6th Grade Social Studies

Question 1

A writer in ancient times was called a what?

Accepted Answer

Scribe

Question 2

What invention changed ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Irrigation

Question 3

What is a Plebeian?

Accepted Answer

A lower class Roman

Question 4

What is the first thing you have to do to become a knight?

Accepted Answer

Be identified from birth

Question 5

In ancient Mesopotamia, what was a ziggurat?

Accepted Answer

Temple

Question 6

Why did the yearly flood help Egypt

Accepted Answer

Provided nutrients for the soil

Question 7

What was feudalism?

Accepted Answer

Political structure, Social structure

Question 8

What river is located in Egypt

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 9

What is a republic?

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 10

Rome is the capital of what country?

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 11

Name two symptoms of the Black Plague.

Accepted Answer

Fever and swollen glands

Question 12

Romulus and Remus were raised by?

Accepted Answer

Wolf

Question 13

How would someone living in Medieval Europe become sick with the plague?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

Question 14

What was Hammurabi famous for?

Accepted Answer

He created the first code of laws

Question 15

Mt. Vesuvius erupted and covered what city?

Accepted Answer

Pompeii

Question 16

Who was Spartacus

Accepted Answer

Gladiator

Question 17

What was the name of the leader from Carthage?

Accepted Answer

Hannibal

Question 18

Name three countries in North America

Accepted Answer

Canada, U.S., Mexico

Question 19

Wealthy landowners in Rome were called?

Accepted Answer

Patricians

Question 20

What name is given to someone who was training to be a knight in Medieval Europe?

Accepted Answer

Squire

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