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EGYPTIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Elementary Social Studies Department

TERM: 2 GRADE: 6

Mid-Year Exam Review Packet

Name: ____________________________ Class: ________________ Date: ______________________

PART 1: Vocabulary - Below you have all the vocabulary words we have learned this semester. Match

the vocabulary words to the lesson it was associated with and its definition. Make sure to write out the

word in the appropriate place to practice spelling them correctly.

Dictator Expedition Diffuse Epic

Vice President Legacy Strategic Acropolis

Campaign Scholar Patrician Agora

Demagogue Confederation Province Oligarchy

Academy Ballot Party Aristocracy

Consul Candidate Decimal System Democracy

Forum Oath Republic Gladiator

Mythology Election Veto Aqueduct

Policy Debate Census Nominee

Barbarian Senate Patriotism Tragedy

League Dominant Platform Plague

Patron Tribune Vote Basilicas

Comedy Plebeian Triumvirate President

Chap. 8 – Lesson 1: Early Greece

Vocabulary Word Definition

1. Dominant More Powerful.

2. Mythology A collection of stories handed down from one generation to another.

3. Decimal System A counting system based on the number 10

4. Strategic Of great importance.

5. Epic A long poem that tells the story of events in a hero’s life.

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Chap. 8 – Lesson 2: City-States and Greek Culture


1. Acropolis A “high city”

2. Agora An open-air market.

3. Democracy A system of government in which the people rule.

4. Aristocracy A small group of leaders from wealthy landowning families who inherit the

right to rule.

5. Policy A plan of action.

6. Barbarian A person who is considered uncivilized.

7. Oligarchy A system of government where only a few people from the ruling class make

decisions for everyone.

Chap. 8 – Lesson 3: The Golden Age


1. Academy A special school.

2. League Group of allies.

3. Demagogue A leader who stirs up the feelings and fears of people to gain personal power.

4. Patron A supporter.

5. Tragedy Serious plays with unhappy endings.

6. Plague A deadly disease.

7. Comedy Plays designed to make audiences laugh.

Chap. 8 – Lesson 4: Alexander’s Great Empire


1. Diffuse To spread.

2. Expedition Journeys of exploration.

3. Legacy Something lasting left by someone who has died.

4. Scholars Seekers of knowledge.

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Chap. 9 – Lesson 1: Early People of Italy


1. Consul Headed the republic and led the army

2. Senate The most powerful governing body in Rome.

3. Tribune An assembly and elected leaders set up by Plebeians.

4. Confederation A group of governments joined together for a common purpose.

5. Dictator A ruler with absolute authority.

6. Veto To reject.

7. Republic A government system where the citizens elect leaders to represent them in an

assembly

8. Plebeians Common people.

9. Patricians Wealthy descendants of Rome’s earliest settlers.

Chap. 9 – Lesson 2: The Path of Roman Conquest


1. Province A self-governing region.

2. Triumvirate A group of three rulers who share power.

Chap. 9 – Lesson 3: The Roman Empire


1. Patriotism Love of a country

2. Census A count of s country’s people.

3. Basilicas Huge government buildings that stand in the center of a city.

4. Forum A public place where people can meet for business or recreation.

5. Gladiator A slave of prisoner that fought often to the death.

6. Aqueduct A system of bridges and canals used to carry water to a city.

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Election Week


1. Ballot A piece of paper listing the candidates running for office. A ballot is used to

cast a vote.

2. Candidate A person who is running for office in an election.

3. Campaign A series of political actions (like advertisements, public appearances, and

debates) that are used to help a candidate get elected to office.

4. Debate A formal, public political discussion involving two or more candidates for

office.

5. Oath A promise, often with witnesses, about ones futures actions and behavior.

6. Election A process in which people vote to choose a leader or to decide on an issue.

7. Vote A formal expression of opinion or choice made by an individual.

8. Nominee A person who is selected as a candidate for elections.

9. Party A group of persons with common purposes or opinions who support one

side of a dispute, question, debate, etc. Usually used in political elections.

10. Platform A public statement of principles, objectives, and policy of a political party.

Usually put forth by a representative or candidate of a party.

11. President An officer appointed or elected to manage or lead an organized body of

persons.

12. Vice President Second in command to the President.

PART 2: Multiple Choices – Choose the correct answer for each question.

1. How do archeologists know about the Cycladic culture?

a. Artifacts that were found and studied.

b. They guessed.

c. From the Minoans.

2. When the Minoans traded with other cultures they learned to form ____________ and would use it to

make tools, weapons, and bowls.

a. Gold

b. Bronze

c. Plastic

3. Why was Troy’s location strategic?

a. Because the city was surrounded by walls.

b. Troy’s location was not strategic.

c. Because Troy was located in a high point of land near the Dardanelles Strait which connects the

Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara which leads to the Black Sea.

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4. All the cultures we have learned about so far that traded were always a bit more advanced than those

that did not trade. What was the result of trading with other cultures for a civilization?

a. Trading led to having many friends.

b. Trading led to exchange of ideas.

c. None of the above.

5. What parts of the Minoan Culture did the Mycenaean’s adapt?

a. Art styles and writing

b. Palaces and sailing to trade

c. All of the above.

6. How did the Cycladic Culture end?

a. Natural Disasters

b. Trojan War

c. Weak leadership, Large Earthquake, Food Shortage, and Dorian Migration

7. How did the Minoan Culture end?


b. Large fire that destroyed all the cities.


8. How did the Mycenaean culture end?


b. Trojan War


9. How did the Trojan Culture End?

a. Trojan War

b. Weak leadership, Large Earthquake, Food Shortage, and Dorian Migration

c. Natural Disasters

10. Which government system did Sparta use?

a. Oligarchy

b. Aristocracy

c. Democracy

11. Was everyone living in Sparta considered to be Spartan’s (citizens)?

a. Yes

b. No

12. During the Dark Ages, small villages joined together for protection and power to form __________.

a. City-States

b. Countries

c. Towns

13. What led the Spartans to develop their military way of life?

a. Inland location.

b. Fear or rebellion and of attack from outsiders.

c. All on the above.

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14. Although the Greek city-states were independent from each other, they did share some cultural identities

which included language, mythology, ______________?

a. Olympic games and art styles.

b. Religion and Olympic games.

c. Government and currency.

15. What government system did the Athens have after changes were made to their Aristocracy?

a. Democracy

b. Oligarchy

c. Monarchy

16. Which league was ruled by the Athenians and had allies from city-states in Attica, Asia Minor, and

some of the Aegean Islands?

a. Peloponnesian League

b. Delian League


17. What events caused the Greek city-states to unite?

a. The Persians invading the Balkan Peninsula.

b. The City-states didn’t have enough resources to live separately.

c. The Athenians convinced all the city-states to be one Greek culture.

18. Is science today affected by the discovery that Hippocrates’s about illness having natural causes?

a. Yes

b. No

19. Pericles wanted to make Athens’ not only “the school of Greece” but also its most _____________ city-

state.

a. Rich

b. Intelligent

c. Powerful

20. Why did Athens ask its allies to pay tribute?

a. It was a price for peace and protection.

b. It was a price for food.

c. It was a price for people to visit Athens.

21. What does Philosophy mean in Greek?

a. Lovers of Wisdom

b. Smart people

c. Leaders of society

22. Pericles was killed by _____________________.

a. A gadfly

b. A plague

c. Getting killed in battle.

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23. Cleisthenes (As we call him in call “Mr. C”) made changes in the government of Athens which allowed

_______________________.

a. Every male citizen, of the age of 18, a chance to serve in the government.

b. All women to have a right to vote.

c. Both A & B

24. Alexander’s mother, Olympias, was from Greece. Where was Alexander’s father, Philip II, from?

a. Sparta

b. Macedonia

c. Asia Minor

25. From Aristotle, Alexander learned about other countries and people. What did he learn from his father?

a. He learned to be a fearless warrior.

b. He learned how to ride horses.

c. He learned about surviving in the desert.

26. After Thebes rebelled against being under Macedonian ruling, Alexander and his army attacked them.

Alexander destroyed the city-state of Thebes and sold its people into slavery. How did the other city-

states react to Alexanders actions against Thebes?

a. The city-states kept on rebelling.

b. The city-states attacked Alexander and his army.

c. The city-states were discouraged from rebelling.

27. Which early victory led to Alexander gaining more wealth and glory as well as led the way to conquest’s

in southwestern Asia.

a. The victory over the Persians at the Granicus River.

b. The victory over the Egyptians.

c. The victory over the Greek city-states.

28. Alexander was not always known as “Alexander the Great”. After which rulers’ death did Alexander

get his name, “Alexander the Great”?

a. Darius

b. Philip

c. Aristotle

29. What are the names of the twin boys from the legend that tells us about how Rome began?

a. Romulus & Remus

b. Marcus & Areolas

c. Romes & Remons

30. Italy is a peninsula in Europe. What is the peninsula of Italy shaped like?

a. A feather.

b. A sword.

c. A high-heeled boot.

31. Where was the Etruscan civilization located?

a. Northwestern part of the Italian peninsula.

b. To the west of Rome.

c. On an island beside the Italian peninsula.

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32. Rome was built on ___ hills along the Tiber River?

a. 5

b. 3

c. 7

33. How were the Etruscan civilization influenced by the Greek Culture?

a. Through books

b. Through trading

c. Through myths

34. When was a dictator used in the Roman Republic?

a. In case of emergency

b. In case of the consuls having too much work

c. Both A and B

35. How many years did the Etruscan Kings rule over Rome?

a. 100 Years

b. 200 Years

c. 300 Years

36. What was the government system used by the Etruscan civilization?

a. Democracy

b. Republic

c. Monarchy

37. Money that came from the provinces that Rome gained made the upper-class romans ____________.

a. Richer

b. Poorer


38. What were some of the problems for the Romans after winning the Punic Wars?

a. Conflict arose between rich Romans and poor Romans.

b. Lower-Class Romans became poorer when they lost their work to slave labor.

c. Both

39. Before Julius Caesar became a dictator which political role did he hold?

a. Senate

b. Consul

c. Tribune

40. There was a triumvirate formed in Rome between Octavian, Mark Anthony and _______________.

a. Hannibal

b. Lepidus

c. Sulla

41. In just 60 days Caesar conquered the Italian Peninsula. Caesar’s leadership ability and military victories

convinced the Senate that he should rule as ________________ for ten years.

a. Dictator

b. President

c. Senator

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42. Some senators worried that Caesar was planning to become a King. As a result they plotted to kill

Caesar. On March 15, 44 B.C., a day known as the ________________________, a small group of

senators stabbed Caesar at a Senate meeting.

a. “Ides of March”

b. “Stabbing of Caesar”

c. “The Black Day”

43. Gladiators would fight to death as entertainment for the Romans. Who were the gladiators?

a. Slaves

b. Prisoners

c. Both

44. What point of view did Octavian (Augustus) have about the work he did for the city of Rome?

a. He believed he improved greatly the look of the city

b. He did not do anything for the city of Rome.

c. Octavian was more focused on conquering the world to notice what was happening in Rome.

45. Roman builders admired the beauty of Greek architecture and used Greek styles of

______________________.

a. Columns

b. Arches

c. Aqueducts

46. The Roman builders also used _______________ in there architecture, as the Etruscans had.

a. Columns

b. Arches

c. Aqueducts

47. Roman architects later added ideas of their own, such as ________________________.

a. Columns

b. Arches

c. Domes

PART 3: Answer true of false for the following questions.

F 1. The Cycladic Culture is not part of the Aegean Civilization.

T 2. Sparta and Athens were the most powerful City-States in ancient Greece.

F 3. The Persians Wars allowed the Persians to invade Greece.

T 4. The Punic Wars had nothing to do with the Golden Age ending.

T 5. During an election, the Candidates have to campaign to gain votes.

T 6. The end of the Aegean Civilizations resulted in the Dark Ages.

F 7. Alexander the Great never completed his fathers quest to end the Persian Empire.

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7. F 6. D 5. B 4. A 3. E 2.

Campaign 1. B

F 8. The people in the City-states in Greece all considered themselves to be of one Greek culture.

T 9. The early people of Rome came up with the Republic government system.

T 10. The Peloponnesian War, Plague, and rise of demagogues was the cause of the end of the

Golden age.

T 11. Pericles helped remodel the city of Athens by hiring the best architects and artists.

T 12. The Golden Age is a time when a civilization is at its best.

F 13. The Punic Wars was between Carthage and Greek City-States.

T 14. Roman Republic became a Roman Empire when Octavian was titles as Emperor.

F 15. Etruscans did not adapt the concept of City-States from the Greek.

F 16. An oath is taken before voting in an election.

PART 4: Complete the Graphic Organizers below.

1. Compare and Contract between Sparta and Athens by using the below word bank. Use the

corresponding letters to answer.

A) Reason and Logic B) Olympic Games C) Oligarchy

D) Democracy E) War F) Iron Rods

G) Language H) Coins I) Mythology

SPARTANS BOTH ATHENIANS

Money: 1.____F_____ Culture:

4. ____B_______

5. ____G_______

6. ____I_______

Money: 7. ____H_____

Government: 2. ______C_____ Government: 8. _____D______

Values: 3. _____E______ Values: 9. ____A_______

2. Fill out the graphic organizer below that describes the Election steps we did in Class during Election

Week. Use the word bank below to complete the graphic organizer by using the corresponding letters.

A. Speech from candidates. B. Get to know the Candidate. C. Analyzing the Candidate.

D. Voting E. Voters Registration. F. Oath

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3. Complete the venn diagram to compare and contrast Socrates and Plato. Use the word bank below to

complete the venn diagram by using the corresponding letters.

A) Began an academy for future

rulers.

B) Athenians C) Philosophers

D) Sentenced to die of poison. E) Critical of leaders

SOCRATES PLATO

BOTH

1. ____D____ 2. ____B____ 3. ____A____

4. ____C____

5. ____E____

4. We have studied many different wars. Fill in the below table to show an understanding of who fought the

wars, why, and who won.

To gain control of trade in the

Mediterranean Sea.

Rome Persians VS. the Greek City-States

Greek City-States Sparta (Peloponnesian League) VS.

Athens (Delian League)

Rome VS. Carthage

The Spartans feared Athens

growing power.

The Persians wanted to invade the

Greek Peninsula’s

Sparta and the Peloponnesian

League.

War

Name: Persian Wars Peloponnesian Wars

Punic Wars

Who

Fought:

Persians VS. the Greek

City-States

Sparta (Peloponnesian

League) VS. Athens (Delian

League)

Rome VS. Carthage

Cause of

the War

The Persians wanted to

invade the Greek

Peninsula’s

The Spartans feared Athens

growing power.

To gain control of trade in

the Mediterranean Sea.

Winner: Greek City-States Sparta and the

Peloponnesian League. Rome

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5. Complete the below chart explaining the accomplishments and lasting contribution during the Pax

Romana.

A) Domes B) Allowed

volunteers C) Census D) Beautiful buildings

E) Latin influence on many other

languages

F) Strong G) Build Army

Posts & Roads

H) Written and

artistic works

that inspired

patriotism

I) Writing of

Virgil, Livy,

and Others.

J) Roadways that encouraged

cultural diffusions among

provinces.

K) Defended

Boarders

L) Made laws that unified people

from many culture.

M) Principles of law that are important parts of many

legal systems today.

Roman Empire During the Pax Romana

ACCOMPLISHMENTS LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS

Government F) Strong

L) Made laws that unified the people from many culture

C) Census

M) Principles of law that are important parts of many legal

systems today

Army B) Allowed Volunteers

G) Build Army Posts & Roads

K) Defended borders

J) Roadways that encouraged cultural diffusions among

provinces

Culture

D) Beautiful buildings

H) Written and artistic works

that inspired patriotism

A) Domes

I) Writings of Virgil, Livy, and

Others

E) Latin influence on other languages

6. Complete the following chart by using the word bank below. Write the letter representing the word or

statement from the word bank in the chart.

A. Protection from

attack by sea

B. Stones and

Wood

C. Sea-trade

routes D. Steep Hills E. Fertile Soil F. Salt, Fish

Geography Features Benefits to Rome.

___D____ Protection from attack by land.

Inland Location ___A____

___E____ Farming & Food

Nearby Sea ____F___

___B____ Building material

Tiber River ___C____

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7. Add the words to the table below that describes the architectural designs and origin. Use the

Corresponding letters.

1. 2. 3.

Picture # Architectural Design Origin (Where was it adapted from)

1 1. __D__ 2. __F__

2 3. __A__ 4. __E__

3 5. __C__ 6. __B__

PART 5: Answer the below questions in complete sentences.

1. How do archaeologists know about people of the Cycladic culture in the Aegean Civilization?

Archaeologists learned about the Cycladic Culture by studying artifacts found in the Islands of the Cyclades.

2. Explain why living near to a body of water during the early civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient

Rome was such as important resource.

Living near a body of water was important to ancient civilizations as is provided water for drinking and farming

and caused soil to be fertile for crops. The water or sea also provided fish and salt to eat. Also, living near the

sea allowed for sea trade and exploration which eventually lead to exchanging of ideas and innovation.

3. Why did the Greeks build city-states on an acropolis?

The Greeks built there most important government buildings, palaces, and temples on an acropolis (a high city)

because it was a good way to protect themselves in a case of attack or war.

4. Alexander ‘s life ended, but his legacy lasted. Explain 3 of his legacies and how it was important to history?

Alexander’s legacies included the defeat of the Persian Empire which eventually led to his ability to conquer

more lands and build his own empire, the spread of Greek culture throughout his empire, and the Library in

Alexandria, Egypt, which stands until today holding historical text and writing. These achievements that

Alexander accomplished are important because they had a large effect on the way our history was shaped.

a) Arches b) Romans c) Domes

d) Columns e) Etruscans f) Greeks

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5. Historians considered the Golden Age in Greece to be from 490 to 390 B.C. because of 4 major aspects that

they looked at in the culture; Art, Architecture, Literature, and Science . Explain one of the achievements of

the Golden Age in Athens that has to do with the mentioned aspects (Art, Architecture, Literature, Science).

During the Golden Age the following were considered as aspects for Greece to be at its best:

1. Pericles hired the best Architects and Artists to remodel the city of Athens turning it into a cultural center.

2. Writers were supported to make plays and write about the History of Athens and Greece.

3. Hippocrates, and Athenian scientist, discovered that illness was not a punishment from the Greek Gods, but

instead it came from natural causes.

6. Compare the difference between an Oligarchy and an Aristocracy. Explain each type of government.

An Oligarchy is a system of government where only a few people from the ruling class make decisions for

everyone. An Aristocracy is a small group of leaders from wealthy landowning families who inherit the right to

rule. The difference between both governments is that in an Aristocracy leaders inherit the right to rule,

whereas in an Oligarchy there is no one leader that inherits the right the rule, instead they are ruling families

that share power.

7. Although the early Greek City-States considered themselves completely independent from each other, they

did have 4 similarities in their cultures that formed the “Greek” identity. What were those 4 cultural identities

that allowed historians to consider all the City-States to be Greek?

The Greek City-States shared the same language, religion, mythology, and all played in the Olympic Games.

8. During the Persian Wars there were 2 battles that we studied the battle of Salamis and Marathon in which

Athens and the Greek City-States defeated the Persians. How do you think that Athens and the Greek City-

States were able to defeat the Persians, even though the Persians had much more soldiers?

The Athenians and the Delian League and the Spartans and Peloponnesian League has special skills that

allowed them to defeat the Persians although outnumbered. For example the Spartan had the strongest military

and lived their whole life training how to fight, strategize, and defeat their enemies. Athenians had the strongest

navy allowing them to be advanced in fighting on water. The Athenians were also very reasonable people that

had great strategy and planning.

9. The Punic Wars had large effect on the Roman society. Describe some of the benefits of the Punic Wars on

the Roman society. Describe some of the downfalls the Punic wars had on the Roman Society.

The Punic Wars allowed Rome to gain more land, more money (from taxes), and more slave labor (from the

people captured). Unfortunately, the increase in slave labor made the lower class romans (the working class

people) to get poorer because the slaves were doing all the work the lower class would usually do but for free.

Since the lower class Romans were getting poorer and the upper class Romans were getting richer there was

cause for much conflict between the social classes.

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10. 80,000 km of roadways were built throughout the Roman Empires. Who built these roads and how were the

roadways beneficial to the Roman Society? Explain as much as you can about this topic.

When the Roman Republic became an Empire with lands expanding from the Spain all the way to Asia Minor

and all the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea in Southern Europe and Northern Africa, the Roman Army

needed an easier way to move around and protect all the borders. As a result the Roman Army built roadways

that connect all through the Roman Empire. These roadways were used as well by all the people living in the

empire which allowed easier trade, exchanging of ideas, and eventually caused cultural diffusion that unified

most the on the people in the Roman Empire.

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