services among a group of people is?

Accepted Answer

economy

Question 28

Two cradles (centers) of ancient civilizations were located nearby which two rivers?

Accepted Answer

Nile and Tigris

Question 29

How many years ago, from today's date, was 500 BCE?

Accepted Answer

2521 years ago

SGO Review (6th Grade)

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SGO Review (6th Grade)

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