Transcript SmarterThan6thgrader

Are You Smarter
th
Than a 6
Grader?
Stafford Municipal School District
Social Studies
This helped crack
the code for
hieroglyphics.
Rosetta Stone
What was the
murder of 6 million
Jews in Europe in
the 1940s called?
Holocaust
What is it called when
a ruler was both the
religious leader and
the king?
theocracy
What is the name for
a follower of Jesus?
disciple
What is the form of
writing that was
recorded on clay
tablets?
cuneiform
What was the
scattering of the
Jews to countries in
many parts of the
world called?
Diaspora
This was the
civilization that
began between the
Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers.
Mesopotamia
What was a ruler of
Egypt called?
pharaoh
What is the belief
in one supreme
god called?
monotheism
Where were
large tombs
built?
inside pyramids
An early form of paper
was made from a plant
called
hieroglyph
flax
papyrus
scribe
Judaism was first
practiced by a small group
of people called
Palestin- Phoeni- Sumerians
cians
ians
Israelites
The Mesopotamian
civilization developed in a
region known as
the Dead the
the Nile ConstantSea.
Fertile
delta.
inople.
Crescent.
Christians celebrate
the day Jesus rose
from the dead as
Palm
Good
Sunday. Friday.
Easter.
Ash
Wednesday.
Hammurabi was the
greatest king of
Akkad. Babylon. Phoenicia. Egypt.
Muslims call their god
Allah.
Yahweh. Jehovah. Buddha.
The holiest day in
Judaism is
Ramadan. Hanukkah.
Rosh
Yom
Hashanah. Kippur.
We borrowed our 60minute hour from a number
system developed by the
Babylon- Phoenic- Egyptians.
ians.
ians.
Sumerians.
The Quran contains
revelations made to the
prophet
Buddha. Yahweh. Muham
mad.
Allah.
The five books of Moses,
along with the books of
laws and teachings, make
up the
Torah.
Quran.
Bible.
Ten
Command
-ments.
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