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Worksheets8th Grade Social Studies Review
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a geographic region?
a)
Large area of land with a common set of features
b)
long chain of sandbars and barrier islands
c)
broad flat region that stretches from the ocean to 150 miles inland
2.
What is the fall line?
a)
a visible line between the coastal and Piedmont.
b)
An invisible line between the coastal and Piedmont.
c)
An invisible line between the coastal and mountains.
3.
Is the sun belt a strip of warm-weather states that runs across the southern US.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
When did the French and Indian war begin?
a)
1750
b)
1764
c)
1754
d)
1763
5.
The Treaty of Tordesillas recognizes British rights to most of the Americans.
a)
False
b)
True
6.
What land does Christopher Columbus thinks he has found?
a)
America
b)
Japan
c)
Cariban
d)
East Indies
7.
When and where does Sir Walter Raleigh settle?
a)
1566, James Town
b)
1587, Roanoke
c)
1580, Raleigh
8.
In the Columbia Exchange what does British exchange with Americans.
a)
pumpkins
b)
grapes
c)
disease
d)
nothing
9.
Who claims NC for England?
a)
Sir Richard Grenville
b)
John White
c)
Lieutenant Ralph Lane
d)
Sir Francis Drake
10.
In 1607 Jamestown, Virginia was found.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Partly Right
11.
What document states are independence from Great Britain?
a)
The Document of Independence
b)
The Treaty of Independence
c)
The Deceleration of Independence
d)
None of the above
12.
Which of the following is not leading up to WW1?
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Homestead Acts
c)
Sugar and Stamp Acts
d)
Boston Massacre
13.
The Articles of Confederation focused on...
a)
State governments
b)
local governments
c)
National governments
14.
The Constitutional Convention Corrected the weakness of...
a)
Articles of Confederation
b)
The New Deal
c)
The deceleration of independence
15.
Why did the colonist want to have a weak central government during the Articles of confederation?
a)
They wanted to end up like Britain.
b)
They didn't want to end up like Britain.
c)
They wanted to have a strong government.
d)
None of the above.
16.
Shay's Rebellion showed that the English still had influence after the American Revolution.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
The New Jersey Plan was presented at the Constitutional Convention and had a single group in the legislature based on equal representation.
a)
False
b)
True
18.
What did the House of Representatives and the senate do for congress?
a)
Helped create the Articles of confederation.
b)
They Helped the Articles of confederation gain more power.
c)
They gave equal representation to small and large population states.
d)
They gave more power to larger population states.
19.
According to the map what had spread thround most of Europe and Asia.
a)
Communism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Socialims
20.
What checked the government/the three legislative branches?
a)
Federal
b)
Checks and Bal
c)
Popular Sov
d)
Republicanism
21.
What do we call the day that when the US Constitution was released?
a)
Labor Day
b)
Mermorial Day
c)
St. Patrick's Day
d)
None of the Above.
22.
What was not supported by NC in the early 1800's?
a)
Public Education
b)
Private Education
c)
Slavery
23.
The Whig Party urged support for internal improvements.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
What took rights away from free African Americans?
a)
The Constitution of 1835
b)
The great compromise
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
none of the above
25.
Who drew up a plan calling for internal improvements?
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
William Gaston
c)
Archibald DeBow Murphey
d)
Nathaniel Macon
26.
What is one of the three branches in the government?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
d)
All of the above.
27.
Who elects the president of the US
a)
The people
b)
The state
c)
The government
d)
none of the above
28.
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the US and Spain.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
What did the Gold rush of 1849 cause?
a)
immigration
b)
eastward migration
c)
westward migration
d)
both immigration and westward migration
30.
What was the southern states name during the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
US
c)
Confederates
d)
None of the above.
31.
What does the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment have in common?
a)
Americans
b)
African Americans
c)
Immigrants
d)
Native Americans
32.
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin in the US?
a)
In the North
b)
In the South
c)
In the West
d)
In Britian
33.
Fill in the Blank: A _____ is a tax on foreign goods.
a)
Tax
b)
baron
c)
pool/trust
d)
tariff
34.
The Progressive era is a political reform.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Falso
d)
Treu
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