1. TAKEN FROM ASSESSMENT GUIDE LOUISIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Curriculum and Instruction EBRPSS 2007 6 th GRADE iLEAP ASSESSMENT GUIDE TEST

2. Social Studies iLEAP One part Given in one day –This year it is on Thursday, April 14 40 multiple choice questions UNTIMED

3. Social Studies iLEAP Geography –28% of the test –The world in spatial terms –Places and regions –Physical and human systems –Environment and society History –72% of the test –Historical thinking skills –World history

6. A This question requires you to know: –latitude and longitude –location of continents and oceans

8. C This question requires you to know: –Why rivers were important

10. A This question requires you to know: –Map skills –What physical features make up Mesopotamia “the land between the rivers”

12. C This question requires you to know: –What the feudal system was System of control between lords and vassals

14. C This question requires you to know: –Why aqueducts were important to ancient Rome –How aqueducts related to settlement

16. D This question requires you to know: –Push factors—factors that push you away from your home Usually bad, like war or political unrest –Pull factors—factors that pull you toward a new home Usually good, like a new job or access to food

18. B This question requires you to know: –About the Crusades –That the Crusades caused an exchange of ideas and technology between Asia and Europe

20. D This question requires you to know: –That the Phoenicians had one of the earliest alphabets Egyptians: hieroglyphics Chinese: characters Harappan (Indian): Sanskrit language

22. A This question requires you to know: –That China and the Middle East traded along the Silk Road during the early centuries

24. A This question requires you to know: –That China used the Great Wall mainly for protection from its enemies

26. B This question requires you to know: –That rivers were vital to development of civilization and farming

28. C This question requires you to know: –How to read a timeline –B.C. years

30. C This question requires you to know: –How to read a primary source –That Greece was the first democracy

32. A This question requires you to know: –The difference between primary and secondary sources Primary source: diary, journal, letter, picture Secondary source: textbook, encyclopedia article

34. C This question requires you to know: –That hunter-gatherer societies relied on hunting animals and gathering plants for food They did NOT farm –That if they ran out of food, they had to move somewhere else

36. B This question requires you to know: –Water was necessary for settlements to grow for drinking, bathing, watering crops

38. A This question requires you to know: –Why hunter-gatherer societies declined, and agricultural societies grew

40. A This question requires you to know: –Where Egypt is on the map –Where the Nile River is on the map

42. C This question requires you to know: –That ancient civilizations traded ideas and goods with each other

44. B This question requires you to know: –That the Minoan and the Mycenaean civilizations developed an important system of writing

46. A This question requires you to know: –That the Phoenicians were known for trading –That colonies that are near the coast are almost always used for trading

48. A This question requires you to know: –What Greek letters look like

50. D This question requires you to know: –How to use a concept web –That Athens, Greece was an important city for learning –Greece is known for its cultural achievements Democracy Theater Art Learning (math, philosophy, etc.)

52. A This question requires you to know: –The romance languages that emerged from Rome (where they spoke Latin)

54. B This question requires you to know: –The religion of many ancient civilizations –That Greece and Rome were both polytheistic (believed in many gods)

56. D This question requires you to know: –Information about ancient Greece Polytheism Democracy Trials with juries

58. D This question requires you to know: –Information about Buddhism Origin, spread, purpose, leader

60. C This question requires you to know: –How to use a concept web –One common characteristic among the three religions Belief in only one god

62. B This question requires you to know: –Major events that happened after the fall of the Roman Empire

64. D This question requires you to know: –Information about the feudal system and the Middle Ages