8th Grade Social Studies Pre Test

The Silk Road was

• a limited area of land set aside for Native Americans

• a road made of silk

• a network of overland trade routes linking China to the Middle East

• the route to Santa Fe, New Mexico that was used by traders in the 1800s

Jamestown was founded in 1607 and is known as the first permanent _______________ settlement?

• Spanish
• Dutch
• African
• English

Name given to the forced relocation of Native Americans to reservations west of the Mississippi River

• Manifest Destiny

• Popular Sovereignty

• Trail of Tears

• Wilderness Road

What was NOT added during Manifest Destiny?

• Canada
• Mexican cession
• Texas
• Oregon Territory
  

The era after the Civil War is called ________________________.

• Colonization
• Independence
• Westward Expansion
• Reconstruction
  
  

What was Thomas Jefferson's major purchase for the United States in 1803 ?

• Louisiana
• Alaska
• Boston
• New York

The first two political parties against each other in the U.S. were formed by

• Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton

• Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton

• George Washington and Andrew Jackson

• John Adams and John Hancock

Who were the first Europeans to reach North America?

• Aztecs 
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• Vikings

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America ?

• Boston
• New York
• Roanoke
• Jamestown

What is the Bill of Rights ?

• A document added to The Constitution to protect citizen's rights
• A document used to limit the power of state governments
• A document outlining the power of the federal government
• A document that makes citizens pay for their rights