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6th grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 12

Mesopotamia & Egypt

The first river valley civilizations

What your child practices

Why civilizations grew along the Tigris, Euphrates and Nile, cuneiform and hieroglyphs, Hammurabi's Code, pharaohs and pyramids.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 6/7.H.CH.3; 6/7.H.CP.14 · the key features of Mesopotamia and Egypt, early civilizations of Western Asia and North Africa

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Egyptians made a paper-like writing material from…

    • Silk
    • Clay
    • Wood pulp
    • Papyrus reeds

  2. Question 2

    Egyptian picture-writing is called…

    • Kanji
    • Hieroglyphs
    • Cuneiform
    • Runes

  3. Question 3

    Hammurabi is known for…

    • One of the earliest written law codes
    • Founding Rome
    • Building the pyramids
    • Inventing paper

  4. Question 4

    Sumerians are often credited with the first…

    • Printing press
    • Paper
    • Writing system
    • Compass

  5. Question 5

    The Great Pyramids at Giza were built as…

    • Markets
    • Schools
    • Tombs for pharaohs
    • Lighthouses

  6. Question 6

    Mesopotamians used a counting system based on 60. Where do we still see it?

    • 12 months
    • 10 fingers
    • 60 minutes in an hour
    • 100 cents

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