Worksheets8th Grade EOQ Review
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 42mins
Which of the following was formed through erosion?
Eiffel Tower
The Grand Canyon
Mt. Rushmore
The Pyramids of Giza
What is relative location?
Where a place is compared to another place.
Where a place is as defined by latitude and longitude.
The location of a star on a map.
The location of oceans and continents.
Which theme is identified as areas or places that share some common characteristics .
Places
Region
Location
Human-Environment Interaction
Which one of the Five Themes of Geography deals with the expansion of technology and migration of people:
Location
Movement
Region
Human-Environment interaction
The ________ gave the United States control of the Mississippi River.
territory
Louisiana Purchase
legislature
War of 1812
Which TWO countries were involved in the War of 1812?
Great Britain
France
Spain
United States
Many settlers in Mississippi traveled along the________.
Natchez Trace
Trail of Tears
Jackson Road
Lowland Road
__________ led American forces against the Creek Indians during the War of 1812.
Pushmataha
David Holmes
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
During the period known as _____________ ___________ thousands of people bought land in Mississippi.
Good Times
Flush Times
Frontier Times
The War Times
The _______________ is the route taken by Mississippi Indians when they traveled hundreds of miles to what is now known as Oklahoma.
Natchez Trace
Indian Territory
Mississippi River
Trail of Tears
_____________________ is a person elected to serve in a legislature.
representative
pioneer
delegate
constitution
In 1817 only white men who owned property could be _____________.
pioneers
in the constitution
legislature
representatives
American Indians forced out of Mississippi walked the ________________________.
Natchez Trace
Trail of Tears
Jackson Road
Pontotoc Mountain
A plan that explains the parts of a government and outlines its laws is called a_____________.
delagate
pioneer
legislature
constitution
A part of our country that is not a state is called a _____________.
country
county
frontier
territory
__________________ was a famous Choctaw leader.
Andrew Jackson
Dancing Rabbit
Pushmataha
Natchez
Which of these are not one of the world's five oceans?
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Indian
Pacific
Which of the following is not a way in which humans have interacted with their environment?
Building irrigation systems
Using natural resources
Building dams in rivers
Reading books
This country is the most populous country in the world and the second richest.
The United States
Russia
China
Brazil
This is the world's largest desert.
Sahara
Gobi
Great Painted Desert
The Congo
Which mountain range can be found in South America?
Andes
Rockies
Himalayas
Alps
This is the world's largest river.
Mississippi
Rhine
Amazon
Ganges
What is the Mississippi State Capital?
McComb
Grenada
Oxford
Jackson
Hattiesburg
What Is the Old Mississippi State Capital?
Starkville
Natchez
Vicksburg
Meridian
Jackson
What city is home of The University of Mississippi also known as “Ole Miss”
Jackson
Greenville
Laurel
Hattiesburg
Oxford
What city in Mississippi is home to The University of Southern Mississippi?
Hattiesburg
Columbus
Grenada
Greenwood
Brookhaven
Which city in Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee to the north?
Meridian
Vicksburg
Corinth
Columbia
Natchez
Which city is home to the graduates of Mississippi State University(MSU)
Meridian
Starkville
Oxford
Laurel
Clarksdale
Which of the following cities in Mississippi is home to Delta State University?
Cleveland
Quitman
Grenada
Meridian
Starkville
A _________________ is a very large farm.
plantation
colony
settlement
treaty
The four countries that ruled Mississippi in the order that they ruled were:
Great Britain, France, Spain, United States
France, Great Britain, United States, Spain
Spain, Great Britain, United States, France
France, Great Britain, Spain, United States
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
the weather pattern of an area over a long period of time
weather
climate
global grid
The directions are North, South , East, and West.
Intermediate Directions
Cardinal Directions
Latitude
Equator
Which continent is highlighted?
Asia
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Which continent is highlighted?
Asia
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Which continent is highlighted?
North America
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Which continent is highlighted?
North America
Africa
Asia
Antarctica
Which continent is highlighted?
North America
Africa
Asia
Australia
Which continent is highlighted?
North America
Africa
South America
Australia
Where you are in relation to another place................
Region
Location
Movement
Interaction
Physical and human features
Region
Location
Movement
Interaction
Place
The _________ ___________ is the time from its establishment as an Ameri-
can territory in 1798 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861.
colonial period
jamestown
antebellum period
Delta-Yazoo
The _______ __________ period is from the founding of the English colony at Jamestown in 1607 to the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
antebellum period
Declaration of Independence
colonial period
agricultural
In the 1830s, a great land rush brought
thousands of settlers from the _________ states into Mississippi.
Georgia
Texas
Atlantic
Botson
In the chapter preview, who was discussed as the leading explorer to the Far East?
Marco Polo
Christopher Columbus
De Soto
La Salle
Silk is a fabric made out of what?
Soybeans
Corn
An insect
Cotton
As Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, they also discovered two important rivers. They are the following:
Missouri and Tombigbee
Arkansas and Colorado
Mississippi and Arkansas
Mississippi and Ohio
What desires did Europeans have when they came to Mississippi?
Gold and silver
low tariffs
no slavery allowed
safety from the Indians
A large amount of the settlers in the Natchez District supported which side during the American Revolution?
Rebels
Loyalists
Indians
Slaves
The art of making maps and charts
Geography
Cartography
expedition
Geometry
Area of land politically controlled by a distant country
Communities
Towns
Counties
Colonies
