8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

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Which phrase best completes the diagram? Options: Emergence of Powerful European Rulers, Reasons for European Exploration, Spread of Papal Authority, The Travels of Marco Polo

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Reasons for European Exploration

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The Virginia House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut all established —

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limited self-government in their colonies

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This document, signed by the Pilgrims in 1620, helped establish the idea of self-government.

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Mayflower Compact

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These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by —

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angering colonist who believed that their civil liberties had been violated

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Which of these completes this graphic organizer? Options: Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts, King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief., Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts., King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament.

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Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts.

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This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the —

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Declaration of Indepedence

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At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, how was the conflict between states with large populations and those with small populations resolved?

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A bicameral (two-house) legislature was created.

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A certain small town has many choices for people who want to attend religious services, including two churches, a synagogue, a cathedral, a mosque, and a temple. These choices are protected by the —

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First Amendment

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Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a bill of rights be added to the U.S. Constitution?

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To protect individual freedoms from the federal government

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Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above? Options: Judicial review, Checks and balances, Popular sovereignty, Federalism

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Checks and balances