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6th grade Social Studies practice sheet

Oregon State Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

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  1. Question 1

    Which country is in Africa?

    • Chile
    • Germany
    • Vietnam
    • Nigeria

  2. Question 2

    Which came first?

    • The fall of Rome (476 CE)
    • The building of the Great Pyramid (about 2560 BCE)
    • The Magna Carta (1215 CE)
    • The first Olympic Games (776 BCE)

  3. Question 3

    Put these events from the human story in order, earliest first.

    • 🏙️The first cities grow in Mesopotamia
    • 🌾People begin farming in Southwest Asia
    • 🔥Early humans learn to control fire
    • 🧍Modern humans (Homo sapiens) appear in Africa

  4. Question 4

    Along which river valley did Mesopotamia (Sumer and Babylon) grow?

    🏞️Mesopotamia (Sumer and Babylon)
    • the Indus River
    • the Nile River
    • the Huang He (Yellow River)
    • the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

  5. Question 5

    Which river flows through ancient Egypt?

    • The Indus
    • The Amazon
    • The Tigris
    • The Nile

  6. Question 6

    The Harappan (Indus Valley) civilization grew along which river?

    • The Euphrates
    • The Nile
    • The Yangtze
    • The Indus

  7. Question 7

    Greek columns, theater and the Olympics are examples of…

    • Roman laws
    • Chinese inventions
    • Egyptian tombs
    • Greek ideas that are still used today

  8. Question 8

    Tikal and Calakmul were large, independent cities with their own rulers. Which civilization were they part of?

    🌽
    • Ancient Greece
    • the Maya
    • the Roman Empire
    • Ancient Egypt

  9. Question 9

    Where did each belief system begin? Sort them by region.

    Sort into: ⛰️ South Asia · 🏯 East Asia · 🏜️ Southwest Asia

    • 📜Confucianism
    • ☯️Daoism
    • ☸️Buddhism
    • 🕌Islam
    • 🕍Judaism
    • 🛕Hinduism

  10. Question 10

    How can trade lead to cooperation between societies?

    • Both sides gain goods they need, so they benefit from staying at peace
    • Trade stops people from traveling
    • Trade means only one side gains
    • Trade makes every society exactly the same

Answer key

  1. 1. Nigeria (World Regions)
  2. 2. The building of the Great Pyramid (about 2560 BCE) (Time & Evidence)
  3. 3. Early humans learn to control fire → Modern humans (Homo sapiens) appear in Africa → People begin farming in Southwest Asia → The first cities grow in Mesopotamia (First Farmers)
  4. 4. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (Where Civilizations Grew)
  5. 5. The Nile (Mesopotamia & Egypt)
  6. 6. The Indus (Ancient India & China)
  7. 7. Greek ideas that are still used today (Greece & Rome)
  8. 8. the Maya (Laws & Government)
  9. 9. ⛰️ South Asia: Buddhism, Hinduism · 🏯 East Asia: Confucianism, Daoism · 🏜️ Southwest Asia: Islam, Judaism (World Beliefs)
  10. 10. Both sides gain goods they need, so they benefit from staying at peace (Trade Networks)

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