Link causes to effects in ancient history

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Building Confidence

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   The Via Appia is built

   (312 BCE): A paved road ran south from Rome. Event card "Travel gets easier" (after 312 BCE): Officials, travelers, messages and goods moved more easily south of Rome.

2. 1.

   The Via Appia was paved in 312 BCE. What was one effect, Tala asks?

   • Easy travel made the road appear by itself
   • Bamboo became lighter
   • People and goods moved more easily
   • The Nile left more silt

3. Cai Lun's paper

   (105 CE): Cai Lun made paper from tree bark, hemp, old rags and fishing nets. Event card "Paper replaces bamboo" (after 105 CE): Over the next centuries, paper took the place of bamboo and wooden slips.

4. 2.

   Cai Lun made paper from bark, hemp, rags and nets in 105 CE. What was one effect, Zee asks?

   • The Nile flood grew bigger
   • Paper took the place of bamboo slips
   • The Via Appia had been built
   • Paper made silk costly

5. The Nile floods

   (each year in ancient Egypt): The river rose over the fields and left rich silt. Event card "Crops grow well" (ancient Egypt): Farmers grew wheat and barley in the silt-rich soil.

6. 3.

   Why was Egypt's soil so good for crops, Ari asks?

   • The crops made the river flood
   • A paved road crossed the fields
   • The flood left rich silt each year
   • Egypt had heavy rain each week

7. Bamboo is heavy, silk is costly

   (China, before 105 CE): Writers used heavy bamboo slips or costly silk. Event card "Cai Lun's paper" (105 CE): Cai Lun made paper from tree bark, hemp, old rags and fishing nets.

8. 4.

   Why did Cai Lun look for a new writing material, Bo asks?

   • The Nile flood ruined the bamboo
   • People had stopped writing
   • Bamboo was heavy and silk was costly
   • Paper had already replaced bamboo

9. The Via Appia is built

   (312 BCE): A paved road ran south from Rome. Event card "Travel gets easier" (after 312 BCE): Officials, travelers, messages and goods moved more easily south of Rome.

10. 5.

    Why did travel get easier between Rome and the south after 312 BCE, Esme asks?

    • A paved road was built
    • Easier travel built the road
    • Bamboo became lighter
    • Cai Lun made paper first
11. 6.

    Kira draws an arrow from the cause card to the effect card. Which arrow is right?

    • From "Travel gets easier" to "The Via Appia is built"
    • No arrow: roads do not change travel
    • From "The Via Appia is built" to "Travel gets easier"
    • Two arrows, one each way

12. Bamboo is heavy, silk is costly

    (China, before 105 CE): Writers used heavy bamboo slips or costly silk. Event card "Cai Lun's paper" (105 CE): Cai Lun made paper from tree bark, hemp, old rags and fishing nets.

13. 7.

    Luz draws an arrow from the cause card to the effect card. Which arrow is right?

    • Two arrows, one each way
    • No arrow: the cards are not linked
    • From "Bamboo is heavy, silk is costly" to "Cai Lun's paper"
    • From "Cai Lun's paper" to "Bamboo is heavy, silk is costly"

14. The Nile floods

    (each year in ancient Egypt): The river rose over the fields and left rich silt. Event card "Crops grow well" (ancient Egypt): Farmers grew wheat and barley in the silt-rich soil.

15. 8.

    Milo reads: "Egypt's soil was rich because the flood left silt." Which part is the cause?

    • the word Egypt
    • the flood left silt
    • Egypt's soil was rich
    • the word because

16. Bamboo is heavy, silk is costly

    (China, before 105 CE): Writers used heavy bamboo slips or costly silk. Event card "Cai Lun's paper" (105 CE): Cai Lun made paper from tree bark, hemp, old rags and fishing nets.

17. 9.

    Noah reads: "Bamboo was heavy and silk was costly, so Cai Lun tried a new material." Which part is the cause?

    • the word material
    • Bamboo was heavy and silk was costly
    • the word so
    • Cai Lun tried a new material

18. The Via Appia is built

    (312 BCE): A paved road ran south from Rome. Event card "Travel gets easier" (after 312 BCE): Officials, travelers, messages and goods moved more easily south of Rome.

19. 10.

    Pia reads: "As a result of the paved road, travel was easier." Which part is the cause?

    • the words as a result
    • travel was easier
    • the paved road
    • the word easier