Trade Networks, Epidemics & Historical Explanation — Drills · Grade 6 Social Studies

Chapter: Connections Across Africa, Asia & Europe

What these drills covers

By the end of Trade Networks, Epidemics & Historical Explanation you should be able to:

4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: network, Yersinia pestis, vector, scapegoating, mechanism.

Problem 1

Does a map line prove a pathogen traveled that exact segment?
Answer and explanation

No. It is a possibility to test with additional historical/scientific evidence.

No. It is a possibility to test with additional historical/scientific evidence.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 2

How should a source falsely blaming a minority be used?
Answer and explanation

As evidence of accusation and power, checked against other evidence—not repeated as the disease’s cause.

As evidence of accusation and power, checked against other evidence—not repeated as the disease’s cause.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 3

Did every survivor gain equal freedom?
Answer and explanation

No. Institutional responses and status shaped outcomes.

No. Institutional responses and status shaped outcomes.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 4

What improves on “trade caused everything”?
Answer and explanation

A specific mechanism, dated evidence, alternative factors and differentiated consequences.

A specific mechanism, dated evidence, alternative factors and differentiated consequences.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

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