STAAR 2017 Test

STAAR 2017 Test

8th Grade

45 Qs

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STAAR 2017 Test

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Reasons for European Exploration:

  1. To find new sea routes to India and China
  2. To find gold, silver, and other treasure
  3. ?

Which reasons best completes this list?

To spread democratic ideas

To improve efficiency in manufacturing

To locate potential military allies

To claim new territory

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

  1. Lord Baltimore organized the colony of Maryland in 1633
  2. Thomas Hooker founded the colony of Connecticut in 1636
  3. Roger Williams established the colony of Rhode Island in 1644

The colonies in the list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of ...

freedom from debts

religious freedom

economic freedome

freedom of speech

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700's?

The lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

Demand for slaves in the American colonies that produced cash crops

A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

Demand for slaves in the Industrialized American colonies

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

  1. The Mayflower Compact
  2. The charter establishing the Virginia House of Burgesses
  3. The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Which factor most contributed to the creation of the documents in the list?

The opportunity for trade with American Indians

The distance of the colonies from Great Britain

The doctrine of the Church of England

The economic system of mercantilism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

Be requiring colonists to enlist in the military

By limiting the amount of farmland each colonist could have

By preventing colonists from trading with most other foreign countries

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Thomas Jefferson was one of the Founding Fathers committed to liberty. How did he demonstrate this commitment?

By writing the AOC

By serving as commander in chief of the Continental Army

By organizing Committees of Correspondence

By writing the Declaration of Independence

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

  1. Life
  2. Liberty
  3. Pursuit of Happiness

The list includes rights that are considered...

transferable

legislated

unalienable

inherited

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