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6th Grade World History Trivia
6th Grade World History Trivia
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Here is a year-end trivia game designed to assess my 6th grade students' knowledge of World History.
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1
The Maya played a game called _________________ where the losers were put to death.
sacred ground
codex
maize
pok-ta-pok
2
Those manors were controlled by _________________.
feuds
lords
serfs
vassals
3
What is the Reformation?
DaVinci's greatest masterpiece
a movement to change the church
the greatest civil rights protest in Europe
The Spanish Civil War
4
What figuratively separated the Communist countries and non-Communist countries in Europe?
Prime Maridian
Iron Curtain
Germany
The Great Wall of China
5
Ancient Greece had the first...
oligarchy
monarchy
tyrrany
democracy
6
Hindus do NOT believe in...
reincarnation
monotheism
karma
dieties
7
The British Industrial Revolution unfairly treated ________ workers.
child
female
slave
adult
8
Who is the god of the sun, music, and medicine?
Apollo
Zeus
Ares
Poseidon
9
Who first discovered that we live in a
heliocentric
solar system?
Aristotle
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
10
Who is the founder of communism?
Karl Marx
Kim Jong Un
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
11
The colony of India was split into what two countries in 1947?
Nepal and Bangladesh
Bangladesh and Pakistan
India and Nepal
Pakistan and India
12
Who was the leader of Russia right before the Revolution began?
Tsar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
Josef Stalin
Vladimir Putin
13
To ______________ is to trade products instead of using cash to buy a product.
farm
trade
domesticate
barter
14
By 1900, only ______ countries in Africa remained independent.
8
6
2
4
15
What is a raja?
a place of worship
a queen
a statue
a ruler
16
This Empire is famous for advanced fighting techniques, iron weapons, and battering rams.
Israel
Mesopotamia
Assyria
Ashur
17
The Aztec myth that came true inspired the forming of what city?
Aztec
Cuzco
Mexico
Tenochtitlan
18
In the French Revolution, the poor seized __________, a royal prison in Paris.
the Bastille
the Royal Guard
the capitol
the Parliament
19
"Pax Romana" means...
Roman peace
surrender to Rome
Rome will win
get off my lawn
20
Which country was NOT in the Axis Powers during WWII?
Italy
Germany
Japan
China
21
A political leader who had to live by Muhammad's example and follow rules of Islam is called...
astrolabe
minaret
bazaar
caliph
22
How did ancient humans get from Asia to the Americas?
By ship
Sail boats
a land bridge
they swam
23
Who started the Reformation?
Pope John Paul
Johannes Gutenberg
Martin Luther
Mahatma Ghandi
24
When mummies were made, the chief priest wore the mask of ______________, god of the dead.
Horus
Tut
Khufu
Anubis
25
Which artist created the following sculpture?
Michelangelo
Leonardo DaVinci
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
26
The United States dropped nuclear bombs on what Japanese Cities?
Nagasaki and Osaka
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Osaka and Tokyo
Tokyo and Hiroshima
27
What two rivers surround the northern half of India?
Ganges, Indus
Nile, Ganges
Nile, Bangladesh
Indus, Arabian
28
Which culture existed in South America?
Olmec
Inca
Inuit
Aztec
29
Who is this man?
Sun Yat-Sen
Mrs. Brown
Mao Zedong
Kim Jong Un
30
Monk is to monastery as nun is to _________.
cathedral
Bible
convent
female
31
Nelson Mandela fought against ______ in South Africa.
segregation
sanctions
racism
apartheid
32
In feudal Japan, __________ controlled large pieces of land, which were worked by poor farmers.
samurai
shogunate
daimyo
kings
33
In European feudalism, kings divided their land into ___________.
vassals
serfs
manors
plots
34
Which river carried rich topsoil to Egypt during the annual flood?
Euphrates
Mississippi
Nile
Tigris
35
Which of the following event was NOT part of the Cold War?
The War on Terror
Vietnam War
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
36
How long was the Silk Road?
4,000 miles
400 miles
40,000 miles
40 miles
37
Toussaint L'Ouverture was a former slave who led the fight for independence in _____.
Portugal
Haiti
Spain
France
38
The world's first farming region developed in the fertile crescent, which the Greeks called...
Mesopotamia
City-State
Greece
The Fertile Crescent
39
Which group of traders emerged in Arabia, and their name means "people of the desert"?
Inuit
Maya
Bedouins
Mesopotamians
40
An idea that is
unproven
is called a _________.
theory
discovery
geocentric
law
41
The Japanese equivalent of knights are _________.
shogunate
samurai
daimyo
vassals
42
Which European country started the age of exploration?
Spain
France
Britain
Portugal
43
The spark that set off World War I was...
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
a bomb dropped on London
submarine warfare
the sinking of the Lusitania
44
Why is the Huang He called the Yellow River?
because they couldn't think of a better name
because it flows through Asia
because the sun shines so brightly there
because the loess turns the river yellow
45
Who created Buddhism?
Siddhartha
Allah
Hindu
Mahatma Ghandi
46
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?
Magellan
King Phillip II
Verazzano
Columbus
47
Indonesia is an example of...
an archipelago
a communist country
a country still held under European rule
a country under martial law
48
The Taj Mahal is...
the capitol building
a statue
a tomb
a mosque
49
Sparta and Athens were both Greek ________________.
city-states
leaders
battles
capitals
50
Edward Jenner noticed that people infected with ________ were immune to smallpox.
armadillopox
cowpox
zebrapox
goatpox
51
In the Shang dynasty, special priests used these to tell the future.
pictographs
hieroglyphics
artifacts
oracle bones
52
What does "Renaissance" mean?
beauty
science
art
rebirth
53
Studying World History with Mrs. Brown is...
horrible
like a million paper cuts at once
FUN!!!!!
a nightmare
54
A _______________ is a Muslim place of worship.
synagogue
temple
church
mosque
55
In the Kush empire in Africa, farmers used a
sickle
to...
build homes
harvest fruits
get water
cut grain and tall grass
56
This picture is an example of what Egyptian writing system?
Hieroglyphics
Papyrus
Pictographs
Cuniform
57
These soldiers protect the grave of which Chinese emperor?
Zhou
Shang
Qin
Han
58
How many people died during World War I?
8.5 million
4.5 million
5.5 million
6. 5 million
59
Which of the following civil rights activists did NOT follow the idea of non-violent protest?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Mahatma Ghandi
Nelson Mandela
Malcolm X
60
Why was the Imperial City in the Ming Dynasty called the "forbidden city"?
no one was allowed to build houses there
the Black Plague had struck
common people could not enter it
61
Hitler used ____ to convince Germans that the Nazi Party would lead them out of the depression.
speeches
propoganda
nazism
fascism
62
How many pillars of Islam are there?
4
5
7
6
63
Mesopotamia means...
the land between the rivers
desert
the Middle East
irrigation
64
Iran is currently under what kind of law?
terrorist
fascist
communist
sharia
65
During Rome's civil war, Antony fell in love with __________________, an Egyptian queen.
Octavian
Tut
Caesar
Cleopatra
66
Who is the goddess of wisdom and peace?
Artemis
Hera
Aphrodite
Athena
67
The cities that developed in southern Mesopotamia were located in a region called...
Persia
Egypt
The Middle East
Sumer
68
What kind of farming technique is shown in this picture?
domestic farming
terrace farming
specialized agriculture
step planting
69
King Tutankhamun is the most famous Pharoah because...
he had 20 wives
he was far wealthier than any other Pharoah
he was a king as a young boy
he was the first leader of Ancient Egypt
70
This king of Babylon conquered Mesopotamian city-states, and controlled the entire region.
Hammurabi
Sumer
Pharoah
Abraham
71
For Muslims, taking a pilgrimage to ________________ is important once in their life.
Arabia
Mecca
Jerusalem
New York City
72
What is porcelain?
drawings of outdoor scenery
a dye used in artwork
a type of heavy clay
a type of fine pottery
73
The attack on Pearl Harbor happened on what day?
April 20, 1940
December 7, 1941
December 7, 1940
April 20, 1941
74
What two natural resources helped the empire of Ghana become wealthy?
salt and pepper
pepper and wheat
silver and gold
gold and salt
75
Berbers, traders in Africa, used ____________ to cross the desert.
elephants
donkeys
cows
camels
76
In Rome, the ____________________ were poor farmers and shopkeepers who could not hold office.
plebians
patricians
republics
consuls
