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A review of Ancient Civilizations for sixth graders. #sixthgrade #ancientcivilisation #review
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1
Which civilization produced the first written laws known as the Code of Hammurabi?
Ancient Egyptians
Ancient Chinese
Ancient Mesopotamians
Ancient Greeks
2
Name one of the two major rivers that ran through Ancient Mesopotamia.
Yellow
Tiber
Nile
Euphrates
3
Which words describe a Secutor gladiator?
driving a horse-drawn carriage
heavily armed
lightly armed
with a shield and dagger
4
Which form of government did a Greek city-state usually begin with?
tyranny
oligarchy
monarchy
democracy
5
What word describes someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home?
merchant
nomad
artisan
cartographer
6
What is a person who draws maps called?
geographer
cartographer
mapper
geologist
7
Who was the Greek god of the sea?
Hades
Poseidon
Apollo
Zeus
8
How did traders on the Silk Road overcome the challenge of the desert?
using camels that could handle the sand
avoiding the desert
traveling in caravans
using yaks
9
Which Ancient Chinese philosophy believes there are five basic relationships in life?
Daoism
Confucianism
Legalism
Starism
10
About when did the Ancient Romans live?
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
100 AD
1800 AD
11
Which common geographic feature did the Ancient Greeks NOT have?
mountains
a sea border
a major river
islands
12
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a civilization?
social classes
religion
written language
money
13
What does the root THEOS mean?
many
god
to write
light
14
Name a value that the Ancient people of Athens held.
bravery
strength
education
debate
15
What is another name for lines of latitude?
equators
laterals
meridians
parallels
16
Which words describe the Chinese geographic region of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau?
low, wet, warm
dry, extremely hot, sandy
grassy, flat, low
high, cold, rocky
17
Which body of water does NOT surround the region of Ancient Rome?
Ionian Sea
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean Sea
18
What form of writing did the Ancient Mesopotamians use?
mesopotamian
they didn't have one
hieroglyphs
cuneiform
19
What does the root GRAPH mean?
light
picture
city
to draw or write
20
A map that shows human made features and boundaries is what kind of map?
political map
physical map
inset map
population map
21
Which of the following was NOT an Ancient Chinese invention?
fireworks
gun
kite
wheelbarrow
22
A person who makes money by selling goods is a ________________
artisan
geographer
merchant
peasant
23
What substance did the Ancient Egyptians use to dry out bodies?
natron
canopic jars
embalming
linen
24
Name something that all good maps should have.
countries
water
states
a title
25
Name a factor that can contribute to the growth of a civilization.
war
trading
exploration
natural disaster
26
What is the second order of classical Greek architecture?
Athenian
Corinthian
Ionic
Doric
27
What does the Greek root POLIS mean?
people
city
government
one
28
Which of the following was NOT the name of a type of Ancient ruler?
pharaoh
king
ziggurat
emperor
29
What was a Mesopotamian temple called?
mastaba
pyramid
Parthenon
ziggurat
30
Which civilization is this image associated with?
Ancient China
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Mesopotamia
31
In which civilization did a female have the most freedom and could even become a ruler?
Ancient China
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Egypt
32
Which of the following is NOT a major world ocean?
Pacific
Yellow
Atlantic
Indian
33
Which was the lowest social class in Ancient Egypt?
priests
artisans
scribes
peasants
34
What continent was Ancient Mesopotamia on?
Africa
North America
Europe
Asia
35
Which Ancient Chinese empire opened the Silk Road?
Zhou
Han
Yang
Shang
36
What does the root DEMOS mean?
light
city
people
to rule
37
Who was the Egyptian god of Mummification?
Ba
Anubis
Ra
Maat
38
Who was Zeus' wife?
Hestia
Hera
Aphrodite
Helen
39
What Ancient Chinese empire wrote on oracle bones?
Zhou
Han
Qin
Shang
40
Name a food that gladiators ate while training.
ash
deer meat
rice
porridge
41
When a piece of land is surrounded on three sides by water, what is it called?
isthmus
bay
peninsula
strait
42
What kind of gladiator used a net and a trident?
Thracian
retarius
hoplomachi
rudiarius
43
Which Greek God is depicted here?
Dionysus
Hephaestus
Apollo
Zeus
44
Which of the following is NOT an established note taking strategy?
fact barf
double bubble
skeleton
boxes and bullets
45
This form of Greek government is when the ruling power is in the hands of a few people.
monarchy
democracy
tyranny
oligarchy
46
What is happening during the Egyptian season of Akhet?
the Egyptians harvest grain
the Nile floods
farmers plow the fertile soil
pyramids are being built
47
On the Silk Road, where did glassware originate?
India
China
Persia
Rome
48
Demeter was the Greek goddess of which domain?
sky
harvest
war
babies
49
What was the most valuable good that was traded by Ancient China on the Silk Road?
spices
carpets
silk
glassware
50
Which events happened in the Roman Colosseum?
animal fights
gladiator fights
religious ceremonies
mock sea battles
51
What word below describes a wall made of earth to keep a river from flooding its banks?
dam
levee
silt
reservoir
52
Which civilization used to bury their dead in a mastaba?
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient China
53
Which civilization that we studied does NOT have a border with the Mediterranean Sea?
Ancient Rome
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Greece
Ancient China
54
How many social classes were there in Ancient Egypt?
five
four
six
three
55
This compares distance on a map to the actual distance it represents.
scale
symbol
compass rose
key
