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8th Grade EOQ Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
2.

Which of the following was formed through erosion?

a)

Eiffel Tower

b)

The Grand Canyon

c)

Mt. Rushmore

d)

The Pyramids of Giza

3.

What is relative location?

a)

Where a place is compared to another place.

b)

Where a place is as defined by latitude and longitude.

c)

The location of a star on a map.

d)

The location of oceans and continents.

4.
What does GPS stand for?
a)
Global Positioning System
b)
Global Positioning Satellites
c)
Global Positioning Software
d)
Global Phone System
5.
Lines that run north and south and measure distances in degrees from the Prime Meridian are called lines of ________________.
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Meridian
d)
Scale
6.
Lines that run west and east and measure distances in degrees from the Equator are called lines of ________________.
a)
Longitude
b)
Latitude
c)
Wrongitude
d)
Attitude
7.
The center line of latitude, measured at 0 degrees is the ________________.
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Legend
c)
Boiling Point
d)
Equator
8.
Why do we experience the changing of the season on the earth?
a)
distance from the sun
b)
rotation of the earth
c)
change in solar output
d)
tilt of the earth's axix
9.

Which theme is identified as areas or places that share some common characteristics .

a)

Places

b)

Region

c)

Location

d)

Human-Environment Interaction

10.

Which one of the Five Themes of Geography deals with the expansion of technology and migration of people:

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Region

d)

Human-Environment interaction

11.

The ________ gave the United States control of the Mississippi River.

a)

territory

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

legislature

d)

War of 1812

12.

Which TWO countries were involved in the War of 1812?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

United States

13.

Many settlers in Mississippi traveled along the________.

a)

Natchez Trace

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Jackson Road

d)

Lowland Road

14.

__________ led American forces against the Creek Indians during the War of 1812.

a)

Pushmataha

b)

David Holmes

c)

James Madison

d)

Andrew Jackson

15.

During the period known as _____________ ___________ thousands of people bought land in Mississippi.

a)

Good Times

b)

Flush Times

c)

Frontier Times

d)

The War Times

16.

The _______________ is the route taken by Mississippi Indians when they traveled hundreds of miles to what is now known as Oklahoma.

a)

Natchez Trace

b)

Indian Territory

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Trail of Tears

17.

_____________________ is a person elected to serve in a legislature.

a)

representative

b)

pioneer

c)

delegate

d)

constitution

18.

In 1817 only white men who owned property could be _____________.

a)

pioneers

b)

in the constitution

c)

legislature

d)

representatives

19.

American Indians forced out of Mississippi walked the ________________________.

a)

Natchez Trace

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Jackson Road

d)

Pontotoc Mountain

20.

A plan that explains the parts of a government and outlines its laws is called a_____________.

a)

delagate

b)

pioneer

c)

legislature

d)

constitution

21.

A part of our country that is not a state is called a _____________.

a)

country

b)

county

c)

frontier

d)

territory

22.

__________________ was a famous Choctaw leader.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Dancing Rabbit

c)

Pushmataha

d)

Natchez

23.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
24.
What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
25.

Which of these are not one of the world's five oceans?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Mediterranean

c)

Indian

d)

Pacific

26.

Which of the following is not a way in which humans have interacted with their environment?

a)

Building irrigation systems

b)

Using natural resources

c)

Building dams in rivers

d)

Reading books

27.

This country is the most populous country in the world and the second richest.

a)

The United States

b)

Russia

c)

China

d)

Brazil

28.

This is the world's largest desert.

a)

Sahara

b)

Gobi

c)

Great Painted Desert

d)

The Congo

29.

Which mountain range can be found in South America?

a)

Andes

b)

Rockies

c)

Himalayas

d)

Alps

30.

This is the world's largest river.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Rhine

c)

Amazon

d)

Ganges

31.

What is the Mississippi State Capital?

a)

McComb

b)

Grenada

c)

Oxford

d)

Jackson

e)

Hattiesburg

32.

What Is the Old Mississippi State Capital?

a)

Starkville

b)

Natchez

c)

Vicksburg

d)

Meridian

e)

Jackson

33.

What city is home of The University of Mississippi also known as “Ole Miss”

a)

Jackson

b)

Greenville

c)

Laurel

d)

Hattiesburg

e)

Oxford

34.

What city in Mississippi is home to The University of Southern Mississippi?

a)

Hattiesburg

b)

Columbus

c)

Grenada

d)

Greenwood

e)

Brookhaven

35.

Which city in Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee to the north?

a)

Meridian

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Corinth

d)

Columbia

e)

Natchez

36.

Which city is home to the graduates of Mississippi State University(MSU)

a)

Meridian

b)

Starkville

c)

Oxford

d)

Laurel

e)

Clarksdale

37.

Which of the following cities in Mississippi is home to Delta State University?

a)

Cleveland

b)

Quitman

c)

Grenada

d)

Meridian

e)

Starkville

38.

A _________________ is a very large farm.

a)

plantation

b)

colony

c)

settlement

d)

treaty

39.

The four countries that ruled Mississippi in the order that they ruled were:

a)

Great Britain, France, Spain, United States

b)

France, Great Britain, United States, Spain

c)

Spain, Great Britain, United States, France

d)

France, Great Britain, Spain, United States

40.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

James Madison

41.

the weather pattern of an area over a long period of time

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

global grid

42.

The directions are North, South , East, and West.

a)

Intermediate Directions

b)

Cardinal Directions

c)

Latitude

d)

Equator

43.

Which continent is highlighted?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Antarctica

44.

Which continent is highlighted?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Antarctica

45.

Which continent is highlighted?

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Antarctica

46.

Which continent is highlighted?

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

47.

Which continent is highlighted?

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

48.

Which continent is highlighted?

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Australia

49.

Where you are in relation to another place................

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Interaction

50.

Physical and human features

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Interaction

e)

Place

51.

The _________ ___________ is the time from its establishment as an Ameri-

can territory in 1798 to the beginning of the Civil War in 1861.

a)

colonial period

b)

jamestown

c)

antebellum period

d)

Delta-Yazoo

52.

The _______ __________ period is from the founding of the English colony at Jamestown in 1607 to the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

a)

antebellum period

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

colonial period

d)

agricultural

53.

In the 1830s, a great land rush brought

thousands of settlers from the _________ states into Mississippi.

a)

Georgia

b)

Texas

c)

Atlantic

d)

Botson

54.

In the chapter preview, who was discussed as the leading explorer to the Far East?

a)

Marco Polo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

De Soto

d)

La Salle

55.

Silk is a fabric made out of what?

a)

Soybeans

b)

Corn

c)

An insect

d)

Cotton

56.

As Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, they also discovered two important rivers. They are the following:

a)

Missouri and Tombigbee

b)

Arkansas and Colorado

c)

Mississippi and Arkansas

d)

Mississippi and Ohio

57.

What desires did Europeans have when they came to Mississippi?

a)

Gold and silver

b)

low tariffs

c)

no slavery allowed

d)

safety from the Indians

58.

A large amount of the settlers in the Natchez District supported which side during the American Revolution?

a)

Rebels

b)

Loyalists

c)

Indians

d)

Slaves

59.

The art of making maps and charts

a)

Geography

b)

Cartography

c)

expedition

d)

Geometry

60.

Area of land politically controlled by a distant country

a)

Communities

b)

Towns

c)

Counties

d)

Colonies