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Ancient Civilizations (Grade 6) Midterm — Semester 1, Form B

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Social Studies Grade 6 15 multiple choice + 1 written

Free printable Ancient Civilizations midterm (Grade 6): 15 multiple-choice questions plus 1 written response covering Early Humans & the Neolithic Revolution, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt. Answer key included — customize it in the Midterm Maker.

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Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer. Answer the written response in complete sentences.

Covers: Early Humans & the Neolithic Revolution · Mesopotamia · Ancient Egypt

Part 1: Multiple Choice

  1. Çatalhöyük, one of the earliest large farming settlements, is in which present-day country?
    1. A. Egypt
    2. B. Peru
    3. C. China
    4. D. Turkey
  2. Before farming began, most Paleolithic people lived as what?
    1. A. Merchants in walled cities
    2. B. Ranchers on fenced land
    3. C. Nomadic hunter-gatherers
    4. D. Farmers in large villages
  3. Which change best describes the Neolithic Revolution?
    1. A. The rise of the first large empires
    2. B. The invention of the first writing systems
    3. C. The shift from hunting and gathering to farming
    4. D. The discovery of how to make iron tools
  4. Since prehistoric people left no writing, how do we learn about them?
    1. A. By reading their royal records
    2. B. By reading their written letters
    3. C. By studying their law codes
    4. D. By studying artifacts, fossils, and remains
  5. What does the word "Neolithic" mean?
    1. A. Early Metal Age
    2. B. New Stone Age
    3. C. Middle Stone Age
    4. D. Old Stone Age
  6. What is Sargon of Akkad known for?
    1. A. Uniting Sumer's city-states into an empire
    2. B. Building the Great Pyramid of Giza
    3. C. Writing the first Greek poems
    4. D. Founding the city of Rome
  7. What does the name "Mesopotamia" mean?
    1. A. Land of the pharaohs
    2. B. Land of the rising sun
    3. C. Land between the rivers
    4. D. Land of many mountains
  8. Why did Mesopotamian farmers build irrigation canals?
    1. A. To bring river water to crops in a dry land
    2. B. To keep nomads away from their villages
    3. C. To create routes for invading armies
    4. D. To drain swamps so they could build houses
  9. Why is Hammurabi's Code important?
    1. A. It is one of the earliest written law codes
    2. B. It was the first book of religious stories
    3. C. It created the first democracy
    4. D. It ended slavery in Babylon
  10. Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
    1. A. Tigris and Euphrates
    2. B. Huang He and Yangtze
    3. C. Nile and Jordan
    4. D. Indus and Ganges
  11. Why did ancient Egyptians mummify bodies?
    1. A. To preserve the body for the afterlife
    2. B. To stop the spread of disease
    3. C. To punish people who broke laws
    4. D. To honor enemies killed in battle
  12. What were the kings of ancient Egypt called?
    1. A. Caesars
    2. B. Shoguns
    3. C. Consuls
    4. D. Pharaohs
  13. According to tradition, which ruler first united Upper and Lower Egypt?
    1. A. Menes
    2. B. Khufu
    3. C. Tutankhamun
    4. D. Ramses II
  14. How did the Rosetta Stone help historians?
    1. A. It helped scholars decode hieroglyphics
    2. B. It showed where pharaohs were buried
    3. C. It recorded the length of the Nile
    4. D. It explained how pyramids were built
  15. What were the pyramids of Egypt mainly built to be?
    1. A. Homes for priests
    2. B. Temples for daily worship
    3. C. Storehouses for grain
    4. D. Tombs for pharaohs

Part 2: Written Response

  1. Describe two ways the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers shaped life in Mesopotamia.

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