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Grade 6 Civil Rights
In what city and state did the arrest of Rosa Parks take place?
  1. Montgomery, Alabama
  2. Birmingham, Alabama
  3. Selma, Alabama
  4. Atlanta, Georgia
Grade 6 Colonial Period
In which modern-day state was Jamestown located?
  1. Massachusetts
  2. New York
  3. Virginia
  4. Florida
Grade 6 Renaissance and Reformation
Who was the leader of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland?
  1. John Knox
  2. Ignatius Loyola
  3. Huldrych Zwingli
  4. Thomas Cranmer
Grade 6 Civil War
A person who works to bring an end to slavery is called a(n)                .
  1. abolitionist
  2. prohibitionist
  3. carpetbagger
  4. freedom rider
Grade 6 Executive Branch
If no candidate receives the majority of the Electoral College votes, who decides who becomes president?
  1. the Senate
  2. the Secretary of State
  3. the House of Representatives
  4. governors from all of the states
Grade 6 Civil War
What was the name of the series of safe houses abolitionists used to give shelter to slaves escaping to the North?
  1. Temperance Movement
  2. Underground Railroad
  3. Society of Friends
  4. North Star
Grade 6 The Frontier
Where did the Oregon Trail begin?
  1. Fort Worth, Texas
  2. Little Rock, Arkansas
  3. Independence, Missouri
  4. Wichita, Kansas
Grade 6 Greece
Alexander the Great was the son of the king of what region?
  1. Thrace
  2. Sparta
  3. Thessaly
  4. Macedonia
Grade 6 Mesopotamia
Around 2340 B.C.,                 created the world's first empire.
  1. Hammurabi
  2. Nabopolassar
  3. Sargon
  4. Nebuchadnezzar
Grade 6 Judicial Branch
Picked by George Washington,                  was the first Chief Justice.
  1. John Jay
  2. Aaron Burr
  3. James Madison
  4. Thomas Jefferson
Grade 6 Executive Branch
How many electors are in the Electoral College?
  1. 105
  2. 270
  3. 538
  4. 621
Grade 6 Egypt
What was the Egyptian writing system?
  1. Cursive
  2. Hieroghlyphics
  3. Cuneiform
  4. Linear B
Grade 6 Latin America and Caribbean
The ancient Mayans lived in what modern day part of the world?
  1. Central America and Mexico
  2. Southwest United States
  3. South America
  4. Caribbean
Grade 6 Dynastic China
What are four great inventions from Ancient China?
  1. wheel, plow, gun powder, fireworks
  2. gun powder, compass, silk, shaduf
  3. canals, irrigation, kites, silk
  4. compass, kite, silk, fireworks
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