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January Week 1 Vocabulary 8th Grade

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Everyone has a carbon footprint.
a)
true 
b)
false
2.

Changes to land may help humans find shelter and get rid of waste, but they can harm other _________________ in the environment.

a)

living things

b)

non living things

c)

clouds

d)

pollutants

3.

Humans litter and dump trash into freshwater and saltwater environments. This makes it _____________ for the organisms that live there.

a)

delightful

b)

nutritious

c)

comfortable

d)

unsafe

4.

What can communities do to reduce the human footprint?

a)

Start a community garden.

b)

Pick up litter off the ground.

c)

Ride public transportation or bicycles.

d)

All the answers help.

5.

What natural hazard occurs on slopes, hills, and mountainsides?

a)

earthquakes

b)

tornado

c)

lanslides

d)

hurricanes

6.

Where would a hurricane most likely occur?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

plains

c)

coastal citites

d)

dessert

7.

Where would a wildfire most likely occur?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

California

c)

coastal citites

d)

dessert

8.

Where would a tornado most likely occur?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

California

c)

where a cold air mass meets a warm air mass

d)

where it is always cold

9.

The _______ Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.

a)

15th

b)

17th

c)

19th

10.

What is suffrage?

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to own land

c)

the right to have slaves

11.

Why were tariffs imposed on goods from Britain?

a)

The government wanted to motivate people to begin their own small businesses.

b)

The government hoped to urge American manufacturers to increase the quality of their goods

c)

The government aimed to encourage people to buy American-made products.

d)

The government wished to keep Britain from surpassing the United States in production of goods.

12.

The tariff dispute brought the different parts of the country together.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

northern states __________ tariffs because more of their products would be bought

a)

supported

b)

opposed

c)

made

d)

trumped

14.

southern states ____________ tariffs because they bought more imported goods and would have to pay more

a)

supported

b)

opposed

c)

made

d)

trumped

15.

a duty or a customs duty is also known as

a)

an excise tax

b)

a tariff

c)

an obligation to participate

d)

an obligation to not participate