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8th Grade Final Exam (2022-2023)

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The four states that border Mississippi are:

a)

Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida

b)

Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas

c)

Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky

d)

Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia

2.

What body of water forms much of Mississippi's western border?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Yazoo River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Pacific Ocean

3.

What body of water forms the southern border of Mississippi?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arkansas

4.

The capital of Mississippi is

a)

Biloxi

b)

Washington

c)

Pontotoc

d)

Jackson

5.

Mississippi is located in which region of the United States?

a)

southeast

b)

northeast

c)

northwest

d)

northeast

6.

Mississippi became the 20th state to join the United States on what date?

a)

December 18, 2017

b)

December 10, 1817

c)

December 17, 1820

d)

December 20, 1817

7.

Mississippi's nickname is

a)

The Delta State

b)

The Carnation State

c)

The Gulf State

d)

The Magnolia State

8.

The state bird of Mississippi is the

a)

mockingbird

b)

American bald eagle

c)

blue jay

d)

cardinal

9.

The sections that Mississippi is divided into are called

a)

provinces

b)

counties

c)

parishes

d)

burroughs

10.

The shapes that make up the surface of the Earth are called

a)

natural resources

b)

trapezoids

c)

geometry

d)

landforms

11.

Natural resources are

a)

products that are made in our state

b)

things found in the environment that people can use

c)

the story of what happened in the past, usually as recorded in written records

d)

diagrams that show a series of events

12.

Geography is

a)

something found in the environment that people can use

b)

any of the shapes that make up the surface of the earth

c)

the study of Earth and the way people, plants, and animals live on it and use it

d)

one of the sections into which land is divided

13.

The bald eagle is a symbol of

a)

Mississippi

b)

the United States of America

c)

the southeast region of the USA

d)

Pontotoc, MS

14.

Mississippi's state tree is the

a)

pine tree

b)

oak tree

c)

maple tree

d)

magnolia tree

15.

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

a)

territory

b)

Louisiana Purchase

c)

legislature

d)

War of 1812

16.

Which TWO countries were involved in the War of 1812?

a)

Great Britain

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

United States

17.

Many settlers in Mississippi traveled along the________.

a)

Natchez Trace

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Jackson Road

d)

Lowland Road

18.

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

a)

Pushmataha

b)

David Holmes

c)

James Madison

d)

Andrew Jackson

19.

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

20.

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

21.

American Indians forced out of Mississippi walked the ________________________.

a)

Natchez Trace

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Jackson Road

d)

Pontotoc Mountain

22.

__________________ was a famous Choctaw leader.

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Dancing Rabbit

c)

Pushmataha

d)

Natchez

23.

Places where the French and Native Americans met to trade goods

a)

tributary

b)

trading post

c)

hacienda

d)

plantation

24.

A stream or river that flows into a large river

a)

trading post

b)

presidio

c)

tributary

d)

tariff

25.

French explorer who explored the Mississippi River and claimed Louisiana for France

a)

Louis Jolliet

b)

Jaques Marquette

c)

Pedro Menendez de Aviles

d)

Robert La Salle

26.

French missionary who explored the Mississippi River

a)

Louis Jolliet

b)

Robert La Salle

c)

Jacques Marquette

d)

Junipero Serra

27.

French fur trader who explored the Mississippi river with six other French adventurers

a)

Louis Jolliet

b)

Pope

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Jaques Marquette

28.

What was the U. S. Government's plan to rebuild the South after the Civil War?

a)

Rebuilding

b)

Restructuring

c)

Reconstruction

d)

Reverse

29.

After the war, freed African Americans were called

a)

slaves

b)

freedmen

c)

they weren't called anything

d)

I don't know

30.

The Black Codes were:

a)

laws passed to help grow freedmen's rights

b)

laws passed to limit freedmen's rights

c)

laws passed to outlaw carpetbaggers

d)

laws passed to further Reconstruction

31.

Which amendment gave African American men the right to vote?

a)

12th

b)

13th

c)

14th

d)

15th

32.

What is sharecropping?

a)

When many people work a farm together, and then share the crops they harvest

b)

When landowners rent small pieces of land to people to farm

c)

When farmers share their crops with their neighbors

33.

By the end of the 1700s, the population of the United States had grown to more than ___________.

a)

five hundred million

b)

five million

c)

five billion

d)

five thousand

34.

Which countries controlled the land that the United States needed for growth?

a)

Louisiana

b)

France

c)

Canada

d)

Spain

35.

In what year did France agree to sell the Louisiana territory?

(a)  

36.

What is true about the Louisiana purchase? (3)

a)

It cost the United states 15 million dollars.

b)

It almost doubled the size of the United States.

c)

It gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

d)

It caused the Revolutionary War.

37.

What was the 20th state to join the union?

(Capitalization and Spelling counts)

(a)  

38.

On what day did Mississippi join the Union?

(Must use: Correct capitalization, spelling and spacing)

(a)  

39.

What was the original name of the permanent capital of Mississippi?

a)

Le Fluer's Bluff

b)

Natchez

c)

Columbia

40.

Le'Fluers Bluff was changed to (a)   , in honor of Andrew Jackson, our nation's seventh president.

Capitalize

41.

What was the antebellum period?

a)

A time of population growth and a profitable economy.

b)

A time to make a capital building.

c)

A time of War.

42.

During the antebellum period what was king in the deep south?

a)

corn

b)

cotton

c)

peanuts

d)

Native Americans

43.

By 1833, Mississippi's cotton plantations were producing ______.

a)

70 million pounds of cotton

b)

70 million pounds of corn

c)

70 million enslaved people

d)

70 million pounds of peanuts

44.

Why were there more than 100,00 enslaved blacks purchased in 1833?

a)

To help and grow cotton

b)

To fight in the war

c)

To help out the Native Americans

45.

Which ways were means of shipping cotton to other states?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Railroads

c)

Airplanes

46.

What was the wealthiest state in the nation by 1830?

(a)  

47.

How did Mississippi make room for more white settlers who wanted to move to Mississippi to become wealthy?

a)

Mississippi changed its boundaries so the state would become bigger.

b)

Settlers were asked to live on smaller pieces of land.

c)

Native Americans were forced to sign treaties and give up their land

d)

Mississippi made it illegal or new settlers to bring their enslaved blacks with them.

48.

What is true about the Louisiana purchase? (3)

a)

It cost the United states 15 million dollars.

b)

It almost doubled the size of the United States.

c)

It gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

d)

It caused the Revolutionary War.

49.

What was the original name of the permanent capital of Mississippi?

a)

Le Fluer's Bluff

b)

Natchez

c)

Columbia

50.

Le'Fluers Bluff was changed to (a)   , in honor of Andrew Jackson, our nation's seventh president.

Capitalize

51.

What was the antebellum period?

a)

A time of population growth and a profitable economy.

b)

A time to make a capital building.

c)

A time of War.

52.

During the antebellum period what was king in the deep south?

a)

corn

b)

cotton

c)

peanuts

d)

Native Americans

53.

Why were there more than 100,00 enslaved blacks purchased in 1833?

a)

To help and grow cotton

b)

To fight in the war

c)

To help out the Native Americans

54.

Which ways were means of shipping cotton to other states?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Railroads

c)

Airplanes

55.

At the close of the French Indian War all of France's land east of the Mississippi River was awarded to ______.

a)

Russia

b)

India

c)

Great Britain

d)

Spain

56.

At the end of the Revolutionary War, all of Great Britain's land in America became the property of ______.

a)

The United States

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Australia

57.

Which state DOES NOT border Mississippi?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Louisiana

c)

Tennessee

d)

Alabama

e)

Florida

58.

What is the name of the region located between Vicksburg and Memphis and between the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers?

a)

The Gulf Coast

b)

The Delta

c)

The Pine Belt

d)

The Great Plain

59.

Mississippi is bordered on the east by the state of

a)

Alabama

b)

Louisiana

c)

Arkansas

d)

Texas

60.

Mississippi is bordered on the north by the state of

a)

Tennessee

b)

Alabama

c)

Florida

d)

Georgia

61.

Which are landforms?

a)

Bridges, Towers

b)

Rivers, Lakes, Mountains

c)

Roads, Buildings

d)

Houses, Canals

62.

What does the red shaded area represent?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

c)

The Continental Divide

63.

What landform is shown is red?

a)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Gulf of Mexico

64.

What important, large body of water borders The Atlantic Coastal Plains?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

65.

Why is Gettysburg an important American city?

a)

It was a battle of the American Revolution

b)

It is a battle of the Civil War

c)

Capital of the United States

66.

1) What is the largest continent in terms of size?

a)

a. Africa

b)

b. Asia

c)

c. North America

d)

d. Europe

67.

2) Which of the following is a continent as well as a

country?

a)

a. Australia

b)

b. Europe

c)

c. Africa

d)

d. Russia

68.

3) What is the longest river in the world?

a)

a. Amazon

b)

b. Missouri

c)

c. Yangtze

d)

d. Nile

69.

4) What is the tallest mountain in the world?

a)

a. Mount Everest

b)

b. Mont Blanc

c)

c. Denali

d)

d. Kilimanjaro

70.

5) Which continent has the largest population?

a)

a. North America

b)

b. Africa

c)

c. Europe

d)

d. Asia

71.

6) Which country is located in two continents?

a)

a. The United States

b)

b. Russia

c)

c. Australia

d)

d. China

72.

8) Which ocean is located between North America and Europe?

a)

a. Atlantic Ocean

b)

b. Pacific Ocean

c)

c. Indian Ocean

d)

d. Southern Ocean

73.

14) Africa is a _____________.

a)

a. Country

b)

e. Continent

74.

Geography is the study of what?

a)

the universe and its features

b)

the continent and its features

c)

the earth and its features

d)

the state and its features

75.

Half of the earth is called a...

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Higher

c)

Half

d)

Hot dogs

76.

The _________ is an imaginary line that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Line of Division

d)

Earth

77.

The _________ is an imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Line of Division

d)

Earth

78.

Longitude are imaginary lines that circle the earth from

a)

East to West

b)

North to South

c)

Asia to Australia

d)

America to Mexico

79.

______________ is the exact location of where something is.

a)

relative location

b)

absolute location

c)

cardinal directions

d)

environment

80.

A map that shows the boundaries of countries and states.

a)

Political Map

b)

Map Scale

c)

Physical Map

81.

A very large area of sea.

a)

Continent

b)

Equator

c)

Ocean

82.

An imaginary line that circles Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. The line divides Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.

a)

Pangea

b)

Equator

c)

Prime Meridian

83.

The yellow continent is...

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

Antarctica

84.

The light green continent is...

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

85.

The pink continent is...

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Australia

86.

The blue continent is...

a)

Antarctrica

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

87.

The dark green continent is...

a)

Europe

b)

Australia

c)

South America

d)

North America

88.

The orange continent is...

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Asia

89.

The PACIFIC Ocean is which number?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

5

90.

The ATLANTIC ocean is which number?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

2

d)

5

91.

The Arctic Ocean is which number?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

2

d)

4

92.

How many continents are there in the world?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

7

d)

8

93.

England is located in Europe

a)

True

b)

False

94.

What continent do the people of the United States, Canada, and Mexico live on?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Antarctica

95.

Which one of these options describes someone who makes maps?

a)

Cartographer

b)

Writer

c)

Artist

d)

Historian

96.

What country is this?

a)

USA

b)

Canada

c)

South Korea

d)

Your Face

97.

Name the country highlighted in red

a)

Belarus

b)

United States

c)

Russia

d)

Canada

98.

Name the country highlighted in red

a)

Spain

b)

Germany

c)

Croatia

d)

Italy

99.
a)

Canada

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

United States of America

100.
a)

Canada

b)

Cuba

c)

Mexico

d)

United States of America

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