6th Grade History
Martin Luther
What is the invisible line circling the Earth midway between the North and South poles?
Equator
________ were built to be a tomb for the Pharaohs.
pyramids
The rebirth of the soul into another living being.
Reincarnation
What famous founding father has a Broadway musical written about him?
Alexander Hamilton
The Greek empire was made up of over 1000 different _______ ________.
city-states
This mountain range separates the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia.
What was the name of the first Civilization?
Mesopotamia
How did ancient people get their food before farming was invented?
hunting and gathering
The Japanese bombed ________ ________ on December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
The Bubonic Plague of the 14th century also went by another name. What was it?
A cartographer makes something. What is it?
[a] map
Siddhartha Gautama, after becoming enlightened, changed his name to ________.
[the] Buddha
What was the name given to the 5000 year old mummy that was found in the Italian Alps? (Hint: he is also known as the Ice Man).
Otzi
During the Vietnam War, the US army relocated over 100,000 Vietnamese refugees to what island?
Guam
Johannes Gutenberg invented what in 1440?
[the] printing press
Name a peninsula that isn't Florida.
Balkans, Arabian, Maylay, Italian, Yucatan, Crimean, Sinai, etc.
This Mongolian emperor became close allies with the European Explorer Marco Polo.
Kublai Khan
He became pharaoh around age 9, reversed his father’s religious changes, and though he died young, his tomb’s 1922 discovery made him one of the most famous rulers in history.
King Tut
This American war was inspiration for the French Revolution?
Revolutionary War
Renaissance is a French word meaning “rebirth”, but the Renaissance actually started as a cultural movement in what European country?
Italy
What are the 5 themes of geography?
In no particular order:
Location, place, movement, region, HEI
What was the name of the first set of written laws?
Hammurabi's Code
Under which empire was the Taj Mahal built?
Mughal [empire]
Delaware [River]