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mrs.Halls 3rd block class
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History
8th Grade
12/30/2007

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Mrs.hall
kaylee ivey
3rd block B day

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The main purpose of latitude and longitude is to...
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determine the exact location

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Geography is the study of..

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people,
their invironments,
and their resources

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The equator is an imaginary line that divides the earth into two halves called..

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Hemispheres

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 All maps have some distortion becuase...

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Maps are flat and the earth is not

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On a map, relief shows differences in...

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elevation

 

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 The longest and most important river system in the U.S is made up of the....

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Mississippi and the Missouri rivers

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An example of the theme of movement is the...

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 Shipping of trade goods to Asia

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___ led an expedition that sailed around the world

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Ferdinand Magellan

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English, French ,and Dutch explorers searched for a ___ throught the Americans

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Northwest passage

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Which of the following were problems faced by the early settlers at Jamestown?
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The Refusal or colonist to work
disease
impure drinking water

All of the above

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Who founded the colony of Connecticut?

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Thomas Hooker

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Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?

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Roger Williams

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 The first English colonists in North America landed at....

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Roanoke

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Who founded the colony of Georgia?

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 James Oglethorpe

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Quakers were protestant reformers who believed that

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Men and women were equal in Gods eyes

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A major reason that Pennsylvania enjoyed many years of peace with its Indian neighbors was that....

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Settlers in Pennsylvania paid for Indian land

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Under the theory of mercantilism, a country should.....

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Export more then it imports

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 The purpose of the Navigation Acs passed in the

1660s was....

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To stregthen England and make it richer

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Which of the following statements about voting

 in the colonies is true?

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All voters must own property

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