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U.S. History Final Exam
8th Grade History Final Exam
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8th Grade
05/16/2010

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What are nomads?
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People who move from place to place
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Early navagation tool
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Astrolabe
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A journey to a holy place
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Pilgrimage
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Renaissance paved the way for an age of
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Exploration and discovery
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Who developed the stern rudder and triangular sails?
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Arabs
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What cleared the way for England to start colonies in North America?
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Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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The first African American child born in the American colonies
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William Tucker
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Crops that are sold easily
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Cash Crops
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Which of the following means producing just enough to meet the families' needs, with little left over to sell or exchange?
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Subsistence Farming
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The most inhuman aspect of the triangular trade
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Middle Passage
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What is a Boycott?
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Refuse to buy
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Writs of assistance enabled British customs officers to search
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Homes for smuggled goods
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The colonist paid lower taxes on molasses because of the
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Sugar Act
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Goods being imported to the colonies were taxed by the
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Townshend Act
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American supporters of independance
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Patriots
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What are mercenaries?
Definition
Hired soldiers
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Enslaved African Americans who fought on the British side were given
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Freedom
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The Articles of Confederation
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America's First Constitution
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Adopted July 4, 1776
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The Declaration of Independance
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Battle for American Independence began here in 1775
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Lexington and Concord
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Patriots defeated British here in 1781
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Battle of Yorktown
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The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Act were British taxes
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imposed on colonies
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One of the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is
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Freedom of Speech
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What case represented the first time the Supreme Court reviewed and ruled on acts of the other branches of government?
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Marbury v. Madison
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The power that has become a basic part of the system of checks and balances of our government today is called?
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Judicial Review
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Which reform movement of the 1800s met with opposition?
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All of the above
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The main route that settlers took to Oregon was called the
Definition
South Pass
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Who was the Tennessee backwoodsman who lost his life at the Alamo?
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Davy Crocket
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Santa Anna was captured in the battle of
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San Jacinto
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The main crop of the Deep South was
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cotton
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What was the Second Great Awakening?
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Wave of Religious Ferver
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What term refers to minorities that speak different languages or follow different customs from most people in a country
Definition
Ethnic groups
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What was the most important institution in immigrant neighborhoods
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Places of worship
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What change to America's military was needed before imperialistic expansion could occur
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An improved and enlarged navy
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During the late 1800's, what event encouraged the Japanese to resolve many of their differences with the United States
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The Great White Fleet
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Why did the United State send naval vessels to the Philippines after declaring war on Spain
Definition
The Spanish naval base was located on the Philippines
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As a part of the Treaty of Paris, Cuba became
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An American Protectorate
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As World War I began, the Allied Powers were
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Great Britain, France, and Russia
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A feeling of intense loyalty to one's country or group is called
Definition
Nationalism
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Which of the following was most responsible for the United State entering World War I
Definition
German U-boat attacks on U.S. ships
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President Wilson's post war peace plan proposal was known as the
Definition
Fourteen Points
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Did the United States join the League of Nations?
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The United States never joined the League
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What contributed to the Great Depression?
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World War II
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Which of the following created a tax on workers and employers and used the money to provide monthly pensions for retired people
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Social Security Act
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Who were the "Big Three" who met at Yalta to discuss the postwar world
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Adolf Hitler or Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stallin
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Who declared that an "Iron Curtain" had descended on Europe
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Winston Churchill
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Who proposed a plan to provide massive economic aid by the United States to Europe
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George Marshall
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What was President Truman's response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin
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A massive airlift of food, fuel, and other supplies
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What separated North Korea from South Korea?
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38th Parallel
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How did the Korean War begin?
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North Korea invaded South Korea
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Who dominated the hunt for Communists in America?
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Jospeh McCarthy
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What is the iron curtain?
Definition
Term used to describe the political division of eastern from the West
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What is Cold War?
Definition
A war without actual fighting
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What is arms race?
Definition
Building more and more weapons in an effort to surpass another’s military strength
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What is meant by the Baby Boom?
Definition
Nation's soaring birthrate in the 1950's
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What was the United State's first program to put an astronaut in space?
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Project Mercury
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What was the term for the United States threat to respond instantly to any Soviet attack by using nuclear weapons?
Definition
Massive Retalliation
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What agreement temporarily divided Vietnam in 1954?
Definition
Geneva Records
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Who developed the first safe and effective vaccine against polio?
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Jonas Salk
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What Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional?
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Whose arrest led African American to boycott city buses in Montgomery, Alabama?
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Rosa Parks
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Who was the first female justice of the Supreme Court?
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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The Space race began with successful launching of the
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Explorer
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What region did both Jews and Arabs claim?
Definition
Israel
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What is the separation of races?
Definition
Segregation
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