Link causes to effects in ancient history

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   One decree in three scripts

   (196 BCE): The Rosetta Stone carries one decree in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek. Event card "Scholars can read the Greek" (1800s): Scholars of the 1800s could read ancient Greek. Event card "Hieroglyphs decoded" (1822): Champollion explained how to read hieroglyphs, largely using the Rosetta Stone. The middle card of the chain is blank.

2. 1.

   Bo's chain reads: one decree in three scripts → ? → hieroglyphs decoded. Which card fills the blank?

   • Hieroglyphs were decoded first, before anything else
   • A ball dropped from a dragon head
   • Games were held once in four years
   • Scholars could read the Greek part

3. Games every four years

   (from 776 BCE): The Olympic Games were held every four years. Event card "Olympiads" (ancient Greece): Each four-year span, an Olympiad, was named after the winner of the stadion sprint. Event card "Dating by Olympiads" (later Greek writers): Writers used Olympiads as a unit of time to date events. The middle card of the chain is blank.

4. 2.

   Esme's chain reads: games every four years → ? → writers date events by Olympiads. Which card fills the blank?

   • Scholars could read Greek
   • The ground shook far away
   • Writers had already dated events by Olympiads
   • Each four-year span became an Olympiad

5. A distant earthquake

   (Han China): The ground shakes far from the capital. Event card "A ball drops" (Zhang Heng's seismoscope, 132 CE): A bronze ball drops from one of eight dragon heads into a toad's mouth. Event card "The direction is known" (Han China): Each dragon faces one direction, so the dropped ball shows where the quake was. The middle card of the chain is blank.

6. 3.

   Jun's chain reads: a distant earthquake → ? → the direction is known. Which card fills the blank?

   • Hieroglyphs were decoded
   • A bronze ball drops from a dragon head
   • The direction of the quake was known before it shook
   • Games were held once in four years

7. One decree in three scripts

   (196 BCE): The Rosetta Stone carries one decree in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek. Event card "Scholars can read the Greek" (1800s): Scholars of the 1800s could read ancient Greek. Event card "Hieroglyphs decoded" (1822): Champollion explained how to read hieroglyphs, largely using the Rosetta Stone.

8. 4.

   What helped scholars decode hieroglyphs in 1822, Kira asks?

   • The three scripts, and scholars who read Greek
   • The stone alone, with no scholar able to read any of it
   • The Olympic Games
   • Just the stone's great age

9. Games every four years

   (from 776 BCE): The Olympic Games were held every four years. Event card "Olympiads" (ancient Greece): Each four-year span, an Olympiad, was named after the winner of the stadion sprint. Event card "Dating by Olympiads" (later Greek writers): Writers used Olympiads as a unit of time to date events.

10. 5.

    Why could later Greek writers date events by Olympiads, Luz asks?

    • Just because Greeks liked running races at the games
    • Because scholars read Greek
    • Just because the games were famous
    • Regular games, and a named winner for each

11. A distant earthquake

    (Han China): The ground shakes far from the capital. Event card "A ball drops" (Zhang Heng's seismoscope, 132 CE): A bronze ball drops from one of eight dragon heads into a toad's mouth. Event card "The direction is known" (Han China): Each dragon faces one direction, so the dropped ball shows where the quake was.

12. 6.

    Why could the court learn the direction of a distant earthquake, Milo asks?

    • Because the games came once in four years
    • Just because there were toads
    • Just because the ball was made of heavy bronze metal
    • The shaking dropped a ball, and each dragon faced one way

13. Scholars can read the Greek

    (1800s): Scholars of the 1800s could read ancient Greek. Event card "Hieroglyphs decoded" (1822): Champollion explained how to read hieroglyphs, largely using the Rosetta Stone.

14. 7.

    Champollion's 1822 decoding came after scholars could read Greek. Was reading Greek a real cause, Pia asks?

    • No: it just happened earlier
    • Yes: the Greek was compared with the hieroglyphs
    • Yes: anything that happens earlier counts as a cause
    • No: the decoding caused the Greek

15. One decree in three scripts

    (196 BCE): The Rosetta Stone carries one decree in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek. Event card "A ball drops" (Zhang Heng's seismoscope, 132 CE): A bronze ball drops from one of eight dragon heads into a toad's mouth.

16. 8.

    Zhang Heng's seismoscope (132 CE) came after the Rosetta Stone (196 BCE). Did the stone lead to the seismoscope, Ren asks?

    • No: the seismoscope caused the stone
    • No: nothing links them
    • Yes: the stone came first
    • Yes: both are old
17. 9.

    (1822): Champollion explained how to read hieroglyphs, largely using the Rosetta Stone. What was a long-term effect of decoding hieroglyphs, Tala asks?

    • The Olympics began
    • The stone was carved in 196 BCE, long before
    • Scholars could read old Egyptian writings
    • The Nile stopped flooding

18. A ball drops

    (Zhang Heng's seismoscope, 132 CE): A bronze ball drops from one of eight dragon heads into a toad's mouth. Event card "The direction is known" (Han China): Each dragon faces one direction, so the dropped ball shows where the quake was.

19. 10.

    What was the effect of the ball dropping on the seismoscope, Ari asks?

    • The earthquake started
    • Hieroglyphs were decoded
    • The Olympics were held
    • The court learned the quake's direction