Download 6th EOC Study Guide Semester 1

6th Grade Semester 1 Study Guide
(These are not necessarily on the test, but this will give you an idea of concepts covered.)
Vocabulary
artifacts
nation-state
pictographs
hieroglyphics
petroglyphs
mummification
fossils
polytheism
Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
monotheism
Neolithic (New Stone Age)
standardization
bands
sovereignty
agriculture
culture
domestication
society
civilization
castes
technology
subcontinent
specialization
hierarchy
division of labor
monsoon
society
dynasty
culture
Sanskrit
migration
city-state
ziggurat
Lydians
irrigation
silt
monarchy
cuneiform
pyramid
pharaoh
Valley of the Kings
dialects
Revised November 27, 2012
Map Skills
Nile River
Tigris River
Red Sea
Euphrates River
Indus River Valley
Himalayas
Huang He River
Indian Subcontinent
Ganges River
Semester 1
Learning Concepts to Remember
Prehistory: who, what, where, when, how, why
 Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
 Hunting and gathering
 Bands
 Neolithic (New Stone Age)
 Farming/Agriculture
 Specialization/division of labor
 Domestication of plants and animals
 Use of tools/technology
 Basic needs
 Migration/Settlement Patterns (reasons for)
Natural Resources
River Valley Civilizations
Mesopotamia: who, what, where, when, how, why
 Key buildings and their purpose - Ziggurat
 Technology
 Areas of settlement
 Government: structure, order and organization
 Monarchy
 Code of Hammurabi
 city-state
 Relationship between layout of city-state and social class structure
 Trade & use of coined money (Lydians)
 Communication: cuneiform
 Irrigation
 canals, dikes, dams
Egypt: who, what, where, when, how, why
 Key buildings
 Technology
 Areas of settlement
 Government
 Monarchy
 Nation-state
 joining of religion and government
 Mummification
 Social class structure
 Trade
 Irrigation
 canals, dikes, dams
 Rosetta Stone/hieroglyphics
Revised November 27, 2012
India: who, what, where, when, how, why
Religions
 Hinduism
o reincarnation
o caste system
 Buddhism
Contributions
 Arabic numerals
 Inoculation
China: who, what, where, when, how, why
Government
 Great Wall of China
 Dynasties
 Legalism
 Confucianism
 Daoism
Trade
 Silk Road
 Standardization
Geography
 Isolation
Contributions
 Paper
 Silk
 Seismograph
Revised November 27, 2012