6th Grade Benchmark #2

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2014-2015

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1)The size of the group of hunter–gatherers was usually based on

A / the amount of people who survived regular battles with other hunter–gatherers.
B / the amount of people who could live off the food found in a region.
C / the amount of people who had jobs in the hunter–gatherer group.
D / the amount of people who were accepted by the leader of the hunter–gatherer group.

2.Which statement is true about the relationship between food surpluses and early civilizations such as ancient Sumer?

A / The establishment of ancient Sumer allowed for the development of farming and food surpluses.
B / The establishment of ancient Sumer used up all of the food surpluses of the region.
C / The establishment of food surpluses eventually allowed for the creation of Sumer.
D / The establishment of food surpluses caused an overpopulation problem in Sumer.

3)Name the set of 282 written laws that were written in ancient Babylon.

4.What made Nubia a valuable trade partner with ancient Egypt?

A / It had control of the Nile River.
B / It had luxury goods that Egyptians wanted.
C / It had a lot of money to spend and few natural resources.
D / It was located far from Egypt and posed no threat as a result of trade.

5. Which of the following were some of the first items used to carve symbols on by ancient peoples?

A / marble
B / papyrus
C / bronze
D / turtle shells and bones

6. What was the name of the written language that the people in Ancient Egypt used?

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Which of the following would BEST fill in the blank box in the diagram above?

A / papyrus
B / sound based alphabet
C / scribes
D / laws

8. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Torah?

A / The Torah can be found in the main part of the Hebrew Bible, as well as the first five sections of the Old Testament.
B / The Torah includes both the written and oral law of Judaism.
C / The Torah includes all of the 100 commandments, including the ten commandments given to Moses.
D / The Torah was originally thought to be authored by Moses.

9. If you wanted to read the text that describes the original oral commentaries, or law, of the Hebrew commandments, you would read

A / the Torah.
B / the Ten Commandments.
C / the Hebrew Bible.
D / the Talmud.

10. Name an event that is believed to have taken place during the Exodus?

11.Abraham, following the word of God, moved from ______to establish the Hebrew promised land in ______.

A / Egypt, Canaan
B / Canaan, Egypt
C / Ur, Canaan
D / Canaan, Israel

12.In which city did King David establish a capital for Hebrew settlement?

A / Babylon
B / Jerusalem
C / Thebes
D / Ur

13,Sarah read about the people who retook control of Jerusalem from invaders around 164 B.C. Who did she read about?

A / the Crusaders
B / the Greeks
C / the Maccabees
D / the Syrians

14.What did the cities of Antioch, Athens, and Thessalonika have in common in 500 A.D.?

A / They were part of the Greek empire.
B / They developed temples dedicated to Egyptian gods.
C / They became the three new seats of the Roman government.
D / They were sites of major Jewish settlements as a result of the Diaspora.

15.Why did some Jewish residents of Jerusalem flee the city and head to nearby hills in 175 B.C.?

A / The Athenian army took control of the land.
B / The Roman army destroyed the second Temple.
C / The Egyptian pharaohs began to enslave Jewish residents.
D / The Syrian rulers began forcing Jewish residents to make offerings to Greek gods.

16.Early Indian farmers depended on ______to ensure their crops would grow.

A / crop irrigation
B / the flooding of the delta
C / monsoon rains
D / crop rotation

17.The Northern border of India is lined with what mountain range?

A / Indus Mountains
B / Everest Mountains
C / Ganges Mountains
D / Himalayan Mountains

18.The ancient city of Harappa is located in which river valley?

A / Nile River Valley
B / Indus River Valley
C / Tigris and Euphrates River Valley
D / Yangtze River Valley

19.When the Aryans conquered India, they affected Indian village life by ______.

A / destroying the villages and enforcing their nomadic way of life on the Indians
B / getting rid of all cattle, as Aryans did not value them in their culture
C / establishing a system that used both a rajah and self-government, which helped create order and stability
D / halting the practice of the extended family, instead spreading family members out into different villages

20.The Indian caste system originally developed from the four main social classes that existed during the time of the ______.

A / Aryans
B / Guptas
C / Kushans
D / Bactrians

21.Which of the following are the names of the two main river valleys in India?

A / Tigris and Euphrates
B / Indus and Ganges
C / Indus and Tigris
D / Himalaya and Ganges

22.A museum display shows tools that were made by the earliest humans 2 million years ago. What were these tools most likely made from?

A / flint
B / iron
C / metal
D / stone

23.How were the ancient Egyptians able to use the Nile River region to support the construction of houses for their settlements?

A / They built houses on barges.
B / They built platform houses on stilts in the river.
C / They built houses made of mud found along the river.
D / They floated large stones on barges down the river to make their houses.

24.An ancient Egyptian living along the Nile River might rely on the river for all of following food sources except

A / crocodiles.
B / elephants.
C / fish.
D / hippopotamuses.

25.Suppose you lived in ancient Egypt and were trying to help farmers establish more farmland a short distance from the Nile River. Which suggestion would you most likely follow to successfully establish farmland?

A / "Build dams to create annual flooding."
B / "Create ditches and canals to get water from the river."
C / "Change the course of the river to create more farmland."
D / "Try to construct large floating gardens on the river."

26.Which of the following BEST completes the statement?
The development of irrigation made it possible for surplus of food to be produced, which allowed ______.

A / cities to develop
B / trade
C / specialization, such as artisans
D / All of the above

27.How was a warrior pharaoh like Ramses II most likely depicted in Egyptian paintings found on pyramid walls?

A / sitting on a throne
B / holding gold
C / fighting in battle
D / transforming into a god

28.Which pharaoh was first able to take control of the gold mines located to the south of Egypt?

A / Akhenaton
B / Hatshepsut
C / Tutankhamun
D / Ramses II

29.Abraham followed God's promise to help his people become a mighty nation and led his people to what area?

A / Egypt
B / Canaan
C / Mesopotamia
D / Sumer

30.In 15,000 B.C., the people who lived in Australia were

A / herders.
B / farmers.
C / hunter–gatherers.
D / residents of city–states.

31.If you lived sometime between the year 10,000 B.C. and 8000 B.C., what human modification might you have witnessed that changed how you were able to obtain food?

A / Humans learned how to fish.
B / Humans learned how to hunt.
C / Humans learned how to plant seeds.
D / Humans learned that berries and fruits were edible.

32.In modern days, we describe a difficult task by using a term that relates to which Greek mythological figure that performed many difficult tasks?

A / Hercules
B / Odysseus
C / Zeus
D / Sisyphus

33.Which answer BEST describes what the Himalayas provided to the developing civilizations within the Indus Valley?

A / mountains for hiking and exploring
B / grasslands for cattle grazing
C / rivers for fishing
D / a natural boundary from invading cultures

34.Which three MAJOR river systems flow out of the Himalayas?

A / Tigris, Euphrates, and Sefid Rud Rivers
B / Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Indus Rivers
C / Nile, Chari, and Benoue Rivers
D / Helmand, Murgap Deryasy, and Kabul Rivers

35.The Aryans who invaded India around 1500 BC came from ______.

A / Eastern Europe and Western Asia
B / Eastern Asia and Mongolia
C / Mesopotamia
D / Egypt and North Africa