6th Grade Social Studies - TCAP Review

Why did Egyptians practice mummification?

After the Paleolithic Age came the Neolithic Age, which started around

When the Aryans invaded India and settled in 1700 BCE they brought with them

He was the first emperor of the Persian Empire

To protect against northern raiders, Emperor Huang built the Great Wall during this dynasty

These people conquered Egypt during the Middle Kingdom

The first written laws came out of early Mesopotamia and was called "The Law Code of..."

Legalism was another philosophical belief and style of leadership that said

This empire destroyed the holy temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD and sent many Jews away from Israel

Before this development during the Han Dynasty China had little contact with the outside world

This was the was the first dynasty that began around 1700 BCE

Egypt's two main water sources were the Mediterranean Sea and the

The Zhou Dynasty was ruled by Feudalism, where nobles governed the land. It led to

Before Israel became a kingdom it was split into how many smaller tribes

The first civilization was

The 2nd empire in India was called the Gupta Empire and it was important for developing

He was the 1st king of Israel and united the tribes

Mesopotamia thrived as the first civilization due to

The caste a person in India belonged to determined

The ruler of Egypt was called

Mesopotamia was surrounded by two major rivers, the Euphrates and the

He was the 1st pharoah of ancient Egypt

The symbol that represents balance in Taoism is the

The Mesopotamians created Cuneiform, which was

All of these were major empires in Mesopotamia, except the

A new form of government arose during Ancient Greece, where people elected leaders called

India has two rivers that contributed to the development of its civilization, the Ganges and

A new and very important discovery that happened during the Neolithic period was

Besides mountains, China also had these as natural barriers.

One major clue into understanding how and where the Paleolithic people lived is by looking at

All of these became popular philosophical systems of belie in China, except

What field of science is used to study when, where, and how people lived?

The people living during the Paleolithic Age were hunter-gatherers and nomadic. Nomadic means

This king of Israel built the holy temple in Jerusalem

The Great Pyramids and Sphinx were built during which period of ancient Egypt?

Egyptians used pictures to communicate called

Buddhism was founded by a man named Siddhartha Guatama

The type of democracy seen in Ancient Greece was called a

Between Athens and Sparta, women had a better quality of life in Sparta

The largest desert in China is the

The four noble truths teach that life is

Asoka was an important leader in India because he

At the end of the Neolithic Age, at 4,500 BCE, we discovered how to use metal. This led to

When king Nebuchadnezzar defeated the Kingdom of Judah, he sent many Jewish people to live in

Cyrus' son Darius and grandson Xerxes were powerful emperors able to conquer many lands, except

From where did the first humans originate?

This pharaoh led the construction of the Great Pyramid

The weather system that has always played an important role in India is called the

What ended the 'Babylonian Captivity'

The Paleolithic Age (Old-Stone Age), when people first developed stone tools, started around

This king of Israel made Jerusalem the capital

The most famous of all Egyptian pharaohs is

It was with this empire that China has the most influential contact with over the silk roads

Discovering agriculture contributed to civilization in that

Siddhartha's Buddhist teachings are called

While Athens was a direct democracy, Sparta was ruled by

This was the book containing all of Confucius ideas and teaching

The land to the north of India and that also shares the Himalayan Mountains is

The Mesopotamians were polytheistic, which means

Abraham was important to Israel because

The first city-states of Mesopotamia were ruled by

People who practice Hinduism believe in karma, which is

What was the Mandate of Heaven?