End of the Year 8th Grade Quiz

Ms. Jiménez's favorite Taylor Swift song is...

______________ made a speech at the "Meeting of the Voters" in Moscow on February 9, 1946.

What color was Ms. Jiménez's hair when she was little?

A YouTube Video from 2020 detailing historical facts about Angel Island Immigration Station

In a communist society, the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products...

When you highlight historical circumstances & conditions that were happening when your source was created, you are...

Is this a primary or secondary source? The Bombardment of Puerto Rico print created in 1898

Losing the Vietnam War left many US veterans feeling all of the following sentiments EXCEPT FOR...

Prior to being under US imperial rule beginning in 1898, which country was the imperial power in Puerto Rico?

What is Lucy's favorite human food?

In a communist society, wealth is dependent upon competition between individuals/companies.

What did Ms. Jiménez perform at her school's talent show in 1st grade?

Who was Louis Beam?

According to Churchill, the "iron curtain" was...

Lucy loves all of the following EXCEPT FOR...

(1) _________ argued that World War II broke out as "the inevitable result" of (2) ______________

A photograph of women being detained at Angel Island from the 1910s

Did the US win or lose the Vietnam War?

The US and Great Britian were capitalist powers during the Cold War.

Despite having American citizenship, Puerto Ricans could not (and still can't) vote in the US Presidential Election.

For Abdi in the "Abdi and the Golden Ticket" podcast , ____ was a pull factor, leading him to migrate to the US.

____________ claimed that "the capitalist world is split into two hostile camps, and war breaks out between them."

___________ made "the Iron Curtain Speech" at a college in Missouri on March 5, 1946.

What particular experience in the army changed Albizu Campos' originally positive outlook about the United States?

Video interview with a scholar who is an expert on the relationship between Ukraine and Russia

If Ms. Jiménez were a kitchen utensil, she would be...

Manifest Destiny inspired the extreme measures to clear the indigenous population from their land by violent means.

After the Potsdam Conference, the US and the USSR remained "allies," just like they were during WWII.

________Island was an immigration station located in the Bay Area in California where many Asian immigrants traveled to.

Is this a primary or secondary source? A NPR Podcast from the series Throughline about US imperialism in Puerto Rico.

In a capitalist society, wealth is divided among citizens equally or according to individual need.

In a federal court case, the SPLC successfully defended the Vietnamese fishermen who were attacked by Louis Beam.

________ was NOT a member of the "Big Three" during and immediately after WWII.

Article from the SPLC about Louis Beam and the events at Galveston Bay published in 2011

Ms. Jiménez's favorite cheese is...

When you write background information that is specific to the source and the creator, you are...

All of the following were examples of US containment policies that we looked at EXCEPT FOR...

Where did Ms. Jiménez grow up?

1.____ wrote the 2. _____, telling the American people that the USSR posed a political, ideological, and violent threat.

Which group of people was excluded from the "Golden Spike Ceremony" picture taken at Promontory Summit in 1869?

What event is considered "the founding moment" for the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party in terms of widespread support?

What is Ms. Jiménez's random fear?

Ms. Jiménez's favorite Taylor Swift era is...

Ms. Jiménez's favorite thing about Poly Prep that she will miss the most...

Primary sources are comprised of...

Albizu Campos could be described as all of the following EXCEPT FOR being...

At some point, Ms. Jiménez considered studying the following disciplines during graduate school. Which one did she pick?

Quote from a speech by Louis Beam in the 1980s

Annotated bibliography entries include all of the following characteristics EXCEPT FOR...

The name of Ms. Jiménez's childhood dog (RIP) was...

Ms. Jiménez lived in which country in the Middle East for 2.5 years before moving to New York City...

When you analyze details, arguments, perspectives presented in a source and make connections to a question, you are...

The "near abroad" refers to...

What is Ms. Jiménez's zodiac sign?

Ms. Jiménez played on the varsity teams for all of the following sports in high school EXCEPT for...

Lucy is a rescue dog from the Caribbean. She is originally from...

When Ms. Jiménez was in 8th grade, she wanted to be a(n) __________ when she grew up.

At some point in her teaching career, Ms. Jiménez has taught all of the following grades EXCEPT FOR...

Which world leader ordered their country's troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022?

In a capitalist system, the things that are used to make & transport products are owned by individual people/companies.

Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in ____, which prohibited the immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years.

The Nationalist Party used all of the following tactics to resist the American government EXCEPT for...

Yalta Conference Agreements made in February 1945

The USSR was a communist power during the Cold War.

_______ believed that the US was only making matters worse with the USSR by building up arms and weapons.

In a communist society, there is privately owned property...

Secondary sources are comprised of...

(1) ____________ argued that (2) ____________ would end the "conditions of freedom and democracy."

Ms. Jiménez's favorite place in Brooklyn (outside of Poly Prep duh) is...

How many siblings does Ms. Jiménez have?