Let me present a 6th grade exam in Hong Kong, year 1953 (The "Joint Primary 6 Examination").

1. Describe Sparta and Athens and their differences.

2. Describe the causes of the French Revolution.

3. Answer these two questions: a) What regions do monsoons cover? How is the climate and rainfall? b) What are the causes of deserts?

4. Compare the contrast the ways of farming in China and America.

5. What are the organization and powers of the legislative and judicial branches of the Hong Kong Government?

6. Why did the Hong Kong Government set up a Department for Chinese Affairs? What does it do?

7. Why does the government collect taxes from citizens? Could it be done arbitrarily? Through which department? What could a citizen do when he did not agree with the government’s tax estimate?

8. When was the United Nations established? Where is its headquarters? What could it do to achieve “world peace”?

9. Explain with words and graphs the causes of tides.

10. How many kinds of Vitamins are there? What are the uses of each? How much is each in our food?

11. What are the differences between mosquitos and anopheles? How do anopheles spread malaria?

Let me present a 6th grade exam in Hong Kong, year 1953 (The "Joint Primary 6 Examination").

1. Describe Sparta and Athens and their differences.

2. Describe the causes of the French Revolution.

3. Answer these two questions: a) What regions do monsoons cover? How is the climate and rainfall? b) What are the causes of deserts?

4. Compare the contrast the ways of farming in China and America.

5. What are the organization and powers of the legislative and judicial branches of the Hong Kong Government?

6. Why did the Hong Kong Government set up a Department for Chinese Affairs? What does it do?

7. Why does the government collect taxes from citizens? Could it be done arbitrarily? Through which department? What could a citizen do when he did not agree with the government’s tax estimate?

8. When was the United Nations established? Where is its headquarters? What could it do to achieve “world peace”?

9. Explain with words and graphs the causes of tides.

10. How many kinds of Vitamins are there? What are the uses of each? How much is each in our food?

11. What are the differences between normal mosquitos and marsh mosquitoes? How do marsh mosquitoes spread malaria?