Last year I taught 6th grade social students (focus on ancient civilizations) and they are questions I would expect them to answer on exams.
BTW our text book was excellent (Glencoe) There were entire chapters on the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
I know it’s a very Freeper thing not to actually check the link to source, but if you click through I think you will find this is indeed from a first grade module as developed by the state of NY in keeping with the common core.
That's what is says...in fact, these are from only one section of 10 1st grade subjects. Here are other selected concepts that the students are supposed to master:
Domain 1: Fables and Stories
2. Identify character, plot, and setting as basic story elements
5. Identify characteristics of fables: short, moral, personification
Domain 2: The Human Body
2. Identify the skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems
9. Identify Edward Jenner as the man who developed the first vaccine
Domain 3: Different Lands, Similar Stories
10. Use narrative language to describe (orally or in writing) characters, setting, things, events, actions, a scene, or facts from a fiction read-aloud
17. Plan and/or draft and edit an informative/explanatory text that presents information from a nonfiction/informational read-aloud that includes mention of a topic, some facts about the topic, and some sense of closure
Domain 5: Early American Civilizations
1. Explain that a shift occurred from hunting and gathering to farming among early peoples; compare and contrast hunter-gatherer societies and Mayan society
10. Identify the Aztec capital as Tenochtitlan; identify that Machu Picchu is an Incan city
Domain 6: Astronomy
16. Identify the four phases of the moon—new, crescent, half, full
23. Classify Pluto as a dwarf planet
Domain 7: The History of the Earth
5. Identify the layers of the earth: crust, mantle, and core (outer and inner)
13. Describe how heat, pressure, and time cause the formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
Domain 8: Animals and Habitats
5. Explain how Arctic animals have adapted to the Arctic tundra and Arctic Ocean habitats
24. Explain why and how habitat destruction can cause extinction
Domain 9: Fairy Tales
4. Identify common characteristics of fairy tales, such as “once upon a time” beginnings, royal characters, elements of fantasy, problems and solutions, and happy endings
17. Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure
Domain 10: A New Nation: American Independence
4. Describe how the thirteen colonies in America evolved from dependence on Great Britain to independence as a nation
20. Describe the roles of African Americans, Native Americans, and women during the evolution from thirteen colonies in America to independence as a nation