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8th Grade History
Chapter 9-14 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Peru (p.107) | After the War of the Pacific, civil war broke out and went on for seven years. |
| 2. Ned Kelly (p.115) | Bushranger who was hunted by the police and seen as a hero, fighting against cruel and unjust officials. |
| 3. The Scramble (p.120) | The European thirst for and division of African land. |
| 4. Armenians (p.141) | Not treated well in the Ottoman Empire because they were Christians, and the Ottomans were Muslims. |
| 5. Bolivia (p.106) | As a result of the War on the Pacific, had to give up its entire coastline and became landlocked. |
| 6. The Corn Laws (p.125) | Anyone in Ireland or England who bought food from another country had to pay a huge tax on it. |
| 7. Ottoman Empire (p.) | Known as the "Sick Man of Europe". |
| 8. The Boers (p.130) | Started to call themselves Afrikaners to show they were no longer Dutch settlers, but Africans of European descent. |
| 9. Ethiopia (p.151) | A country with 2 emperors who plotted against each other, but tried to prevent civil war. |
| 10. The Peace of Vereeniging (p.111) | United all South African colonies into one nation under British rule. |
| 11. Abdulhamid II (p.101) | Announced the Ottoman Empire would have a constitution and an assembly to meet and make laws. |
| 12. Italy (p.154) | Tried to deceive Menelik with a treaty, but lost the war and Ethiopia won its independence. |
| 13. Nicholas II (p.150) | Took over after his father, Alexander III, was assasinated; said "I know nothing about the business of ruling". |
| 14. Turkey (p.144) | Medical students wanted the Ottoman Empire to have this name, and to have secular laws. |
| 15. Pedro II (p.138) | Council of State told him to leave because it was time for Brazil to become a republic without an old-fashioned emperor. |
| 16. Leopold II (p.119) | Created the International African Association in order to claim the land in the Congo basin. |
| 17. Ismail Pasha (p.110) | Spent too much money on projects; had to borrow money from France and Great Britain. |
| 18. True (p.101) | Russia gained its opportunity to invade Ottoman territory when the Ottoman Turks attacked Bulgaria. |
| 19. False (French)(p.109) | The Suez Canal was built by a British company. |
| 20. False (Africa) (p.120) | The Berlin Conference divided Australia among other countries and instituted border lines. |
| 21. False (Corn Laws) | The "Potato Laws" said Irish or English who bought food from other countries would have to pay a huge tax. |
| 22. False (Pedro II)(p.135) | Brazil's first emperor, Pedro I, was courageous and worked to make the slave trade illegal. |
| 23. False (Worse)(p.149) | The Jews of Russia were treated better than other poor Russians under Czar Alexander III. |
| 24. Ireland & England (p.) | Corn Laws Repealed in Parliament |
| 25. Brazil (p.136) | Pedro II becomes Emperor |
| 26. Ireland (p.124) | Potato Famine |
| 27. Europe, Egypt, & Ottoman Empire (p.) | Suez Canal Opens (1869) |
| 28. Peru, Bolivia, & Chile (p.) | War of the Pacific |
| 29. Glenrowan, Australia (p.116) | Police arrest Ned Kelly |
| 30. The Transvaal & the Free State in Africa (1899) (p.131) | Afrikaners declared war on Great Britain |
| 31-35. Copper, saltpeter, and sodium nitrate are found in the Atacama Desert. Both Bolivia and Chile wanted control of these chemicals and minerals and the port city of Antofagasta. | Describe why Bolivia and Chile wanted control of the Atacama Desert. |
| 36-40. When the European countries drew borders around their colonies, they divided friendly African tribes and locked together tribes who were fighting wars with each other. (p.120-121) | The Berlin Conference was supposed to prevent war. Why did it cause years of unrest in Africa? |
| 41-45. They paid more taxes, were forced to live in certain areas of Russia, and weren't allowed to move wherever they wanted. Not many Russian Jewish children were allowed to go to school, and it was difficult for those who did. (p.149) | Why was life harder for Jews in Russia than other poor Russians? |
| 46-50. They signed treaties because none of these countries wanted any of the others to gain any more power in Africa. All three of these countries would try to make sure that the others didn't try to invade Ethiopia. (p.155) | Why did Italy, Great Britain, and France all sign treaties recognizing Ethiopia's independence? |
| 51-55. The sultans who ruled over the Ottoman Turks had spent so much money that they had to borrow money from other countries. The people were ignoring the sultan doing what they pleased. (p.97) | Why was the Ottoman Empire known as "The Sick Man of Europe"? |
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