MW Social Studies Grade 8 Review-Quiz 5a

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  1. What is the primary method archaeologists use to study history?
  2. Your answer:
    examining artifacts of a specific people
    observing people in their natural environment
    practicing local customs of people
    reading diaries of a given group


  3. From west to east, the major geographic features of the United States are the
  4. Your answer:
    Rocky Mountains-->Great Plains-->Mississippi River-->Appalachian Mountains
    Great Plains-->Mississippi River-->Rocky Mountains-->Appalachian Mountains
    Mississippi River-->Appalachian Mountains-->Great Plains-->Rocky Mountains
    Rocky Mountains-->Great Plains-->Appalachian Mountains-->Mississippi River


  5. Base your answers to questions 3 and 4 ont the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. "My children, listen well. Remember that you are brothers, that the downfall of one means the downfall of all. You must have one fire, one pipe, one war club." ---from hiawatha the Unifier What is the speaker recommending to his people?
  6. Your answer:
    cultural exchange
    increased cooperation
    conservation of resources
    economic competition


  7. Which political structure was formed as a result of the ideas expressed in this speech?
  8. Your answer:
    American Indian Movement
    Indian Reservation System
    Bureau of Indian Affairs
    League of Five Nations


  9. Which adaptation to the environment is illustrated by the Iroquois use of the longhouse?
  10. Your answer:
    trees as building materials
    iron for tools and weapons
    buffalo for clothing and shelter
    horses for transportation


  11. Which development let to the other three?
  12. Your answer:
    Europeans using both tobacco and potatoes
    founding of the Jamestown colony
    Columbus landing in Hispaniola
    thousands of Native American Indians dying from new diseases


  13. The need for agricultural workers in the early southern colonies led to the
  14. Your answer:
    formation of labor unions
    decision to industrialize
    improvement in farming
    use of enslaved persons from Africa


  15. The Albany Plan of Union called for
  16. Your answer:
    equal voting rights for all citizens
    a declaration of war on England
    separation from England
    a joint colonial council for defense


  17. Many American colonists believed that British tax laws were unfair because
  18. Your answer:
    Native American Indians were exempt from British tax laws
    taxes were higher in the colonies than in England
    colonists lacked representation in Parliament
    the British treasury had a surplus of funds


  19. What was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
  20. Your answer:
    to establish a framework for government
    to express reasons for limiting immigration
    to list arguments for women's suffrage
    to state the reasons for the colonies to separate from England



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