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The ultimate 6th grade Social Studies Review
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1
What new class of people emerged during the Renaissance?
merchants
middle class
lower class
upper class
2
Which of the following Hindu beliefs is supported by India's caste system?
wu wei
hajj
reincarnation
resurrection
3
which term means having a greater amount than what is needed?
irrigation
sedentary
propagation
surplus
4
During the Middle Ages, which group was responsible for preserving culture from Ancient Rome?
political leaders
university students
pope
monks
5
Which is the network of ancient trade routes that connected civilizations in Asia and Europe?
Silk Road
Great Wall
Gupta Trail
Mare Nostrum
6
What was the Northwest Passage?
water route connecting the Atlantic & Indian Ocean
trade route across Africa
water route connecting the Atlantic & Pacific oceans
water route around S. America
7
What is a major principle contained in the Magna Carta?
no one is above the law
the king appoints church leaders
only lords can have serfs
anyone can become king
8
located in modern day China, river is also known as the Yellow River
Indus River Valley
Tigris-Euphrates River Valley
Huang He River Valley
Nile River Valley
9
Which of the following was the first far-reaching of the Christians to spread their religion?
Persian Wars
Punic Wars
Crusades
Trojan War
10
How did the flooding of Rivers affect agricultural communities?
ruined their economies
forced farmers to plant fewer crops
deposited fertile silt onto land
degraded the land
11
What was the ancient Greek agora?
a school
a marketplace
a theatre
a temple
12
Which civilizations used hieroglyphics?
Indus RVC
Huang He RVC
Nile River Valley Civilization
Tigris-Euphrates RVC
13
The Renaissance was a time of
war
diplomacy
increased government
discovery and creation
14
Which theme do many Chinese paintings reflect?
harmony
retribution
grief
riches
15
Which two religions or philosophies involve the belief in a Messiah?
Judaism and Christianity
Islam and Judaism
Taoism and Confucianism
Buddhism and Hinduism
16
Who rejected Catholicism in favor of a new branch of Protestantism?
Francis Drake
Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
John Calvin
17
What does the term Renaissance mean?
beauty
inspiration
rebirth
profit
18
Which of the following changed art, education, and government during the Renaissance?
communism
feudalism
manoralism
humanism
19
What is one way that Islam spread in Africa?
result of a civil war
By traders (salt), who brought ideas and books with them
mandatory by law
Europeans forced it on people
20
located in Africa along a river whose delta opened into the Mediterranean Sea
Nile River Valley
Indus River Valley
Tigris-Euphrates River Valley
Huang He River Valley
21
Which of the following was the first official emperor of Rome?
Augustus
Julius
Nero
Caligula
22
Which tool developed during the Renaissance changed the study of astronomy?
abacus
compass
telescope
binoculars
23
What is one way in which feudalism contributed to the growth of nation-states in W. Europe?
centralized military power
caused the serfs to revolt
lords owned the land
peasants controlled the land
24
Which European explorer is credited with being the first to sail around the world?
Vasco de Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
John Cabot
Christopher Columbus
25
How did the Catholic Church first respond to the Reformation?
it formed the Society of Jesus
It waged war on Germanic kingdoms
it formed the Council of Trent
It built many new cathedrals
26
What do Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism all have in common?
do not pray to gods
polytheistic
founding leaders are gods
monotheistic
27
what did ancient trade centers all have in common?
all located in the mountains
all located near water
they were all located in Europe
all located in Asia
28
What is a defining characteristic of feudalism?
freedom
hierarchy
chaos
equality
29
Which person is a Greek mathematician who discovered a theorem about triangles still used?
Socrates
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Alexander the Great
30
How did the Black Death affect the social order of feudalism?
lords and vassals took control of communities
fewer people were able to own land
renewed belief in feudalism
feudalism broke down & new social classes arose
31
To which region did Islam spread in the 100 years after Muhammad's death?
N. Africa
N. America
Australia
South America
32
Which architectural feature best characterizes ancient Greek civilization?
wooden posts
flying buttresses
vaults
columns
33
Coffee beans moved from:
The Pueblo to France
From France to the Americas
The Inca to England
The Aztecs to Spain
34
Approx. how much of Europe's population died as a result of the Black Death?
3/4
1/3
1/2
all
35
what effect did the domestication of animals have on early civilizations?
there were less crops because the animals ate them
people were able to create new species of animals
people could put animals to work on farms
People were finally able to eat meat
36
What was the social structure of hunter-gatherer communities?
only men made the fires
men did all of the hunting, women only gathered
one leader made all of the decisions for the group
people worked together equally
37
Which of the following most likely led to the fall of the Roman
Empire
?
located on the Italian peninsula
the empire controlled trade routes
There was high unemployment among the citizens
Julius Caesar became the dictator
38
What is one way the Mesopotamian culture developed after the Babylonian take over of Sumer?
laws were more complex with the Code of Hammurabi
Sumerians invented base-60 system
Harappans built cities there
Writing became better with the invention of Cuneiform
39
Japan's Shogun system can best be compared to
communism
feudalism
socialism
capitalism
40
How is the Magna Carta connected to the English Parliament?
it helped create parliament
it abolished parliament
it had no connection
it strengthened parliament
41
Which quality of hunter-gatherer communities made them different from later civilizations?
they had a written language
they had domesticated animals
they were nomadic
they grew crops
42
What was the impact of the crusades on the exchange of goods and ideas in Eurasia?
no exchange happened
decrease
increase
stayed the same
43
The amount of Hunting and Gathering communities decreased because
they were conquered by Europeans
animals overpowered them
the Ice Age lead to human extinction
people learned how to grow crops and domesticate animals