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8th grade social studies

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Native American tribe is associated with the longhouse?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Navajo

c)

Apache

d)

Cherokee

2.

What was a common trade route used by early North American Indians?

a)

Ganges River

b)

Amazon River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Nile River

3.

What are large thick moving sheets of ice:


a)
icebergs
b)
glaciers
c)
avalanches
d)
hailstorms
4.

Who were the first people to cross into NA

a)
Vikings
b)

Native Americans/Hunter Gatherers

c)
Pilgrims
d)
Spanish explorers
5.

Where was the maya civilization


a)
Mesoamerica
b)
North America
c)
South America
d)
Europe
6.

Where was the inca civilization

a)
Andes Mountains
b)
Patagonia
c)
Machu Picchu
d)
Amazon Rainforest
7.

What does civilization mean

a)
A group of people living together in a specific geographic area.
b)
A primitive society with little social organization or technological advancement.
c)
A complex human society characterized by advanced social, cultural, and technological development.
d)
The process of becoming more civilized and refined.
8.

What caused the decline of the Mississippian civilization?

a)

excessive drought

b)

deadly disease

c)

it is a mystery

d)

invasion by another tribe

9.

How did agriculture develop in North America?

a)

It spread northward from the Mesoamerica civilizations

b)

It spread from European explorers trading with the natives

c)

It spread southward from the natives along the arctic

d)

It spread from Asian explorers who sailed to North America

10.

Which group build their temples and homes for the elite on top of platform mounds?

a)

Adena

b)

Hopwell

c)

Mississippian

d)

Anasazi

11.
Which of the following was NOT a reason the Indians helped the French in the French and Indian War?
a)
The French were interested in fur trade
b)
French trappers often married Native American women
c)
The French wanted Native American lands
d)
The French converted many Native Americans to Catholicism
12.

What is considered one of the biggest reasons that created tension among the Natives of Pennsylvania and the European Colonists?

a)

Religious Conversion

b)

Desire for Land

c)

Cultural change

d)

Fur Trade

13.
Many scientists believe that the first people arrived in North America during the last 
a)
Ice Age
b)

Ice Millenium

c)

Frozen Age

d)

Beringian Time

14.

What does this map represent

a)

How early invaders conquered Russia

b)

How Americans settled in Jamestown

c)

How early humans traveled into the Americas

d)

How early humans migrated to Asia

15.

Which civilizations used the 365 day calendar based on the sun

a)

Aztecs and Mayans

b)

Incas and Aztecs

c)

Mayans and Toltecs

d)

Navajo and Incas

16.

By the middle of the 1700s what different groups of Native Americans were living with the borders of Pennsylvania?

a)

Shawnee

b)

Lenni-Lenape

c)

Cherokee

d)

Pueblo

17.

Who claimed to be the "King of the Delaware's"?

a)

Shickellamy

b)

Conrad Weiser

c)

Teedyuscung

d)

Benjamin West

18.
The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to ____.
a)
Mississippi
b)
Mexico
c)
Present-day Oklahoma
d)
Present-day Texas
19.

In what country was William Penn born?

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

America

d)

Wales

20.

What new religion did William Penn join?

a)

the Church of England

b)

the Catholics

c)

the Quakers

d)

Methodist

21.

The King of England paid his debt to the Penn family by giving William ________.

a)

money

b)

a new religion

c)

land in America

d)

a new house

22.

What does Pennsylvania mean in Latin?

a)

Penn's Forest

b)

woodlands

c)

Penn's Woods

d)

wooded land

23.

What is a treaty?

a)

a document that gives you land

b)

a wampum belt

c)

when two people agree to share

d)

a formal agreement between two groups

24.

Penn planned and constructed what town that would be his capital?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Chester

c)

Germantown

d)

Boston

25.

What was most important about the location for the city of Philadelphia?

a)

It could had wide streets

b)

It had river access to the Atlantic Ocean

c)

It had a lot of land to build homes

d)

It had flat land

26.

The Treaty of Shackamaxon began a friendship between

a)

the Quakers and fellow colonists

b)

the Native Americans and the Quakers

c)

the British and the Native Americans

d)

the Quakers and the British

27.

The name Philadelphia reflects Penn's beliefs because it

a)

means "City of Brotherly Love."

b)

reflects traditional English names.

c)

shows that Penn loved his father.

d)

is a Quaker name for peace.

28.

Which of these events did Not result in the Walking Purchase?

a)

Penn's sons thought of a way to get extra land.

b)

The land was measured by one man walking.

c)

James Logan forged a deed.

d)

Land was measured by three men running

29.

What effect to the Walking Purchase have on the Lenape?

a)

They were satisfied that the deal was fair.

b)

They were angry becuse they had been cheated out of more land.

c)

They were glad to move farther into the wilderness.

d)

They were pleased that their treaty had been honored.

30.

Why was the _________ trail important to young George Washington?

a)

Kuskusky

b)

Great Shamokin

c)

Venango

d)

Great Minquas

31.
Why were many Native American tribes interested in aligning with the French during the French and Indian War to overthrow the British?
a)
The British were more aggressive in their land grabs than the French.
b)
The French promised to return stolen land to Native Americans.
c)
The French had more money and goods to share with NativeAmericans.
d)
The Native Americans shared cultural and religious ties with the French.
32.

The Susquehannocks conducted trade with Indians to the east along

a)

Warriors Path

b)

Great Minquas Path

c)

Great Shamokin Path

d)

Venango Path

33.

The Delaware Indians were also known as the

a)

Lenni Lenape

b)

Iroquois

c)

Cherokee

d)

Mohawk

34.
What Colony did Penn start?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Ohio
c)
New Jersey
d)
New York
35.

William Penn's son had fallen into debt. In order to increase their income, they began selling land to (a)   before it had been purchased from the Indians.

36.

Lord's Valley is named after

a)

Religious group or being close to god

b)

Lord Levi

c)

Simeon Lord

d)

A very large area of land created by the lord god

37.

The Lenape were segregated into pockets or parcels of land surrounded by non-tribal setters was the result of what?

(a)  

38.

Which Indian path is important to Northeast Pennsylvania?

a)

Minisink Wyoming

b)

Great Shamokin

c)

Great Minquas

d)

Kuskusky

39.

What does the name Kuskusky or Kuskuskies mean?

a)

Four Delaware Indian villages

b)

A name of a pastry

c)

Name of a city

d)

Indian language

40.

What early group of European Colonists gave the Great Minquas Path its name?

(a)  

41.
Wigwams were
a)
 the Iroquois village
b)
the Iroquois home
c)
the Algonquin village
d)
the Algonquin home
42.
After marriage ________________________________________________________________________
a)
a woman chose the chief
b)
 a woman moved into her husband's house
c)
the men and the women separated
d)
a man moved into his wife's home 
43.
What were the 3 most important crops grown?
a)
corn, wheat, wampum
b)
corn, beans, carrots
c)
squash, broccoli, corn
d)
corn, beans, squash
44.

What natural resources were important to the Lenape?

a)

forests, animals, & rivers

b)

rivers, coal, & crops

c)

forests, rivers, & gas

45.

The beaver was an important natural resource because people most wanted its....

a)

fur

b)

teeth

c)

leather

46.

William Penn believed that the Native Americans should be paid for their land. This shows how Penn.....

a)

set up a government

b)

built Pennsbury Manor

c)

tried to treat people equally

47.

What happened after the Walking Purchase of 1737 between the Native Americans and Colonists?

a)

they solved their problems fairly

b)

the Colonists cheated the Natives and they were never friends again

48.

Indians were at a disadvantage from the Europeans because

a)

They had no armor

b)

They had no advanced weapons

c)

They had no immunity to diseases

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

49.

What killed so many America Indians when the Europeans arrived.

a)

Dogs

b)

Gods

c)

Disease

d)

Floods

50.

What were wigwams used for in the Algonquin group?

a)

tombs

b)

homes

c)

temples

d)

business centers