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WWMS 8th benchmark
Study guide for 8th grade benchmark in Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a high, flat area of land called? | Plateau |
| What is a land form created by soil deposited by a river into the ocean? | Delta |
| What are the lines on a map that measure how far north or south of the equator a location is? | Lines of Latitude |
| What is a group of islands known as? | Archipelago |
| What is a source that contains first-hand, eye-witness information? | Primary source |
| What is a source that contains information that does not come from an eye-witness or is hearsay? | Secondary source |
| What Native American empire was located in South America and stretched for 3,000 miles? | The Inca |
| What Native American empire was located in Central Mexico and had a powerful warrior class? | The Aztec |
| What group received the right to vote in the American colonies? | White male property owners |
| What is it called when a farmer grows just enough for his family to live off of? | Subsistence farming |
| What is it called when a farmer grows a cash crop or enough crops to sell off his surplus? | Commercial farming |
| Why did slavery grow in the Southern Colonies? | The soil in the Southern Colonies was good for growing cash crops such as tobacco and rice, which required lots of workers. |
| Which colony was the first to offer true religious tolerance and was also known as the breadbasket of the colonies? | Pennsylvania |
| The first representative government in the colonies was? | The House of Burgesses |
| The first written document setting up a government in the colonies that also started a tradition of self-government among the colonists was? | The Mayflower Compact |
| What series of wars were an attempt by Western European Christians to "reclaim" the Holy Land from Islamic Turks? | Crusades |
| The man whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world? | Ferdinand Magellan |
| This type of government has the citizens vote directly on laws and decisions in government. | Direct Democracy |
| The Spanish Conquistadore that conquered the Aztec empire was? | Cortez |
| Government in which the people elect representatives to pass laws and make decisions in government is? | Republic |
| Which colony was founded both as a debtor's colony and as a buffer zone from Spanish Florida? | Georgia |
| What English document written in 1215 was the first to limit the powers of the English Monarch? | Magna Carta |
| Possible tensions between Catholics and Protestants led to this act in the colony of Maryland. | The Maryland Act of Toleration |
| This legal term means that you have the right to not be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime. | Habeas Corpus |
| This was the route between West Africa and the Americas used to transport slave. | Middle Passage. |
| This was the first crop grown by the ancient Native Americans. | Maize |
| This was the most well organized tribe in the Americas and also the only major tribe to side with the British in the French and Indian War. | Iroquois |
| This Native American empire was found in southern Mexico and Central America and developed one of the most accurate solar calendars of the ancient world. | Maya |
| The culture of Native American tribes, including their housing, clothing, and food were most influenced by what? | Their environment |
| The purpose of the earliest schools in the American colonies was? | To help educate children in religion and to be able to read the Bible. |
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