6th Grade Social Studies TCAP Practice

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How did innovations such as irrigation, aqueducts, and improved farm techniques transform civilizations?

Back

Innovations made it possible to expand settlements at arid locations.

Front

English nobles forced King John to sign the __________.

Back

Magna Carta

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What did Aztecs build in order to worship their gods? Options: Mosques, Stadiums, Cathedrals, Temple-pyramids

Back

Temple-pyramids

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Mesopotamian farmers developed a system of __________ to control the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Back

Irrigation

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Exploration and conquests occurred in the middle ages. How did they affect relations between ancient societies?

Back

They caused trade routes and communication to open up between societies.

Front

Why did trading networks like the Silk Road develop?

Back

Certain resources were not available in all areas

Front

Why did some ancient civilizations write and publish their laws?

Back

to ensure that citizens of the civilization would read and understand the laws

Front

Polytheistic means...

Back

To believe in many gods

Front

These things were left behind by humans: Fossils, Artifacts, Computers

Back

Artifacts

Front

________ wrote things down and recorded history.

Back

Scribes