Law, Authority & Unequal Status in Early States — Practice · Grade 6 Social Studies

Chapter: River Civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere

What this practice covers

By the end of Law, Authority & Unequal Status in Early States you should be able to:

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

Vocabulary used: provision, legal status, prescription, liability, corroboration.

Problem 1

Separate prescription from practice. Is a royal rule the same as a court transcript?
Answer and explanation

No. They answer different evidence questions.

No. They answer different evidence questions.

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

Read responsibility in context. Why retain clause numbers when paraphrasing?
Answer and explanation

They let a reader check the exact source provision and translation.

They let a reader check the exact source provision and translation.

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

Compare with a common category. What category could compare two legal systems?
Answer and explanation

Who could make or contest a rule and how obligations differed by status.

Who could make or contest a rule and how obligations differed by status.

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

Use a source limit. Does a written law prove equal protection?
Answer and explanation

No. Its text and application may distinguish people unequally.

No. Its text and application may distinguish people unequally.

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 5

Explain what social problem this addresses and why the clause alone does not prove all debts were forgiven forever.
Answer and explanation

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context.

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context.

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 6

Write a three-sentence museum or atlas label explaining this case. Include what is directly supported, one inference and one limit.
Answer and explanation

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context. The label must identify its evidence and avoid turning a model into an authentic artifact.

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 7

A writer claims the supplied case proves the same thing happened everywhere in the Eastern Hemisphere. Repair the scope and identify a useful next comparison.
Answer and explanation

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context. Limit the conclusion to the named evidence; compare a different dated setting using the same categories before widening it.

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 8

Which source or observation would most improve this explanation? Explain the information it could add and a limitation it would still have.
Answer and explanation

They let a reader check the exact source provision and translation. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

They let a reader check the exact source provision and translation. A useful new source addresses the missing information directly. Explain its provenance, access or scale; do not assume a second source answers every question.

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 9

Using the assigned chapter reader, connect this topic to another named society or period. Give one similarity and one difference using matched categories.
Answer and explanation

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. Its text and application may distinguish people unequally.

Use two specifically located details from the chapter reader and distinguish period, source purpose and scale. No. Its text and application may distinguish people unequally.

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 10

Revise your response to the whole-unit case after checking the fourth teaching part. State exactly what you changed and why.
Answer and explanation

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

It addresses agricultural risk and repayment for a specified failed-harvest year. It does not erase every obligation or show how every case was enforced; consult the exact clause and context. The revision note must quote or reproduce the changed claim and explain its improved accuracy.

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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