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An #end of year review for #6th grade social studies.
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1
Which religion began in India and spread to East Asia?
Hinduism
Shintoism
Buddhism
Confucianism
2
A person fleeing a country because he/she does not feel safe is a
refugee
immigrant
coward
3
What type of government does the United States have?
Democracy
Theocracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
4
Any action that relates to the making, buying, and selling of goods and services.
Profit
Economic Activity
Resources
Land use
5
Which religion is polytheistic?
Buddhism
Judaism
Hinduism
Christianity
6
This map of Ohio is divided into areas that have similar features. What are these areas called?
regions
geographic features
climate zones
vegetation zones
7
Earth's seven large land areas
continents
oceans
countries
contestants
8
Something you desire or would like to have
want
service
need
good
9
What was Mesopotamia's written language called?
Sanskrit
cuneiform
calligraphy
hieroglyphics
10
Milton Hershey invented the Hershey Kiss which makes him an
inventor
entrepreneur
CEO
11
The first laws put into writing with consequences were created in Babylonia. What are they?
Hammurabi's Constitution
Babylonia's Code of Conduct
Hammurabi's Consequences
Hammurabi's Code of Laws
12
In which type of government is the right to rule inherited?
Theocracy
Monarchy
Dictatorship
Democracy
13
Ancient Egyptians mummified the dead. Who was responsible for this?
Untouchables
Pharaohs
Scribes
Priests
14
Which event belongs on this timeline?
1500 BCE Aryan migration into northern India
1871 CE German states unite to form the German Empire
331 BCE Alexander the Great takes Babylonia
108 BCE Chinese Empire expands into Korea
15
People depend on their environment.
True
False
16
The Caste System came to India by the migration of which group of people?
Indians
Aardvarks
Aryans
Untouchables
17
Which imaginary line divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
International Date Line
Equator
18
Latitude and longitude coordinates can be used to determine
coordination of places
absolute location
grid pattern
relative location
19
The ancient civilizations had one geographic feature in common. What was it?
deserts
rivers
mountains
seas or oceans
20
Along which river did the ancient Egyptians settle?
Tigris
Euphrates
Amazon
Nile
21
The monotheistic religions began in the same region. In which region did they begin?
Middle Earth
Middle East
Israel
East Asia
22
What was the picture writing used by Egyptians called?
Pictography
Sanskrit
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
23
The person who buys goods or services is called a
consumer
producer
conartist
entrepreneur
24
Which thematic map would you use to find the
cities
of a country?
physical
economic activity
climate
political
25
Imaginary lines running east and west of the Prime Meridian are called
lines of latitude
parallels
perpendicular
lines of longitude
26
Which imaginary line divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?
Tropic of Cancer
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Equator
27
Mountains, lakes, rivers, and plains are examples of
physical maps
physical features
high elevations
28
Why are so many products made in China?
China has more factories.
China has more natural resources.
There are no taxes.
Chinese workers earn low wages.
29
People moving
into
another country are called
immigrants
emigrants
rebels
30
Which of the following was
not
invented by the ancient Chinese?
Seismograph
Mechanical Clock
Umbrella
Copper Pot
31
Swatch has many watches. Nobody wants them. What will happen to the price of a Swatch Watch?
stay the same
increase
decrease
32
Which of the following is
not
a continent?
Africa
Asia
Europe
India
33
Land use and resources are found on which thematic map?
political
vegetation
economic activity
physical features
34
Which of the following is a factor of production?
buying
capital
advertising
selling
35
The word
Mesopotamia
means
Land of the Mesos
Land of the rivers
Fertile land
Land between two rivers
36
Which of the following was an important invention of Mesopotamia?
matches
laws
plow
hieroglyphics
37
Half of the earth as determined by the equator or prime meridian
globe
hemisphere
hemiglobal
spherical
38
What term is used when there is not enough of a resource?
demand
supply
scarcity
sacercity
39
The environment influences how people live.
True
False
40
What is the purpose of the map shown?
to show states in Africa
to show physical features in Africa
to show plants and trees of an area
to show temperature and precipitation