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Answer Key This document contains the answer keys, rubrics, and scoring notes for items on the grade 6 Social Studies Practice Test. Refer to the Practice Test Library for additional resources, including the Social Studies Practice Test Guidance, which provides general supports and cautions in using the practice test, and the Annotated Social Studies Practice Test Items document, which explains the purpose and reasoning of selected practice tests items. For additional help in scoring constructed- and extended- response items, refer to the presentation and materials for Social Studies 101. Session Set Sequence Item Type Key Primary Alignment 1 Early Humans 1 MC C 6.3.4 Determine world migration patterns and population trends by interpreting maps, charts, and graphs 2 MS C, D 6.4.2 Explain how world migration patterns and cultural diffusion influenced human settlement 3 MC D 6.4.3 Explain the connection between physical geography and its influence on the development of civilization 4 MC B 6.2.2 Examine how the achievements of early humans led to the development of civilization 5 TEI see TEI key 6.4.1 Identify and describe physical features and climate conditions that contributed to early human settlement in regions of the world 1 West African Kingdom of Mali 6 MC B 6.3.4 Determine world migration patterns and population trends by interpreting maps, charts, and graphs 7 MC A 6.6.4 Explain how the development of trade and taxation influenced economic growth in the ancient world 8 MC C 6.6.3 Describe the economic motivation for expanding trade and territorial conquests in world civilizations using economic concepts 9 MC D 6.2.6 Analyze the origin and spread of major world religions as they developed throughout history 10 MC B 6.4.2 Explain how world migration patterns and cultural diffusion influenced human settlement 11 CR see rubric 6.2.7 Summarize key features of ancient West African kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, and Songhai) 1 Renaissance 12 MC B 6.2.10 Examine the significance of the people and ideas that influenced the Renaissance in Europe 13 MC D 6.2.10 Examine the significance of the people and ideas that influenced the Renaissance in Europe 14 MS A, F 6.2.10 Examine the significance of the people and ideas that influenced the Renaissance in Europe 15 MC C 6.2.10 Examine the significance of the people and ideas that influenced the Renaissance in Europe 16 TEI see TEI key 6.2.10 Examine the significance of the people and ideas that influenced the Renaissance in
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Answer Key Session Set Sequence Item Type Key Primary Alignment 1 Spread of Buddhism 17 MC B 6.2.6 Analyze the origin and spread of major world religions as they developed throughout history 18 MC D 6.2.6 Analyze the origin and spread of major world religions as they developed throughout history 19 MC C 6.2.6 Analyze the origin and spread of major world religions as they developed throughout history 20 MC A 6.4.2 Explain how world migration patterns and cultural diffusion influenced human settlement 1 Standalone Items 21 MC B 6.2.1 Analyze the relationship between geographical features and early settlement patterns using maps and globes 22 MC C 6.4.1 Identify and describe physical features and climate conditions that contributed to early human settlement in regions of the world 23 MC D 6.6.1 Explain the impact of job specialization in the development of civilizations 24 MC A 6.6.2 Analyze the progression from barter exchange to monetary exchange 25 MC C 6.5.2 Describe the government of the Roman Republic and how it influenced the development of democracy 26 MC D 6.2.5 Describe the characteristics of Roman civilization, its cultural, political, and technological achievements, and its influence on other later cultures 2 Feudalism 27 MC A 6.2.9 Describe the characteristics, significance, and influences of feudalism, the Crusades, and the growth of towns and cities through trade and commerce during the Middle Ages 28 MC D 6.2.9 Describe the characteristics, significance, and influences of feudalism, the Crusades, and the growth of towns and cities through trade and commerce during the Middle Ages 29 MC A 6.2.9 Describe the characteristics, significance, and influences of feudalism, the Crusades, and the growth of towns and cities through trade and commerce during the Middle Ages 30 MS B, D 6.6.4 Explain how the development of trade and taxation influenced economic growth in the ancient world 31 MC B 6.6.4 Explain how the development of trade and taxation influenced economic growth in the ancient world 32 TEI see TEI key 6.2.9 Describe the characteristics, significance, and influences of feudalism, the Crusades, and the growth of towns and cities through trade and commerce during the Middle Ages
Answer Key Session Set Sequence Item Type Key Primary Alignment 3 Standalone Items 50 MC B 6.2.2 Examine how the achievements of early humans led to the development of civilization 51 MC A 6.4.3 Explain the connection between physical geography and its influence on the development of civilization 52 MC C 6.2.6 Analyze the origin and spread of major world religions as they developed throughout history 53 MC B 6.5.2 Describe the government of the Roman Republic and how it influenced the development of democracy 54 MC C 6.5.2 Describe the government of the Roman Republic and how it influenced the development of democracy 55 MC D 6.2.10 Examine the significance of the people and ideas that influenced the Renaissance in Europe
Answer Key Session 1 Item 5 Drag and drop two correct factors that influenced migration and settlement of early humans to areas with favorable climates and two correct effects of migration and settlement of early humans to areas with favorable climates into the concept map.
Answer Key Scoring for Session 1 Item 1 1 Using the sources and your knowledge of social studies, describe one characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali and explain how that characteristic influenced trade in the kingdom. Scoring Information Score Points Description 2 Student’s response correctly describes one characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali and correctly explains how that characteristic influenced trade in the kingdom. 1 Student’s response correctly describes one characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali, but the response does not correctly explain how that characteristic influenced trade in the kingdom. OR Student’s response does not correctly describe a characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali, but the response does correctly explain one way in which trade in the kingdom developed. 0 Student’s response does not correctly describe one characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali or correctly explain one way in which trade in the kingdom developed. OR Student’s response is blank, irrelevant, or too brief to evaluate.
Answer Key Scoring Notes Characteristics of the Kingdom of Mali and how each characteristic influenced trade in the kingdom: Many people were prosperous and successful. o Mali’s wealthy ruler impressed other countries, increasing opportunities for trade. o Expensive trade goods were imported and enjoyed by the population. There were many merchants. o Some merchants traveled for trade and some remained in the kingdom to manage shops. o Many merchants sold or traded goods that were created by artisans from Mali. Mali had plentiful natural resources, such as gold. o Mali’s resources were valuable and in high demand. o Nearby kingdoms wanted the goods and products made with Mali’s resources, which encouraged trade. Islam expanded in the region. o Mosques attracted Muslim travelers who also participated in trade. o Muslim merchants from different parts of the kingdom traded with each other. Accept other reasonable responses.
Answer Key Response 4 Mali was a powerful kingdom at that time. Because of Mali being a powerful kingdom, it attracted many merchints from all over the land. And with new merchints came new culture, items, and religion. Score: 1 The response earns a score of 1. Although the response correctly identifies one characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali, “Mali was a powerful kingdom,” it does not describe that characteristic. The response does explain how that characteristic influenced trade in the kingdom: “it attracted many merchints from all over the land. And with new merchints came new culture, items, and religion.” Response 5 Based on the sources I read I will describe one characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali and explain how that characteristic influenced trade in the kingdom. It says in source 4, "The orginal mosque was built during the thirteenth century, around 1240, when remained an important religious site as Islam became widely practiced throughout the kingdom". Score: 0 The response earns a score of 0. It does not correctly describe one characteristic of the West African Kingdom of Mali or explain how that characteristic influenced trade in the kingdom. The response includes a quotation from Source 4 but does not show how that information relates to the prompt.
Answer Key Session 1 Item 16 Many key events influenced the development of the Renaissance in Italy. Drag and drop the four correct statements into the flow chart in chronological order from earliest to most recent to show the development of the Renaissance in Italy.
Answer Key Session 2 Item 32 Feudalism was a system that had benefits for both the nobility and peasants. Drag and drop the phrases about feudalism into the correct columns of the chart to show two benefits of feudalism for the nobility and two benefits of feudalism for peasants.
Answer Key Scoring for Session 2 Item 32 Two points = four phrases in the correct columns One point = three or two phrases in the correct columns Zero points = one or zero phrases in the correct columns
Answer Key Scoring The response should be scored holistically on its adherence to two dimensions: Content and Claims. Each response should be given the score that corresponds to the set of bulleted descriptors that best describes the response. Dimension: Content Score Description 4 The student’s response: Reflects thorough knowledge of how the Silk Road affected the economic and social development of Europe and Asia by incorporating ample, focused factual information from prior knowledge and the sources; Contains accurate understandings with no errors significant enough to detract from the overall content of the response; Fully addresses all parts of the prompt. 3 The student’s response: Reflects general knowledge of how the Silk Road affected the economic and social development of Europe and Asia by incorporating adequate factual information from prior knowledge and the sources; Contains mostly accurate understandings with minimal errors that do not substantially detract from the overall content of the response; Addresses all parts of the prompt. 2 The student’s response: Reflects limited knowledge of how the Silk Road affected the economic and social development of Europe and Asia by incorporating some factual information from prior knowledge and the sources ; Contains some accurate understandings with a few errors that detract from the overall content of the response; Addresses part of the prompt. 1 The student’s response: Reflects minimal knowledge how the Silk Road affected the economic and social development of Europe and Asia by incorporating little or no factual information from prior knowledge and the sources ; Contains few accurate understandings with several errors that detract from the overall content of the response; Minimally addresses part of the prompt. 0 The student’s response is blank, incorrect, or does not address the prompt.
Answer Key Dimension: Claims Score Description 4 The student’s response: Develops a valid claim that effectively expresses a solid understanding of the topic; Thoroughly supports the claim with well-chosen evidence from the sources; Provides a logically organized, cohesive, and in-depth explanation of the connections, patterns, and trends among ideas, people, events, and/or contexts within or across time and place. 3 The student’s response: Develops a relevant claim that expresses a general understanding of the topic; Supports the claim with sufficient evidence from the sources; Provides an organized explanation of the connections, patterns, and trends among ideas, people, events, and/or contexts within or across time and place. 2 The student’s response: Presents a claim that expresses a basic understanding of the topic; Includes limited support for the claim by using some evidence from the sources; Provides a weak explanation of the connections, patterns, and trends among ideas, people, events, and/or contexts within or across time and place. 1 The student’s response: Presents a claim but provides with little or no evidence from the sources; Provides a vague, unclear, or illogical explanation of the connections among ideas, people, events, and/or contexts within or across time and place. 0 The student’s response is blank, incorrect, too brief to evaluate, or lacks a claim that addresses the prompt.
Answer Key A strong response shows understanding of the topic by analyzing the required sources and including well-chosen evidence from the sources, such as: The Silk Road covered an extremely large geographic area (Source 1). The Silk Road included a wide variety of regions, societies, and cities (Source 1). Participants in Silk Road trade gained exposure to and knowledge of foreign currencies (Source 2) and the rules and regulations of foreign governments (Source 3). Trading along the Silk Road had a far-reaching impact on the spread of ideas, inventions, devices, and techniques (Source 4). Participants in Silk Road trade increased their wealth and thus their ability to purchase and enjoy luxury goods created in other societies (Source 2 and Source 4). A strong response also includes important information beyond what is presented in the sources, such as: Religious ideas spread to new societies as people from European, African, and Asian cultures traveled to areas connected by the Silk Road. Slavery was supported as a result of the trading of enslaved people by Silk Road merchants.
Answer Key Student Responses for Session 2 Item 3 7 Prompt Based on the sources and your knowledge of social studies, analyze how the Silk Road affected the economic and social development of Europe and Asia. Response 1 The Silk Road affected the economic and social development of Eurasia (Europe and Asia) in many ways. One way the Silk Road affected the economic development of Eurasia is by allowing them to expand trade with many countries, causing them to grow wealthier. Merchants traveling on different countries' grounds paid taxes for goods on their grounds. Source three shows that ancient China had customs posts where traders/merchants paid taxes. China could use the profits to benefit them. Another way the Silk Road affected Eurasia economically is by allowing countries' goods to be bought from farther places, making the rare goods more expensive in those places. Source one shows that Roman traders would have to travel a long distance to get silk from China themselves, so if silk from China was brought (or bartered, bought, or traded from another country) to Rome, it would be a very rare, making it's prices go up. However, traveling the Silk Road could be very dangerous, both in natural and human ways (such as sandstorms or bandits). With that being said, merchants could lose all of their wealth to negative affects of the Silk Road. The Silk Road not only affected the development of Europe and Asia economically, but also socially. One way the Silk Road affected the social development of Eurasia is by spreading cultures from one country to another as merchants bought and sold goods from or to other countries. Source four states, "...the Silk Road enriched...the people of countries and cultures all across Eurasia." Another way the Silk Road affected Eurasia socially is by spreading a country's religious beliefs all across Europe and Asia. Sometimes merchants would tell Asian people about being Catholic and the bible and sometimes Asian merchants would tell them abut being Hindi or a Buddhist. In conclusion, the Silk Road had a vital impact on Europe and Asia, both economically and socially. Content: 4 Claims: 4 The response earns a score of 4 for content and a score of 4 for claims. It claims that the Silk Road affected the economic development of Eurasia by “allowing them to expand trade with many countries, causing them to grow wealthier” and affected the social development of Eurasia “by spreading cultures from one country to another.” The response contains a wide range of ideas, including both positive and negative effects of the Silk Road, and presents ideas in a cohesive and logical manner. The response fully addresses all parts of the prompt and incorporates accurate information from outside knowledge (e.g., “such as sandstorms or bandits”) and well-chosen evidence from the sources to support and develop the claims. It is apparent that the student processed the visual stimuli, as those sources are used effectively to support the claims (e.g., “Source one shows that Roman traders would have to travel a long distance to get silk from China themselves, so if silk from China was brought... to Rome, it would be a very rare, making it’s prices go up”).
