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Worksheets8th Grade US History CH 1 The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
NATIVE AMERICANS WERE HERE BEFORE THE EUROPEANS.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
2.
Hunter-Gatherers are:
a)
people that only hunt deer
b)
people that hunted deer when you can't farm
c)
people that hunted animals and gathered plants for food
3.
The Paleo-Indians are considered the 1st Americans
a)
true
b)
false
4.
The 1st Settlers of North America arrived by:
a)
Floating through the sea
b)
By boat with Christopher Columbus
c)
Walking the Bering Land Bridge
5.
Migration is defined by:
a)
Movement of people or animals from one region to another
b)
People that hunted animals and gathered plants for food
c)
Climates, landscapes that surround living things
6.
Environments are climates and landscapes that surround living things.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
What is considered culture?
a)
common values, traditions
b)
government
c)
language
d)
family relationships
e)
All of the above
8.
Pueblos: aboveground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe
a)
true
b)
false
9.
Underground ceremonial chambers are:
a)
Pueblos
b)
Kivas
c)
Totems
d)
Teepees
10.
Ancestor or Animal spirits built on tall wooden poles are known as:
a)
Pueblos
b)
Kivas
c)
Totems
d)
Teepees
11.
A cone shaped shelter is a:
a)
Pueblos
b)
Kivas
c)
Totems
d)
Teepees
12.
A society that traces it's ancestry through the mother, not the father is:
a)
Patrilineal
b)
Matrilineal
c)
Multilinial
d)
Patriarch
13.
The Iroquois League's goal was peace.
a)
true
b)
false
14.
Mounds were built for religious purposes.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
Pueblose were built in cave walls up in the air
a)
true
b)
false
16.
Native Americans worshiped and respected Nature
a)
true
b)
false
17.
This group controlled the West African trade routes 1st
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Songhai
d)
Berbers
18.
Hajj is a muslim word for a pilgrimage
a)
true
b)
false
19.
A building for Muslim prayer is a:
a)
Pueblos
b)
Kivas
c)
Mosques
d)
Totem
20.
Mansa Musa and Askia the Great were both Muslim leaders
a)
true
b)
false
21.
The Kingdom of Ghana became rich because of their trade tax.
a)
true
b)
false
22.
The Kingdom of Mali rules after Ghana
a)
true
b)
false
23.
Put the West African Kingdoms in Order:
a)
Sonhai, Mali, Ghana
b)
Mali, Ghana Songhai
c)
Ghana, Mali, Sonhai
24.
West African Slave Trade started with Europeans
a)
true
b)
false
25.
Slaves were sent/sold into slavery if:
a)
Criminals
b)
Captured during raids or battle
c)
Used as payments for a relative's debts
d)
All of the Above
26.
Trade of goods was more profitable than people in West Africa.
a)
true
b)
false
27.
Which were Greek Philosphers?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)
All of the Above
28.
To have clear and ordered thinking is to have:
a)
Insanity
b)
Reason
c)
Chaos
29.
Warriors who fought on horses are:
a)
Iroquois League
b)
Aristocrats
c)
Knights
d)
Nobles
30.
Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci were philosophers
a)
true
b)
false
31.
The creator of the printing press is:
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Leonardo DiCaprio
c)
Johannes Gutenberg
d)
Michelangelo
32.
Banks started in Florence, Italy
a)
true
b)
false
33.
Feudalism ended Merchantilism
a)
true
b)
false
34.
The Black Death killed:
a)
low class
b)
high class
c)
anyone it inflicted
35.
The author of the Republic is
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
36.
To Live a life based on reason was introduced by the philosopher:
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
37.
The philosopher who wanted people to think and question their own beliefs was:
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
38.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Leonardo da Vinci
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Donatello
39.
Feudalism was:
a)
a system where the king decided on who owns land
b)
A system where nobles would give knights land in return for protection
c)
A system where knights would sell and trade land for horses
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