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