6th Grade Midterm 2023

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What is the study of the past?

Geography

Archaeology

Prehistory

History (correct)

What is the study of the past based on what people left behind?

Archaeology (correct)

Artifact

Hominid

Fossil

What is the pattern of weather over a long period of time?

Climate (correct)

Landforms

Environment

Region

What are materials found in the earth that people need and value?

Resources Signup and view all the answers

What is an area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas?

Region Signup and view all the answers

What is any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task?

Tool Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the earth's physical and cultural features?

Geography Signup and view all the answers

What is an account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event?

Primary source Signup and view all the answers

What is the time before there was writing?

Prehistory Signup and view all the answers

What includes all the living and nonliving things that affect life in an area?

Environment Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans?

Domestication Signup and view all the answers

What is a city-state?

Consisted of a city and all the countryside around it Signup and view all the answers

What is a land with different territories and people under a single rule?

Empire Signup and view all the answers

What is a type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job?

Division of labor Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a community of people who share a common culture?

Society Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a legendary figure in Sumerian literature?

Gilgamesh Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a strip of land connecting two continents?

Land bridge Signup and view all the answers

What is a pharaoh?

The title used by the rulers of Egypt Signup and view all the answers

What is the Old Kingdom?

A period in Egyptian history that lasted from about 2700 BC to 2200 BC Signup and view all the answers

What is cuneiform?

The world's first system of writing Signup and view all the answers

What is a ziggurat?

A pyramid shaped temple tower Signup and view all the answers

What is a dynasty?

A series of rulers from the same family Signup and view all the answers

What are pictographs?

Picture symbols that represented objects such as trees or animals Signup and view all the answers

What is Hammurabi's Code?

A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life Signup and view all the answers

What is polytheism?

The worship of many gods Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes?

Engineering Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a long-lasting, paper-like material made from reeds?

Papyrus Signup and view all the answers

Who was the pharaoh that fought the Hittites for many years?

Ramses the Great Signup and view all the answers

What were the huge stone tombs with four triangle-shaped walls that met in a point on top called?

Pyramids Signup and view all the answers

Who was the Egyptian queen who worked to increase trade with places outside of Egypt?

Queen Hatshepsut Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the period of order and stability that lasted until about 1750 BC?

Middle Kingdom Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the Egyptian writing system?

Hieroglyphics Signup and view all the answers

What is the force generated by one's behavior in a previous life that decides the level at which an individual will be reborn?

Karma Signup and view all the answers

Which religion prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings and branched off from Hinduism?

Jainism Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for items sent out to other regions?

Exports Signup and view all the answers

What is the avoidance of violent actions known as?

Nonviolence Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a system of people in different lands who trade goods?

Trade network Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which a soul is reborn continuously until it achieves perfect understanding?

Reincarnation Signup and view all the answers

What is the most important language of ancient India?

Sanskrit Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a large landmass that is smaller than a continent?

Subcontinent Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the number system we use today, created by Indian scholars during the Gupta dynasty?

Hindu-Arabic numerals Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a state of perfect peace in Buddhism?

Nirvana Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for injecting a person with a small dose of a virus to help build up defenses against a disease?

Inoculation Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of stars and planets called?

Astronomy Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for secondary source information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness the event?

Eyewitness account Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks?

Loam Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a way of supplying water to an area of land?

Irrigation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the division of society by rank or class?

Hierarchy Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an area outside cities; a countryside area

Rural Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a city area

Urban Signup and view all the answers

What are cataracts in the context of a river?

Waterfalls or strong rapids Signup and view all the answers

What is the Rosetta Stone?

A stone slab inscribed with hieroglyphics, demotic script, and Greek Signup and view all the answers

What are mummies in ancient Egypt?

Specially treated bodies wrapped in cloth Signup and view all the answers

What is the largest religion in India today?

Hinduism Signup and view all the answers

What are sphinxes?

Imaginary creatures with the body of a lion and the head of another animal or human Signup and view all the answers

What is the caste system in India based on?

A person's birth, wealth, or occupation Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for people who work to spread their religious beliefs?

Missionaries Signup and view all the answers

What is the science of working with metals called?

Metallurgy Signup and view all the answers

What are objects created by and used by humans called?

Artifacts Signup and view all the answers

What is a fossil?

A part or imprint of something that was once alive Signup and view all the answers