2019 8th Grade 1st Semester Test

What was the name of the land bridge that people walked over to make it to the   Americas?

• Bering
• Arctic
• Alaska
• Asia

What is the movement of people or animals from one region to another called?

• culture
• migration
• transition
• environment

From what continent do historians believe people migrated to the Americas from?

• Asia
• Europe
• Africa
• Australia

What group developed the earliest-known civilization in Mesoamerica?

• Aztec

• Mound-Builders

• Inca

• Olmec

What group created a great civilization in what is now central Mexico?

• Apache
• Nez Perce
• Seminole
• Aztec

What was the name of the Native American tribe that created a great empire in the   Andes Mountains?

• Aztec
• Maya
• Inca
• Anasazi

What were the two main items that were traded in West Africa?

• Gold and Silver
• Salt and Pepper
• Gold and Salt
• Silver and Pepper

What religion teaches that there is one God, named Allah?

• Roman Catholic
• Islam
• Hindu
• Buddhism

What are people who follow the Islamic religion called?

• Christians
• Muslims
• Rabbis
• Inuets

Which of these were NOT one of the three greatest Greek philosophers?

• Socrates
• Plato
• Michelangelo
• Aristotle