Sixth Grade Third Nine Weeks Review

Question 1

Characteristics of religion in the river valley system include polytheism and belief that _____

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gods controlled the forces of nature

Question 2

The first Roman emperor was

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Augustus

Question 3

English nobles forced King John to sign the ________which limited the power of the king.

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Magna Carta

Question 4

Moving from Asia across Bering Land Bridge, into N. America is example of _____ due to climate.

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migration

Question 5

Which is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance paintings?

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limited to Christian themes

Question 6

Why did the Roman Republic fall?

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dishonest officials, high unemployment, civil war

Question 7

Many causes led to fall of Roman Empire, which was ____, took place over several hundred years

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gradual

Question 8

The political and social system during the Middle Ages that involved lords, vassals, land

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feudal system

Question 9

This Renaisssance invention increased literacy by making books easier and cheaper to create.

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printing press

Question 10

Hippocrates is known as the _______________.

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father of medicine

Question 11

What was the main cause of the spread of the plague throughout Europe and Asia?

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trade

Question 12

Greece's mountains and small islands influenced its people to develop

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Poitical system based on independent city-states

Question 13

Greek myths and epics, such as the Odyssey, have

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heroic figures and great adventures

Question 14

The acto of dgging ditches, dams, and canals is known as __________.

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Irrigation

Question 15

The Byzantine emper created the ______ to make the laws easier to understand.

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Justinian Code

Question 16

What effect did Julius Caesar's siezure of power have on the Roman political system?

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It marked the transition from a republic to an empire

Question 17

Early civilizations created canals between Tigris and Euphrates rivers for irrigation and _____

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transportation and trade

Question 18

Which of the following were technologies used by hunters and gatherers?

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all of the above

Question 19

Born in Macedonia, ____ became one of the greatest leaders of the ancient world.

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Alexander

Question 20

The words atlas, Herculean, labyrinth, and Olympian originated in myths of the

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Greeks

Question 21

Which statement about the Hindu caste system in India is accurate?

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People required to stay in caste to which they were born

Question 22

Alexander's rise to power and his reign most affected Greece because

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He ended power of city-states and established unified nation

Question 23

Which development most enabled early people to form permanent settlements?

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advances in agricultural production

Question 24

The wars with Carthage gave the Roman Empire control of

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North Africa

Question 25

The poems and plays of ______ are representative of the English Renaissance.

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William Shakespeare

Question 26

Mesopotamians had Hammurabi's Code while Roman citizens obeyed the

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Twelve Tables

Question 27

All of the following are examples of early humans adapting to their environment except:

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developing a democratic government

Question 28

In early Rome a system of _______kept any one person or group from becoming too powerful.

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checks and balances

Question 29

During medieval times, which of these groups was legally tied to the land?

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serfs

Question 30

Cataracts, deltas, and deserts were to Europe as flat mud plains were to ________.

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Mesopotamia

Question 31

How did the Crusades help to end feudalism?

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all of the above

Question 32

England became a Protestant country during the Reformation when its _________.

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king declared himself the head of the Church of England

Question 33

Who was an inventor and artist and was considered the best example of a "Renaissance Man"?

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Leonardo da Vinci

Question 34

Job specialization was possible because _________.

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farming allowed for surplus of food

Question 35

The Greeks developed the idea of ______ which granted people rights and responsibilities.

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citizenship

Question 36

Hammurabi's Code of Mesopotamian society was important because it ______.

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listed the laws and punishments

Question 37

Cuneiform and hieroglyphis were important achievements in the development of _______.

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written language

Question 38

What area of study is Socrates best known for?

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philosophy

Question 39

Athens had a direct democracy; the U.S. has a _______ in which citizens elect representatives.

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representative government

Question 40

Alphabets use symbols to represent sounds. Alphabets of River Valley systems used _____________

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pictures to represent words or concepts

Question 41

What is one advantage of an agricultural community?

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They could invent and use larger weapons

Question 42

Arches, domes, concrete, and roads were all examples of Roman ____________.

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architecture and engineering

Question 43

Which city was the world's first democracy?

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Athens

Question 44

Humanism was an important idea during the Renaissance that __________

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impacted religion as people began to combine faith and reaso

Question 45

Put these events in order: A. improved farming techniques B. food surplus C. Rise of cities

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ABC

Question 46

Ancient Greeks used myths about their gods primarily to ________

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explain events in the natural world

Question 47

What event made it possible for humans to settle in one place?

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Agriculture Revolution

Question 48

What was the main contribution of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi to China?

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He unified most of China under one government

Question 49

Raising animals (chickens for food/oxen to plow) is domestication, and led to

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a surplus of food

Question 50

The Chinese people turned to the teaching of Confucius because his ideas helped

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restore order in China

Sixth Grade Third Nine Weeks Review

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Sixth Grade Third Nine Weeks Review

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