Sunday, January 3, 2010

6TH SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY OUTLINE FOR QUARTERLY EXAM

Name the five themes of geography and give examples. Learn the different kinds of maps.
Chapter 1 - Why do geographers divide the world into regions? How does culture, values, and religion shape people's life?
Chapter 2 - How do sources help us to learn about the past? primary, secondary, oral, and written.
Chapter 3 - What did early people do to survive? How did life on Earth change during the Old Stone Age and when the New Stone Age begin?
Chapter 4 - How did the Nile's yearly floods help ancient Eqyptian farmers? How did Eqypt's social pyramid shape life in the New Kingdom?
Chapter 5 - In what ways did Mesopotamian farmers adapt to and change their environment? How did cuneiform help Sargon to create and rule an empire in Mesopotamia? How did the writings in the Torah shape Judaism?
Chapter 6 - How did the Indus River contribute to a new civilization? How did the Vedas shape Indian culture? What did the Buddha teach?
Chapter 7 - How did the Huang River affect Chinese civilization? What were oracle bones? How did farmers help make Shiduangdi's empire strong?