Grade 6 Midterm

Latitudes closest to the equator have the highest temperatures

Cuneiform was developed in which Mesopotamian city?

Followers of Buddhism base their beliefs on

Judaism is the first major monotheistic religion.

The two rivers of Mesopotamia are:

It is the kind of map seen here

Egyptians and Mesopotamians were both monotheistic societies

Under the Qin Dynasty, construction of the Great Wall of China began

How did the ancient Chinese select new dynasties to take over?

Why was the Nile the center of Egyptian civilization?

Egypt emerged on which continent?

Buddhism rejects the caste system

What advanced technologies did the Indus Valley houses have?

Mohenjo-Daro and _______________ were major cities along the Indus River Valley.

Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus and China are collectively known as

Mesopotamia was also known as

Under the Shang, the Chinese writing emerged. It was called Oracle Bone Script or…

The Mesopotamian structure seen here

Egyptians engaged in mummification because they believed the soul reunited with the physical body in the afterlife

Most ancient societies gave men more rights and opportunities than women. This is known as

During the Neolithic Period, the first civilizations established their communities by a body of water

Eventually Mesopotamia traded with Egypt. They shared ideas, goods and technologies. This is called

It is the writing system seen here:

Because India juts out into the Indian Ocean, it is called the subcontinent

In Hinduism, the rebirth of the soul is reincarnation. This is the only was to move up the caste system

A geographer studies

This was the first dynasty of ancient China

The Great Wall was built to keep invaders out of China

The item seen here, lit during Hanukkah in Judaism

Since Neolithic people were settled, this allowed them to build up their civilizations further

The Neolithic Period is a turning point because

The Paleolithic Period, or Stone Age, describes the time when people were nomadic hunters and gatherers

Getting used to one's environment and working with it, like Mesopotamians digging canals to control floods, is called

The Neolithic Revoltuion marks a major shift because historians credit it with

Geographic determinism refers to the factors that influence where people live?

Confucius believed in

When the Indo-Aryans conquered the people of the Indus Valley, they brought all of the following EXCEPT

What is the name for the form of picture writing used by the ancient Egyptians?

The earliest Chinese civilizations started by which rivers?

Divination was the process by asking a diviner to contact an ancestor for guidance using oracle bones

China adapted to their mountainous environment by doing which of the following?

Why is our knowledge of the Indus Valley civilization limited?

He was the controversial leader of the Qin Dynasty of China

The mountains and deserts of China offered temporary isolation

in Buddhism, it is the state of enlightenment and also the freedom from rebirth, allowing the soul to rest