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6th Grade Review Quiz
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1
The Neolithic era began with what discovery?
Stone Tools
Hunting
Metal Tools
Farming
2
Which of the following facts serves as evidence that the Mesopotamians were polytheists?
Sumerian Great Flood story similar to Noah's Ark
Ur had temples dedicated to god and goddess
Goods made by others were brought
Government was centered on city-state
3
What did a stable food supply and food surpluses allow Neolithic farming people to do?
Fire
Migrate
Build permanent homes
Cave paintings
4
Which of the following is an example of cultural diffusion?
Learning a new language
Sleeping
Eating
Building a new home
5
What was the greatest benefit when people began farming?
Enough water for crops
Large and stable food supply
Better tasting food
More time to relax
6
Where did the world’s first civilizations arise?
North America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Along fertile river valleys
Sparsely populated areas
7
Cuneiform writing provided the basis for the development of what?
Painting and farming
Oral traditions
Subsistence farming
Recorded history
8
The Paleolithic era refers to a time when early humans did what?
Mastered fire
Cultivate land
Organize governments
Developed agriculture
9
What do Christianity and Judaism have in common?
Both believe in Ten Commandments
Both polytheistic
Sacred text is Quran
Follow New Testament
10
Mesopotamia’s location made which farming practice unnecessary?
Harvesting before rainy season
Fertilizing crops to increase production
Planting to prevent erosion
Irrigating crops during dry weather
11
What led to the emergence of more defined social ranking?
Growth of settled communities
Migration to North America
Neanderthals
Nomadic lifestlye
12
How did the metal plow help to increase Mesopotamian trade with other civilizations?
Farmers plant faster, more to for traders to sell
Farmers plant faster, more free time
Farmers bought more tools
Farmers made more metal products
13
Ancient Mesopotamian traders had connections with traders in what other civilizations?
Japan and Australia
West Africa and Greece
Russia and China
India and Egypt
14
Early humans living during the Stone Age most likely worshipped how?
In organized temples to worship gods
Believed all living things had a spirit
Worshipped one common god
Followed a prophet
15
High crop yields in ancient Mesopotamia contributed most directly to the development of what?
Metal tools
Irrigation system
Network of roads
Division of labor
16
Which is the best explanation for why Mesopotamians built canals?
Control river and prevent floods
Control surplus
Control low water levels
Control water to wash clothes
17
Which statement describes a cause of the fall of the Assyrian Empire?
Empire's army was poorly trained
Persian empire was military threat
King invested all of empire's resources
The empire was too large for army to protect
18
If three places all have a similar climate and language, they could be in the same what?
Location
Human-Environment Interaction
Region
Place
19
Which of the following helps the spread of globalization?
Napping
Cars
Internet and Social Media
Apples
20
Which of the following is a similarity between Christianity, Judaism and Islam?
They are all polytheistic
Their holy city is Jerusalem
They only have believers in Europe
They are not religions
21
Which of the following describes the lives of people in hunting and gathering societies?
Gender divisions became prominent
Move from place to place for food
Populations boomed
People spent time in one place
22
What was a result of the development of an alphabet in ancient times?
Easier for people to read and write
Hammurabi's Code declared useless
No one used cuneiform again
Trade routes between China and Russia
23
Why did people live in larger communities in the Neolithic era than in earlier times?
More food to feed more people
Better ways of getting along
More people for hunting and gathering
Trade with other communities
24
Which geographic feature was the most important to early river valley civilizations?
Fertile Soil
High mountains
Long coastline
Vast deserts
25
During what period did archaeologists first find permanent human settlements?
Classical
Bronze
Paleolithic
Neolithic
26
How did calendars contribute to growth in cities and agriculture in ancient Mesopotamia?
Helped predict attacks
People could predict the future
Help farmers avoid floods
Notified of feast days
27
All of the earliest civilizations developed near which of the following geographic feature?
Deserts
Rivers
Mountains
Peninsulas
28
What does Homo sapiens mean?
Wise/modern man
Crawling man
Upright man
Southern man
29
Why did ancient civilizations develop on the Tigris and Euphrates?
Area for recreation
Power for industries
Exploration
Fresh water and good farmland
30
How is polytheism different from monotheism?
Polytheism believes the world will end
Polytheism=many gods, monotheism=one god
Polytheism is gods on earth
They mean the same thing
31
What primary source leads scholars to think early people believed in life after death?
Sculptures of angels
Didn't bury dead
Put food and objects in graves
surviving cave art shows the dead being reborn.
32
What is the term used to describe the process by which species changes over time?
Evolution
Neolithic Revolution
Devolution
History
33
What is the name of the Sumerian writing system?
Roman Numerals
Hammurabi's Code
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
34
Who was the ancient Babylonian king who created the earliest known code of laws?
Eannatum
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Sargon
35
Three of the four earliest civilizations originated on which continent?
Australia
Europe
Asia
Africa
