Name___________________________________________ Date______________________________________Period________
Semester Exam Review 8th Grade History
Geography
1. Label the following on the map below: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, Ohio River Valley, Mexico,
Canada, Appalachian Mountains, Rocky Mountains
2. List 3 reasons why towns would appear next to rivers_______________________,_______________________,___________________
Exploration/Colonization:
3. What 3 reasons why explores came to the New World?________________,_____________________,__________________
4.What did Spain find?______________________________________________________________________________________
5.What did France find?_____________________________________________________________________________________
6.What did England find?____________________________________________________________________________________
7.Define mercantilism-______________________________________________________________________________________
8.Define balance of trade-____________________________________________________________________________________
9.Define middle passage-____________________________________________________________________________________
10.Define Great Awakening-__________________________________________________________________________________
11.What was the 1st permanent English settlement?_______________________________________________________________
12.What state was it located in?_________________________________________________________________________
13.What year was it established?________________________________________________________________________
14.Who was the leader?______________________________________________________________________________
15.What crop saved the colony?________________________________________________________________________
16. What colony was founded next but for religious freedom?_______________________________________
17.What state was it located in?__________________________________
18.What year was it established?_________________
19.Who was the leader?_______________________________________________________
20. On the map below, label the states of the original 13 colonies
New England Colonies:
21. Outline the New England Colonies in red
22. What states make up the New England Colonies?__________________________________________________________________________
23. Describe the Geography-_____________________________________________________________________________________________
24. What are the main jobs?______________________________________________________________________________________________
25. Who founded these colonies?_________________________________________________________________________________________
Middle Colonies:
26.Outline the Middle colonies in blue
27What states make up the Middle Colonies?________________________________________________________________________________
28.Describe the Geography______________________________________________________________________________________________
29.What are the main jobs?_____________________________________________________________________________________________
30.Who founded these colonies?_________________________________________________________________________________________
Southern Colonies:
31.Outline the Southern Colonies green
32.What states make up the Southern Colonies?_____________________________________________________________________________
33.Describe the geography-______________________________________________________________________________________________
34.What are the main jobs?______________________________________________________________________________________________
35.Who founded theses colonies?_________________________________________________________________________________________
Road to Revolution:
36.What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?_______________________________________________________________________________
37.What group formed and organized protests of the British?___________________________________________________________________
38.Who was the leader of this group?______________________________________________________________________________________
39.What was the main reason the Colonist were upset with the British? (It is a quote)_______________________________________________
40.Who wrote Common Sense? __________________________________________________________________________________________
41.What was the document trying to get people to do?________________________________________________________________________
42.Place the following events on the timeline below and describe the event:
Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, French and Indian War ends, Intolerable Act, Lexington and Concord, Proclamation 1763, Quartering Act,
Stamp Act, Townshend Act, 1st Continental Congress
1763
1763
1765
1765
1767
1770
1773
1774
1774
1775
American Revolution:
43.Define Patriot-______________________________________________________________________________________________________
44.Define Loyalist-_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
45.In the chart below, compare the British to the Patriots on strengths and weaknesses
Geography
British
Colonist
Population
Resources
Army
Navy
46.Place the following events on the timeline below and describe event
Bunker Hill, Declaration of Independence, Lexington/Concord, Saratoga, Treaty of Paris, Valley Forge, Yorktown
April 1775
June 1775
July 4, 1776
Dec. 1777
Sept. 1777
1781
1783
47.Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?_____________________________________________________________________________
48. What are unalienable rights?__________________________________________________________________________________________
49.What were some grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence?________________________________________________________
Government:
50.Define New Jersey Plan-______________________________________________________________________________________________
51.Define Virginia Plan -_________________________________________________________________________________________________
52.Define Great Compromise-____________________________________________________________________________________________
53.DefineThree-Fifths Compromise-_______________________________________________________________________________________
54.Northwest Ordinance-________________________________________________________________________________________________
55.Define Articles of Confederation-_______________________________________________________________________________________
56.Define Shay’s Rebellion-______________________________________________________________________________________________
57.What is the main job of the legislative branch?____________________________________________________________________________
58.What is the main job of the executive branch?____________________________________________________________________________
59.What is the main job of the judicial branch?______________________________________________________________________________
60.What does it take for Congress to override the President’s veto?______________________________________________________________
61.State the year and significance of the following documents
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Virginia House of
Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
Declaration of
Independence
Constitution
Label the following either Federalist or Anti-Federalist:
62.Strong Central Government-___________________________________________________________________________________________
63.Strong State Government-_____________________________________________________________________________________________
64.Feared a President-__________________________________________________________________________________________________
65.Ratification of Constitution-___________________________________________________________________________________________
66.No ratification without Bill of Rights-____________________________________________________________________________________
67.Define Federalist Papers-______________________________________________________________________________________________
68.Define Anti-Federalist Papers-__________________________________________________________________________________________
69. Next to each amendment, give a brief description of the amendment
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70. Fill in the chart below with the 7 Principles of Government and definition
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