El-Fayrouz British International College Grade 6 Social Studies Revision Booklet 2024-2025 PDF

FBIC every child matters El-Fayrouz British International College Academic Year 2024-2025 Social Studies Revision Booklet Grade 6 Semester 1 Quarter 1 N...

FBIC every child matters El-Fayrouz British International College Academic Year 2024-2025 Social Studies Revision Booklet Grade 6 Semester 1 Quarter 1 Name: ……………………………………………. Date: ………………………………………………  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 1. Choose the correct answer from a, b or c: 1. What discovery was made in the Chauvet Cave in 1994? a) Stone tools b) Jewelry beads c) Paintings 2. The flute found in German caves was made of what material? a) Bone and ivory b) Stone c) Metal 3. When did humans begin to migrate from Africa to Asia? a) 70,000 - 20,000 years ago b) 20,000 - 8,000 B.C.E. c) 8,000 - 4,000 B.C.E. 4. What is the Agricultural Revolution? a) The invention of stone tools b) Moving from hunting and gathering to farming c) The creation of permanent housing 1Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 5. When did civilizations begin to emerge? a) 20,000 - 8,000 B.C.E. b) 8,000 - 4,000 B.C.E. c) c. 3,000 B.C.E. 6. Why were early villages often located near water sources? a) For hunting purposes b) For farming and daily use c) For protection against enemies 7. What is the Paleolithic Era also known as? a) The Old Stone Age b) The Bronze Age c) The New Stone Age 8. What type of tools were used during the Paleolithic Era? a) Metal tools b) Stone tools c) Bronze tools 2Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 9. What was the primary lifestyle during the Paleolithic Era? a) Settled farming b) Nomadic hunting and gathering c) City-building 10. Where did agriculture first begin during the Neolithic Era? a) Antarctica b) The Indus Valley c) North America 11. What new tool was invented in the Neolithic Era for farming? a) The plow b) The bronze sword c) The metal hammer 12. What kind of houses were built during the Neolithic Era? a) Caves b) Temporary shelters c) Permanent houses 3Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 13. What material was bronze made from? a) Copper and tin b) Iron and clay c) Stone and wood 14. What is irrigation? a) A way to hunt animals b) A system to supply dry land with water c) A method of making tools 15. What does the term "nomads" refer to? a) People who build permanent homes b) People who move from place to place for food c) Farmers who grow crops 16. Which period is known as the Old Stone Age? a) Neolithic Era b) Bronze Age c) Paleolithic Era 4Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 17. What does the term "culture" refer to? a) The system of writing b) The set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group c) The method of farming used in early civilizations 18. What material did people use to make tools during the Paleolithic Era? a) Bronze b) Iron c) Stone 19. When did the Ice Ages occur? a) During the Bronze Age b) During the Agricultural Revolution c) When glaciers covered much of Earth's land 20. What is a pulse? a) A plant with seeds in pods b) A type of hunting tool c) A type of ancient musical instrument 5Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 21. What major change took place during the Agricultural Revolution? a) People began to melt bronze b) People shifted from hunting to farming c) People created complex governments 22. What did people use surpluses of food for in the Bronze Age? a) To support growing populations in cities b) To trade for bronze c) To build irrigation systems 23. What is the primary feature of seminomadic societies? a) Complete dependence on hunting b) Permanent settlement without any migration c) Seasonal migration while maintaining a crop base 24. Which is one of the seven characteristics of civilizations? a) Absence of class structures b) Job specialization c) Constant migration 6Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 25. What is the Fertile Crescent primarily known for? a) Deserts b) Rich lands c) Mountains 26. Which modern countries are part of the Fertile Crescent? a) Egypt, Libya, Algeria b) Turkey, Syria, Iraq c) Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen 27. Which civilization is known as the first empire in Mesopotamia? a) Sumerian b) Akkadian c) Assyrian 28. Where was Akkad located? a) On the Euphrates River b) On the Tigris River c) Near the Mediterranean Sea 29. What type of government did the Sumerians establish? a) Empire b) City-states c) Provinces 7Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 30. What was a major contribution of the Sumerians? a) Iron technology b) Cuneiform writing c) Alphabet 31. What was the upper class in Akkadian society composed of? a) Merchants and farmers b) Rulers and priests c) Artisans and soldiers 32. Which civilization is associated with the Hanging Gardens? a) Babylonian b) Phoenician c) Assyrian 33. What type of economy did the Phoenicians primarily rely on? a) Farming b) Trade c) Mining 34. What is the language of the Babylonian civilization? a) Sumerian b) Akkadian c) Phoenician 35. Which civilization is known for its law code established by Hammurabi? a) Sumerian b) Akkadian 8 c) Babylonian Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 36. What social system was common across these civilizations? a) Democratic b) Class-based c) Nomadic 37. Which civilization is known for creating a 12-month calendar? a) Akkadian b) Sumerian c) Phoenician 38. The Phoenicians are credited with the development of what significant item? a) Iron plow b) Seaworthy ships c) Ziggurats 39. Where was Nineveh located? a) On the Euphrates River b) On the Tigris River c) Near the Persian Gulf 40. What religion was practiced in the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent? a) Monotheistic b) Polytheistic c) Atheistic 41. What type of technology did the Assyrians contribute? a) Writing system b) Iron technology 9 c) Calendar Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 42. What was the main economic activity in Sumer? a) Trade b) Farming c) Fishing 43. In Phoenician society, who made up the upper class? a) Farmers and soldiers b) Kings and priests c) Merchants and artisans 44. Which civilization had a political structure organized into provinces? a) Sumerian b) Assyrian c) Akkadian 45. Who studies objects to learn about past human life? a) Botanists b) Archeologists c) Chemists 46. What does it mean to "accumulate"? a) To build shelters b) To gradually gather more of something over time c) To farm crops 10 Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 47. What kind of housing was common in the Neolithic Era? a) Caves b) Temporary shelters c) Permanent shelters made from local materials 2. Answer the following questions: 1. Why do you think the paintings inside Chauvet Cave were so well preserved? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. What did early humans use ocher for? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Why do you think early humans made jewelry from shells? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Why were villages often built near water sources? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. What tools and weapons did people use in the Paleolithic Era? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. 6. What geographical area is known as the Fertile Crescent? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. What language was used by the Akkadian civilization? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. What type of government was established in Sumerian civilization? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. What social classes were present in these civilizations? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. What was the religious belief system of the civilizations in the Fertile Crescent? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Which civilization is known for building one of the first libraries? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. What notable structure is associated with the Babylonian civilization? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Page  Day………………………….. Date ……../……../…….. Q2. Fill in the gabs using the words in the following box: The Sumerian The Akkadian The Assyrian Babylon and Neo-Babylon The Phoenician 13 Page