Are You Smarter Than a 6 th 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 hiero- glyph flaxpapyrusscribe

Judaism was first practiced by a small group of people called Palestin- ians Phoeni- cians Sumer- ians Israelites

The Mesopotamian civilization developed in a region known as the Dead Sea. the Fertile Crescent. the Nile delta. Constant- inople.

Christians celebrate the day Jesus rose from the dead as Palm Sunday. Good Friday. Easter.Ash Wednes- day.

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.Hanuk- kah. Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur.

We borrowed our 60- minute hour from a number system developed by the Babylon- ians. Phoenic- ians. Egypt- ians. Sumer- ians.

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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