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Social Studies Pd. ________
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6th Grade Final Exam Study Guide
Please bring 2 pens, 2 sharpened pencils, and a highlighter.
Test Date:
Test Time: __________________________
Testing Room: _______________________
Study Topics:
Ancient Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
The Ancient Israelites
Ancient India
Ancient China
Ancient Arabia
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance & The Reformation
Skills: Maps, charts, time lines, analysis & interpretation of diagrams and
photographs
Format of Document-Based Questions & Essay:
 Analysis of Documents to be answered in short responses
 Essay (People/Accomplishments/Legacies)
Format of Multiple Choice:
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Important terms, people, places
Reading charts
Analyzing time lines
Interpreting documents
Map of Europe
 Main ideas about each culture
Good Luck!
Final Vocabulary Review
river valley civilization
irrigation
Code of Law
Hammurabi
Han Gaozu
Shihuangdi
Confucius
Wudi
Fu Hao
Egypt
Ancient Arabia
pharaoh
pyramids
polytheism
deities
delta
tributary
Nile River
hieroglyphics
Islam
Five Pillars
Quran
mosques
caliphs
Mecca
Kaaba
Muhammad
Avicenna (Ibn Sina)
Mesopotamia
The Ancient
Israelites
monotheism
Ten Commandments
Judaism
Torah
Abraham
Moses
Ancient India
subcontinent
Himalayas
Buddhism
Eightfold Path
Siddhartha Gautama
Hinduism
Brahman
reincarnation
caste system
karma
nirvana
Ancient China
loess
silt
steppes
levees
oracle bones
dynasty
Mandate of Heaven
province
seismograph
Anyang
Ancient Greece
citizens
city-state
polis
acropolis
agora
democracy
monarchy
oligarchy
Parthenon
Athens
Sparta
Macedonia
Pericles
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great
Homer
Ancient Rome
Alps
plebeian
patrician
republic
Twelve Tables
Forum
Punic Wars
Pax Romana
Gladiators
Colosseum
aqueducts
Christianity
Bible
Rome
Carthage
Julius Caesar
Cleopatra
Augustus
Constantine
Diocletian
Jesus
The Middle Ages
Age of Faith
noble
guilds
serf
feudalism
manor
lord
vassal
knight
Crusade
cathedral
Magna Carta
chivalry
Black Plague/Death
Charlemagne
King John I
The Renaissance & The
Reformation
Renaissance
Humanism
95 Theses
Protestants
Reformation
Lorenzo Medici
Petrarch
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Copernicus
Martin Luther
Johannes Gutenberg
William Shakespeare
King Henry VIII
Galileo