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Chapter 1 & 2 Test (8th Grade U.S. History)
Chapter 1 & 2 Test (8th Grade U.S. History)
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1
Who led a total of 4 voyages to the New World and had believed he was in Asia
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Christopher Columbus
2
Which civilization mysteriously disappeared, but are known pyramid builders and created the most accurate calendar.
The Aztec
The Incas
The Maya
The Olmec
3
Which of the following had the most fatal impact on the Native American population?
European Slavery
European food/diet
European War
European Disease
4
Which of the following civilization effectively implemented a Direct Democracy?
Mesopotamia
The Maya, Aztec, and Incas
Ancient Rome
Ancient Greece
5
Where did Christopher Columbus believe he had sailed to?
The East Indies
China
The West Indies
Australia
6
Which of the following nation occupied the blue highlighted on the map below?
Portugal
Spain
Britain
France
7
What is monotheism?
The belief in religion
The belief in no God
The belief in many Gods
The belief in one God
8
What two details determined a person's social status in the Spanish Colonies?
Religion & Money
Land & Power
Birth Place & Ethnic Groups
Politics & Influence
9
Which of the following was NOT a reason the Spanish were able to easily conquer the Aztecs and the Incas?
European disease weakened the population of these great empires.
The instability of the empires and enemies conquest easier for the Spanish.
The Spanish outnumbered the Incas and Aztecs during conquest.
The Spanish possessed more advanced technologies. (guns, horses, canons)
10
Which citizens could vote in ancient Athens?
All citizens could vote
Adult, Educated, Native born males
All natural born citizens
Educated men and women
11
The area circled on the following map (that illustrates land-bridge theory) is known by what name in modern times?
The Bering Strait
The Land-Bridge Strait
The Panama Canal
The Magellan Strait
12
Which of the following explorers was the first to "circumnavigate" the globe?
Christopher Columbus
Bartolomeu Dias
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan
13
Which of the following Conquistadors was responsible for conquering the Aztec's in 1521?
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernan Cortez
Vasco de Gama
Hernando de Soto
14
The French primary purpose in the New World center around what?
Searching for gold.
Going to war with the Native Americans for land.
The Fur trade.
Converting the Natives in Central and South America to Christianity.
15
Which of the following WAS one of the three ships names on Columbus' first voyage?
The Isabella
The Santa Maria
The Giselle
The Edwardo
16
The theory that there was a narrow stretch of frozen land that once connected Siberia and Alaska is known as:
Coastal-Route Theory
The Siberian Continental Theory
Land-Bridge Theory
Creationism
17
Who was the following Individual?
King Ferdinand
Christopher Columbus
King Henry VIII
Juan Ponce de Leon
18
Which of the following Conquistadors conquered the Inca empire in 1533, after capturing the capital of Cuzco?
Hernando de Soto
Francisco Pizzaro
Hernan Cortez
Vasco de Gama
19
Which of the following Ancient Civilizations was native to the Yucatan Peninsula and Central America?
The Maya
The Inca
The Aztec
The Olmec
20
Which of the following nation occupied the red highlighted on the map below?
France
Portugal
Spain
Britain
21
The image below best illustrates which of the following historical concepts?
Patriotism
Mercantilism
Colonialism
The Columbian Exchange
22
The image below best illustrates the successes of which of the following historical eras?
The Crusades
The Age of Exploration
The Reformation
The Renaissance
23
Leif Erickson and the Vikings are said to have reach the Americas:
After Columbus in 1493 CE
Before Columbus in 100 BCE
Before Columbus in 1000/1001 CE
After Columbus in 1501 CE
24
Which ancient civilization successfully implemented a Republic?
The Greeks
The Romans
The Ancient Egyptians
The Olmec
25
The image below best represents which of the following?
The Strait of Magellan
The Panama Canal
The Northwest Passage
The Bering Strait
26
What was the Silk Road?
An ancient trade that connected Europe, Africa, and Asia.
An ancient trade route that connected China and Australia.
An ancient trade route that connected Canada to Mexico.
An ancient trade route that connected Africa and the Americas.
27
Which of the following Ancient Civilization was native to Central Mexico?
The Olmec
The Aztec
The Inca
The Maya
28
What did John Cabot and Henry Hudson have in common?
They both went missing during expeditions to the New World
The creating colonies in the New World
They both sailed around the Southern tip of South America
They sailed for Spain
29
This individual became the first European to set eyes on the Pacific Ocean traveling through the Americas.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
Ferdinand Magellan
30
Which was likely the harshest European colony to live in?
New France
The English Colonies
New Spain
New Netherlands
31
This Spanish explorer was the FIRST Spaniard to step foot in the United States and also named the state of Florida.
Francisco Pizzaro
Juan Ponce de Leon
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Hernan Cortez
32
The image below best illustrates which of the following historical concepts?
Mercantilism
The Age of Exploration
Colonialism
The Columbian Excahnge
33
Which of the following nation occupied the green highlighted on the map below?
Portugal
Britain
Spain
France
34
King Henry VIII is best remembered for what religious change in England?
England's conversion to Protestantism (creating the Church of England)
Establishing a mandate that forced English citizens to practice Islam
The removal of England's national religion
England's conversion to Roman Catholicism
35
Which of the following Ancient Civilizations was native to South America?
The Maya
The Olmec
The Aztec
The Inca
36
Which of the following did not come from the New World to Europe?
Potato
Cows
Onion
Avocado
37
Which of the following groups made up the Upper Class in New Spain?
Enslaved Persons
People with Spanish Heritage who were born in Spain
People with Spanish Heritage who were born in the Colonies
Mixed races between the Spanish and Native Americans
38
Which civilization was the largest empire in the 1400s and created some of the "finest roads" in the Ancient World.
The Olmec
The Maya
The Incas
The Aztec
39
Which ancient civilization was best known for their creation of the great city of Tenochtitlan?
The Inca
The Olmec
The Maya
The Aztecs
40
Who was the first to believe the New World was not a part of Asia?
Amerigo Vespucci
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
