8th Grade Social Studies STAAR Review

Which phrase best completes the diagram? 

• Emergence of Powerful European Rulers
• Reasons for European Exploration
• Spread of Papal Authority 
• The Travels of Marco Polo

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

• limited self-government in their colonies
• the right of colonists to select the royal governor 
• the right of the press to criticize officials in power 
• complete religious freedom in their colonies

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

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta

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

• restricting colonial trade with American Indians
• imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
• angering colonist who believed that their civil liberties had been violated
• punishing colonist for resisting the authority of Parliament

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

• 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.

This sequence of events resulted in the adoption of the —

• Articles of Confederation
• Bill of Rights
• Treaty of Pairs
• Declaration of Indepedence

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, disagreements arose between states with large populations and those with small populations. How was this conflict resolved?

• Three branches of the national government were formed.
• A federal court system was established.
• A bicameral (two-house) legislature was created.
• A cabinet was formed to advise the President.

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 — 

• First Amendment
• Third Amendment
• Sixth Amendment 
• Eighth Amendment

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

• To strengthen the authority of the federal government 
• To improve the organization of the judiciary 
• To give each state an equal amount of power 
• To protect individual freedoms from the federal government

Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above? 

• Judicial review
•  Checks and balances
• Popular sovereignty
• Federalism