6th Grade History
What were the names of the two mythical founders of Rome?
Romulus and Remus
Double points!!
What does Polytheism mean?
What does Monotheism mean?
Polytheism = Belief in "Many Gods"
Monotheism = Belief in "One God"
What started the Middle Ages?
The fall of Rome
How many main Islands are the in Japan?
Triple points if you can name them all.
4 main Islands
Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
What are the three G's pf European Exploration?
Glory, God, Gold
Double points!!
What is a city state?
Name two city states (Can be from Greece or Mesopotamia)
A city that has the power of a country(state)
Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Argos, Corinth etc...
Ur, Uruk, Babylon, Lagash, Sumer etc...
Who was the Richest man to ever live and what kingdom did he rule?
Mansa Musa - Mali
Why were the Crusades fought?
The Christians wanted to reclaim the holy land from the Muslim kingdoms.
Why were Katana's so important to the Samurai?
Give me two - 200 pts
Give me for - DOUBLE Points!
They were status symbols, represented the Samurais soul, art, spiritual, kept bad spirits away.
Name the three Mesoamerican cultures we are studying?
Maya, Aztec, Inca
What annual event did the Ancient Egyptians rely on to survive?
The annual flooding of the Nile
What made the empires of Ghana and Mali so wealthy?
The trade of salt and gold
What deadly disease wiped out a third of Europes population?
How did it spread?
The Black Death (Bubonic plague)
Fleas on rats
Samurai were more than warriors. What else were they?
Teachers, Scholars, Artists, masters of the tea ceremony, government officials
What was one of Martin Luthers main issues with the Catholic church?
He disagreed with the selling of indulgences (Get out of hell free card)
List four Chinese inventions
Gunpowder, Compass, Moveable type, Umbrella, toilet paper, paper money, toothbrush, innoculations, silk
How exactly did the kings of Ghana and Mali get rich?
Taxing traders and the goods they traded for coming in and out the kingdom
Explain how feudalism works.
The king would give land in exchange for loyalty and service
Correctly tell me the Japanese Feudal pyramid from top to bottom.
Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo, Samurai, Peasants/Farmers, Merchants
What did the word Renaissance means? Give me three examples of how the Renaissance Change Europe?
Rebirth
New ideas of Science, Religion, daily life, politics, new artistic styles and techniques
Name ten Greek Gods
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Athena, Hera, Demeter, Ares, Dionysus, Hestia, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Hephaestus
Built Mosques, gave out gold, brought back teachers/scholars, devalued the currency of Egypt, brought a massive entourage covered in gold to show off his wealth
List five reasons why Rome fell.
Tell me five facts about the Samurai. Can be from the Five sections of the Samurai project
(Weapons and Armor, Writing/Literature, Spiritual strength, Samurai training, Code of Bushido)
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Why did cultures in MesoAmerica sacrifice to the Gods?
They believed that if the gods did not recieve blood they would die which would end the world.