Trade Networks, Epidemics & Historical Explanation — Drills · Grade 6 Social Studies
Chapter: Connections Across Africa, Asia & EuropeWhat these drills covers
By the end of Trade Networks, Epidemics & Historical Explanation you should be able to:
- I can explain trade networks, epidemics & historical explanation with accurate places, periods and defined terms.
- I can distinguish a supported observation from an inference in the supplied evidence case.
- I can justify a comparison or conclusion and explain a meaningful limit.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: network, Yersinia pestis, vector, scapegoating, mechanism.
Problem 1
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
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
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
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.