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6th grade · Social Studies · Unit 5 of 8

Greece & Rome

Democracy, republic and law

What your child practices

Athens and Sparta, the Roman Republic and Empire, the Twelve Tables and Code of Justinian, and the Greek and Roman ideas found in US government.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: C1.6-8.1; H2.6-8.1; H1.6-8.3 · ancient Greece and Rome, and how their ideas and laws contributed to US founding documents

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

    Roman roads helped the empire by…

    • Moving soldiers, goods and messages quickly
    • Stopping trade
    • Blocking rivers
    • Keeping people at home

  2. Question 2

    Sparta was famous for…

    • Its silk
    • Its huge library
    • Its strong, disciplined army
    • Its pyramids

  3. Question 3

    The Code of Justinian, from the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, was…

    • A Chinese poem
    • A Greek play
    • A collection of Roman laws that shaped later legal systems
    • A map of Rome

  4. Question 4

    Which Greek city-state is known as the birthplace of democracy?

    • Troy
    • Rome
    • Athens
    • Sparta

  5. Question 5

    Which idea in the US Constitution comes partly from ancient Rome?

    • A republic with elected representatives and a senate
    • A pharaoh
    • A Mandate of Heaven
    • A caste system

  6. Question 6

    Plato and Aristotle were…

    • Egyptian pharaohs
    • Roman emperors
    • Greek philosophers
    • Chinese inventors

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