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6th Grade Social Studies
Final Exam Study Guide
1. What is absolute location?
2. What is the 0° line of latitude, it divides the earth into Northern and Southern
hemispheres?
3. What is the 0° line of longitude, it divides the earth into Eastern and Western
hemispheres?
4. Which theme of geography is best represented by the picture above?
Use the image to answer the following questions.
5. Which city is located at 36°N and
139°E?
6. What is the latitude and longitude of
Xiamen?
7. Why do mapmakers use different
projections?
8. Exactly how long does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?
9. What is the most accurate way to represent the earth?
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10. The piece of land connecting North and South America is an example of which
geographic feature?
11. Way of life, beliefs, and food are all parts of __________________.
12. A government in which people vote for representatives, then the
representatives make the laws is a
13. rule by a dictator
14. rule by a small group
15. rule by a king
16. How did the geography of Crete effect the development of the Minoan
civilization?
17. Why is Alexander the Great important?
18. Which civilization became the most powerful empire the world had ever seen?
19. What was one of the benefits of Roman rule?
20. Why is Rome important to Western Civilization?
21. The Roman Empire is finished. What unifies the people of Europe?
22. Which of the following words describe life in the Dark Ages?
23. Why did Pope Urban II call a Crusade?
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24. What were the benefits of going on Crusade?
25. Which of the following terms is best defined as: The economy and government
of the Middle Ages where the vassal serves the lord and receives protection in
return.
This diagram represents the structure of society in the Middle Ages. Match the person
with their correct location in society.
26. Serfs and Peasants
27. Lords and Nobles
28. The King
29. Knights
30. After the plague people’s wages rose. Why?
31. The Renaissance was
32. What was one major effect of the printing press?
33. Who started the Protestant Reformation?
34. A document that protested the corruption and abuses in the church
35. One result of the Protestant Reformation was
36. A person who had complete control over the people they rule
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37. Which two European nations lead the way in exploration?
38. What were the results of Columbus’ many voyages?
39. What are the impacts of the Americas on Europe?
40. What is the Colombian Exchange?
41. What is a great change over a short period of time?
42. The French government was bankrupt. Where did they spend the money?
43. What event is a result of a bad harvest in France?
44. What is a Constitution?
Use the document to answer the following questions.
45. What is the main theme or message
of this document?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
46.When was this document written?
Men are born equal and remain free and equal in rights with
are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.
Liberty is being able to do whatever does not harm others.
47. The theme of the Declaration of the
Rights of Man is very similar to which
other important document?
The law should express the will of the people. All citizens
have a right to take part personally, or through
representatives, in the making of the law. Every citizen can
talk, write and publish freely, unless the liberty is abused in a
way in which breaks the law.
August 1789
48. Which term is used to describe: a monarch who has to obey the rules of a
constitution?
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In 1792 Robespierre warns:
“Put yourself on guard against your generals, or a strong citizen
might gain power and one day become your master”
49. Which event is Robespierre warning the people against? (a military leader taking
control of the government illegally).
50. Which military leader was chosen to lead France?
Define:
51. Industrial Revolution
52. Urbanization
53. Interchangeable Parts
54. Natural Resources
55. Division of Labor
56. Steam Engine
57. Railroads
58. Spinning Jenny
59. Coke
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60. Canals
61. Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
62. How did the development of factories effect people in North Carolina and the
South?
63. What was life like for most people before the Industrial Revolution?
64. Why do mainly women and children work in the factories?
“I regard my workpeople just as I regard my machinery… When my machines get old and useless,
I reject them and get new, and these people are part of my machinery.” – Textile Mill Forman
65. What opinion does the statement above show?
66. What does the Industrial Revolution do to the population?
67. Why does the population change?
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B.
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Women begin to work outside the home
Families are smaller
People move to urban areas
The middle class grows
68. What would be the best choice of main idea for the supporting details above?
69. How do the working conditions improve?
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70. What event began WWI?
71. Who are the Triple Entente or Allied Powers?
72. Who are the Triple Alliance or Central Powers?
73. What were the causes of WWI?
74. Why were trenches used?
75. What is a “War of Attrition”?
76. New Forms of Technology were used?
77. Why did Germany ask for peace?
78. What were the costs of the war?
79. Why was the Versailles Treaty so harsh on Germany?
80. Tsar
81. boyars
82. serf
83. Vladimir Lenin
84. Josef Stalin
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85. Which form of government is described as: the state owns everything and shares with
the people?
"Agriculture is developing slowly, comrades. This is because we have about 25
million individually owned farms. They are the most primitive and undeveloped
form of economy. We must do our utmost (best) to develop large farms and to
convert them into grain factories for the country organized on a modem scientific
basis."
- Josef Stalin 1928
86. What is collectivization?
87. What is the purpose of collectivization?
88. Which event caused resentment and inflation in Germany?
89. What caused prices in Germany to rise so rapidly?
90. Based on this statement which policy would never have worked?
“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.” – Adolf Hitler
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” – Adolf Hitler
“The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.” – Adolf
Hitler
“The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.” - Adolf Hitler
91. All the statements above support Hitler’s reasoning behind using
92. Which of the following is an example of one of the lies Hitler told?
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“We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall
fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight
in the hills; we shall never surrender.” - Winston Churchill
93. Which island is the speaker referring to?
“Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the
United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval
and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
94. Which event is being described in the quote above?
95. What was the major result of this attack?
96. Which groups of people were forced into concentration camps and killed while Hitler
was in power?
97. What is the purpose of the United Nations?
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98. Which of the following are affected by GDP per Capita?
99. What is the general relationship between GDP per capita and life expectancy?
100. Describe arable land.
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