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Social Studiies FE
Social Studies Final Exam Review 6th Grade
| Why do we study history? | Helps us make future decisions, to explore how things from the past has changed, helps us to be informed citizens |
| Digging up the past: How do study history? | Using science to study history, by studying physical evidence. |
| What is prehistory? | Before writing |
| Measuring and Organizing Time: How do we organize different civilizations? | It depends--different cultures have different calendars. (BCE: counts backwards, CE: counts forwards) there is no year zero. |
| Asking Questions: What do you do while asking questions as a historian? | By looking for relevant information, asking compelling questions, by separating facts from opinions |
| Examining the Evidence: How do we look at evidence? | By using a variety of evidence, looking for bias, ( impossible, great, wonderful, best, words that show opinion) Thinking from multiple perspectives |
| Researching and Writing About History: How do we read/ write about history? | By coming up with questions, by avoiding plagiarism, (using quotation marks while citing evidence, or taking the text into your own words) your notes=your words (reliable URLS: .gov, .edu, .org) |
| What is the difference between prehistory and ancient history? | During prehistory, there was no writing. During ancient history, it was still a long time ago, but there were written documents |
| Why is it important for historians to separate facts from opinions? | Because if you don't separate fact from opinion, you end up mixing bias into facts, risking you spreading misinformation and getting misinformation spread to you. |
| what is one way to avoid plagiarism when writing about history? | you can avoid plagiarism in your writing by using synonyms and rephrasing your topic. |
| The Phoenicians built their cities along the coast of the ______ | Mediteranean Sea |
| Phoenica's location gave it certain valuable natural resources to trade , such as ______________ and ______________ | cedar wood, purple dye |
| in terms of land area, Phoenicia was ______ than the Mesopotamian empires. | weaker |
| The Phoenicians established colonies near their ________________ to expand their presence in the Mediteranean. | trading posts |
| _____________ located in the coast of North Africa, was one of Phoneicia's most important trading posts. | Carthage |
| Almost all Phoenicians worked in _______________ | trade |
| Like all the people of Mesopotamia, the Phoenicians had a religion that was _______________ | Polytheistic |
| Trade allowed the Phoenicians exchange goods and also _______________________________ | Knowledge, culture, technology |
| The Phoenicians established their settlements along trade routes that linked both ____________ and ___________ cultures. | Eastern, Western |
| Cloth that the Phoenicians treated with their ___ was costly to produce but was also highly valued. | dye |
| The Phoenician_____________ was a writing system that was easier to learn rather than cuneiform | alphabet |
| What was the world's first empire? Where was it? Who formed it? How was it created? | The Akkadian empire was formed by Sargon in Southwest Asia, Mesopotamia by conquering the Sumerian city-states |
| What are three ways in which Sargon acquired wealth? | Trade, tribute & taxes, conquering empires |
| What are three words you could use to describe the Akkadian empire? | dangerous, intimidating, dominating |
| What are three methods that the Assyrians used to address the challenges of managing a large empire | Breaking up into provinces, roads to provinces, soldiers stood guard |
| Babylonian king __________ builds an empire | Hammurabi |
| Assyria is in turmoil as would-be kings compete for _______ | power |
| Babylon revolts against __________ rule | Assyrian |
| Babylonian king _________________ establishes an empire. | Nabopolassar |
| _____________ conquers ______________ | Assyria, Babylonia |
| ______________ expands his empire. | Nebuchadnezzar |
| ______________ is one of the earliest and most complete written legal codes in history. | The code of Hammurabi |
| The code of Hammurabi is famously summarized as : | "An eye for an eye" |
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