Review Questions for 6th Grade Social Studies
Week 4
Day 1 | MONDAY
SC Indicator 6-3.3 / 6-3.4
Question:
Answer:
Religious
The Crusades started because the
Christians were trying to recapture
the Holy Land from Muslims who
had conquered it.
Non-Religious:
The Byzantine Emperor looked to
Pope Urban II for help to stop
Muslims from further invasions.
1.
Give one religious and one
non-religious reason for the
origin (start) of the Crusades?
Constantinople and Jerusalem
2.
Using the map below identify
the beginning and end of this
key route in the Crusades.
3.
At the end of the Crusades,
what religious group was in
control of the Holy Land?
Muslims
As a result of the Crusades,
what economic activity
increased between Asia,
Africa, and Europe?
Trade
4.
5.
After the Fall of the
Roman Empire what
institution became the
The Catholic Church
greatest source of stability
and power in Western Europe?
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Review Questions for 6th Grade Social Studies
Week 4
Day 2 | TUESDAY
SC Indicator 6-3.4 / 6-3.5
Question:
Answer:
1.
Why were monasteries
so important during
the Middle Ages?
They were the primary centers
of learning in Europe during
the Middle Ages.
2.
The scriptorium has
been called the heart of a
monastery, what was the
primary activity that took
place in the scriptorium?
Hand copying of books,
especially the Bible
What were two goals of
monasteries?
Spread Christianity,
preserve Christian writings,
and educate people
3.
4.
This map shows the spread
of the Black Death in
14th century Europe. What
economic activity was mostly
likely occurring on the routes
you see labeled on the map?
5.
5. Using the same map what
end of the routes would you
put an arrow showing the
direction in which the Black
Death spread (The west-end
or east-end)? Why?
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Trade because the plague most
often traveled along routes
where people from different
areas interacted.
The west-end because the plague
primarily traveled from the east
to the west.
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Review Questions for 6th Grade Social Studies
Week 4
Day 3 | WEDNESDAY
SC Indicator 6-3.4 / 6-3.6
Question:
Answer:
1.
Explain the impact and
consequences of the
Black Death on the
labor force in Europe:
The Black Death killed many of
the laborers. This caused a labor
shortage and led to competition over
workers. The workers then started
receiving better compensation for
their work.
2.
What did the Black Death
help bring an end to in
Europe?
The Feudal System
Explain the medical
knowledge that existed
in Europe during the
Middle Ages in terms of
stopping the spread/curing
the Black Death:
Medical knowledge was often based
more on superstition and beliefs that
medical facts. Treatments to stop the
Black death were very ineffective.
The ideas of what two
ancient civilizations did
the Byzantine Empire
help preserve?
Greece and Rome
Justinian’s Code was
based on what other ancient
civilization’s law code?
The Romans
3.
4.
5.
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Review Questions for 6th Grade Social Studies
Week 4
Day 4 | THURSDAY
SC Indicator 6-3.6 / 6-4.1
Question:
Answer:
1.
How did the location
of Constantinople help it
become the most important
city in the world after the
fall of Rome?
It was located at the crossroads
of trade between Europe and Asia.
This allowed it to become very
wealthy. This wealth allowed the
Constantinople to become strong
and to prosper.
2.
Trading what two natural
resources allowed the West
African Kingdoms of Ghana,
Mali, and Songhai to become
wealthy and powerful?
Gold and Salt
The different ecological zones
of West Africa had different
resources and required
different modes of transport.
What started to grow along
the boundaries of these
ecological zones?
Centers of trade where ideas and
goods were frequently exchanged
between different groups of people.
At first these were markets that
eventually grew into towns and cities.
4.
Name two cities and
one river that were
extremely important to the
trade networks of the West
African Kingdoms:
Cities:
Timbuktu, Gao, or Kumbi-Saleh
River:
Niger
5.
What was the main religion
that was spread as a result
of the West African Kingdoms
trading activities?
Islam
3.
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