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MCAS Review Grade 6 Social Studies - People - Part A

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TrueA craftsworker was the same as an artisan?
NomadA person who traveled from place to place in search for food?
ScribeA person who received training to write in hieroglyphics?
AbrahamHe was one of the earliest Hebrew leaders who led his people from Mesopotamia to Canaan near the Mediterranean Sea?
MenesThis Egyptian pharaoh united Upper and Lower Egypt and created one unifed Egypt?
Ramsees IIThis Egyptian pharaoh built the Great Pyramid?
HatshepsutThis Egyptian pharaoh was one of the first recorded women to rule Egypt?
TutankhamenThis young Egyptian pharaoh died about the age 18. His burial tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings by a British archaelogist?
Howard CarterThis archaeologist discovered King Tut's tomb in the Valley of the Kings?
BuddhaWho was called "the Enlightened One" in India?
FourAccording to Buddha, those who seek "enlightenment" must understand how many Noble Truths?
AsokaThis king of India helped spread Buddhism through Asia?
Brahmins or PriestsIn the Hindu caste system, these people were in the highest, most perfect caste?
MuhammadThis Arabian man from Mecca began a new religion in the Middle East?
MuslimsBelievers in Islam are called ?
GandhiThis man helped India to get its independence from the British in 1947?
UntouchablesThis group of Indian people were not considered a caste but were outcasts from society?
AristotleWhich Greek philosopher taught Alexander the Great to love philosophy and Greek ways?
PericlesUnder this Greek's leadership, Athens experienced democracy and a golden age?
HomerHis long stories are called epics. Two of his most famous epics are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
ZeusHe was the chief Greek god?
MacedoniansAfter the decline of Athens, Greek culture was preserved by the ?
Male CitizensUnlike modern American democracy, the Athenian government gave voting rights only to its ?
Alexander the GreatBy 323 B.C. this young Macedonian king had conquered Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and Persia?
PlebeiansThese lower class Romans revolted because they could not participate in the Roman government and wanted equal rights ?
HannibalThis Cartheginian leader fought in the second Punic War in Italy for 15 years and never lost a battle there?
ScipioThis Roman general defeated Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in Africa?
Julius CaesarThis Roman general conquered Gaul (France) and lands in the Middle East and North Africa. He was also made a dictator of Rome for life?
AugustusAfter Caesar's assassination, his adopted nephew became the first Roman Emperor and began the Pax Romana or the Peace of Rome?
MosesThis Hebrew leader led his people out of the slavery of Egypt?

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