South Gate Middle School

6th Grade World HistoryGame 2

A: B:Religions Written languages

#1What were cuneiform and hieroglyphics early

examples of?

C: D:Rivers Empires

B:

Written languages

A: B:Religion Supermarket

#2Instead of hunting and gathering, which advance

allowed people to live in one place without having to move around?

C: D:Agriculture Weapons

C:

Agriculture

A: B:Hammurabi Shi Huangdi

#3Which ruler from ancient Mesopotamia set up

a series of laws, or “Codes”, which helpedto keep order?

C: D:Obama King Tut

A:

Hammurabi

A: B:The United States India

#4Which country did the religion of Buddhism

come from?

C: D:China Egypt

B:

India

A: B:Plumbing The Coliseum

#5Which ancient Roman structures were built tocarry fresh water to the many cities throughout

the Roman Empire?

C: D:Aqueducts Roads

C:

Aqueducts

A: B:Shi Huangdi Siddhartha Gautama

#6Which ruler from ancient Greece helped his empire

to gain new land and become unified?

C: D:Alexander the Great SPARTANS!

C:

Alexander the Great

A: B:The Egyptian Empire The Indian Empire

#7Which ancient empire featured such words as

Herculean, labyrinth, and Olympia in its myths?

C: D:The Greek Empire The Chinese Empire

C:

The Greek Empire

A: B:The Buddha Hammurabi

#8Which ancient Greek philosopher wrote much

about how city-states were organized andon the importance of citizenship in ancient Greece?

C: D:Confucius Pericles

D:

Pericles

A: B:The untouchables The elite

#9Which social group from the Indian caste system

was considered to be the lowest?

C: D:The sutras? The president

A:

The untouchables

A: B:Christianity Judaism

#10Which religion was the very first monotheistic

religion, where followers believe in only one god?

C: D:Islam Buddhism

B:

Judaism

A: B:The Yellow Brick Road The Road to Nowhere

#11What ancient road connected ancient China withEurope and was important for the exchange of

goods, merchandise, and ideas?

C: D:The Silk Road The Gold Road

C:

The Silk Road

A: B:Confucius Alexander the Great

#12Growing up and traveling through ancient India,

who was the religious founder of Buddhism?

C: D:Siddhartha Gautama The Enlightened One

B:

Siddhartha Gautama

A: B:The Koran The Book of the Dead

#13Which book written by the ancient Hebrews helped

to spread their religion of Judaism?

C: D:The Bible The Torah

D:

The Torah

A: B:Shi Huangdi Confucius

#14Who was the Chinese emperor who helped

to unify China?

C: D:Jackie Chan Liu Bang

A:

Emperor Shi Huangdi

A: B:The Greek Republic The United States Republic

#15Which ancient republic first introduced the idea of

checks and balances in a government?

C: D:The Egyptian Republic The Roman Republic

D:

The Roman Republic

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