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Name___________________________________________________ HAYNES ACADEMY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES Sixth Grade Social Studies Midterm Exam Review Guide I The social studies midterm exam will consist of multiple choice questions including a primary document to analyze. II Content on the exam will include: map skills, technological advancements, geography, and early religions/cultures of the Stone Age (Paleolithic people), Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Indus River Valley (early China, and India). III. Complete the practice questions to help you prepare for the exam. This is mandatory assignment and will count as a homework/participation grade. 1. Explain the difference of a political map, cultural map, and a physical map.___________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Define and explain the significance of longitude and latitude lines.____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Define the following terms and give examples of each: a.) Census_______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ b.) Culture_______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ c.) Migration_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ d.) Population____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ e.) Primary Source__________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ f.) Secondary Source______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ g.) Scribes_______________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ h.) Ziggurats_____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Identify the members of India’s caste system, and include the people who belonged to each. a.)______________________________________________________________________________________________ b.)______________________________________________________________________________________________ c.)______________________________________________________________________________________________ d.)______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Identify three of the main gods in the Hindu religion. a.)______________________________________________________________________________________ b.)______________________________________________________________________________________ c.)______________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Next to the civilization listed below, identify their most important technological advancement (s). a.) Paleolithic people______________________________________________________________________________ b.) Summerians_________________________________________________________________________________ c.) Phoenicians__________________________________________________________________________________ d.) Hittites _____________________________________________________________________________________ e.) Egyptians____________________________________________________________________________________ f.) India _______________________________________________________________________________________ g.) China_______________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Name and be able to identify the following rivers on a map: a.) Mesopotamia________________________________________________________________________________ b.) Egypt______________________________________________________________________________________ c.) India______________________________________________________________________________________ d.) China______________________________________________________________________________________ 8. In the space below, identify and draw examples of Cuneiform, Hieroglyphics, and ancient Chinese symbols.
