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?

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

9. 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.

10. 5.

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

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

11. Games every four years

    (from 776 BCE): The Olympic Games were held every four years. Event card "One decree in three scripts" (196 BCE): The Rosetta Stone carries one decree in hieroglyphs, Demotic and Greek.

12. 6.

    The first Olympics (776 BCE) came before the Rosetta Stone (196 BCE). Did the Olympics cause the stone, Noah asks?

    • No: coming first is not causing
    • No: the stone came first
    • Yes: the games came first
    • Yes: both are Greek

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

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: nothing links them
    • Yes: the stone came first
    • No: the seismoscope caused the stone
    • 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 stone was carved in 196 BCE, long before
    • Scholars could read old Egyptian writings
    • The Olympics began
    • 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?

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