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6th AH midterm jcoe
2011 6th Grade Ancient History Midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The geography of Greece prevented Greeks from | creating a large, unified empire. |
| The Minoans helped to shape | the first Greek civilization. |
| Slaves in Ancient Greece could not | go to school. enter politics use their own name |
| Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar both | built up Babylon. |
| The resource for which Phoenicia was well known was | cedar wood. |
| What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet? | The Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes. |
| What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle? | iron weapons and chariots |
| What was most likely the reason that ziggurats were tall? | to honor the gods |
| Which of the following best describes cuneiform? | a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols |
| Who served as the link between the Sumerians and the gods? | priests |
| What‐did‐Sargon’s‐empire‐have‐in‐common‐with‐other‐Mesopotamian‐ city-states? | It fought with surrounding city-states. |
| Which is the best explanation for why Mesopotamians built canals? | They‐needed‐a‐way‐to‐control‐the‐river’s‐flow. |
| Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name? | the Tigris River and the Euphrates River |
| Which of the following is an example of a physical feature? | desert |
| Which of the following would a historian be least interested in? | the bones of a group |
| People who study history. | historians |
| The study of the past. | history |
| Imaginary creature with the body of a lion and the head of another animal | sphinx |
| Egypt’s‐first‐pharaoh | Menes |
| What job employed the most people in Egypt? | farmer |
| Why did the Egyptians build their pyramids to be grand and spectacular? | because they reflected a pharaoh’s importance |
| Which of the following best defines nobles? | people from rich and powerful families |
| Who would the people of Egypt blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck? | the pharaoh who was both ruler and god |
| How did Egyptian farmers water their crops? | They built a series of canals. |
| Which of the following describes why cataracts both helped and harmed Egypt? | Cataracts protected Egypt from invaders but prevented sailing on parts of the river. |
| Which of the following best defines delta? | a triangle-shaped area of land |
| Which of the following best describes why Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile? | The Nile River brought fertility and life to the region. |
| Long poems that tell the story of a hero | epics |
| An island, southeast of the Greek mainland: | Crete |
| An effect (result) of the Peloponnesian Wars | Democratic government suffered. Athens became the cultural center of Greece. Athenian domination ended. |
| After the Persian Wars , Athens enjoyed a golden age under Pericles because | Athens became a direct democracy. |
| Who wrote two great epic poems of early Greece? | Homer |
| The mainland of Greece is a ___________________________, land surrounded by water on three sides | peninsula |
| After the Dark Age, Greeks began to set up city-states and entered a period‐of‐great‐achievements‐known‐as‐Greece’s‐ ___________________ age. | classical |
| The town around the ________________________ was surrounded by walls for protection. | acropolis |
| Steep rapids along a river. | cataracts |
| A long-lasting, paperlike material made from reeds. | papyrus |
| The Persian Wars impacted Ancient Greece by | Athens emerging as the most powerful city-state. |
| The Persian Wars were a result of | Greek city-states uniting to fight the threat of the Persian Empire. |
| Mycenaeans passed what on to later Greeks? | Mesopotamian and Egyptian influences. |
| Greek culture still impacts us today through | Arts, philosophy, math, and politics. |
| The Persian Wars impacted Ancient Greece by | Athens emerging as the most powerful city-state. |
| ) Whose tomb, discovered in 1922, taught us much about Egyptian burial practices and beliefs? | King Tutankhamen |
| Which statement best summarizes the way people are represented in Egyptian painting? | Upper bodies are shown straight on, while heads and legs are seen from the side. |
| Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, and other treasures? | Egyptians believed the dead enjoyed such materials in the afterlife. |
| Which of the following is not a feature you might find inside an Egyptian temple? | paintings |
| How did the Rosetta Stone help scholars and historians in their study of hieroglyphics? | It provided a Greek text that matched the early Egyptian writing. |
| Ramses the Great is best remembered | as a great warrior and builder. |
| When a child was born to a Greek family, the father would | carry his child, in a ritual dance, around the household. |
| The disadvantage of a globe is that: | -It is not practical enough. -It does not show enough detail. -It is too big to fit into a pocket. |
| A globe is more accurate than a map because a globe can show | the true shapes of continents and oceans. |
| The advantages of a flat map include | its attention to detail like roads and smaller towns. |
| Flat maps were invented because it was impossible to make a globe that was | complete enough to use and convenient enough to carry around. |
| Egypt was called the gift of the Nile because the Nile never flooded the land around it. | False |
| Sumerians developed a math system based on the number 100. | False |
| Sumerian _________ could be important religious leaders. | women |
| The amount of land controlled by each city-state depended on its population. | False |
| Hunter-gatherer groups first settled in Mesopotamia more than 20,000 years ago. | False |
| The ______ River is the longest river in the world. | Nile |
| Egyptians believed that pharaohs were _______. | gods |
| Babylon was located near present-day | Baghdad, Iraq. |
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