8th Grade Mid-term Review

Please be advised that the information below is information that we did not get to cover in class. The first half was reviewed in the game that was played in class as a review for the midterm. Good Luck! 

• When you have been disloyal to your country you have committed - treason
• During the American Revolution loyalists wanted Great Britain to win, and the PATRIOTS wanted the colonists to win. 
• The declaration of Independence was signed on _______ and that date marks the birth of the United States of America
• Who was credited for the writing the Declaration of Independence? - Thomas Jefferson
• America's first government was the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, and the Constitution is the second and current government. 
• The introduction to the Constitution is the - Preamble
• The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the - BILL OF RIGHTS
• The federal government's power is separated into 3 branches. This is known as - SEPARATION OF POWERS. 
• Powers shared by the federal government and state governments are - CONCURRENT POWERS. 
• Each branch of government hold some control over the other two branches. This system is known as - CHECKS AND BALANCES
• After the court case Marbury vs. Madison, the 1st Chief Justice, John Jay, announced that the Supreme Court of the U.S. has the right to deem laws unconstitutional or constitutional This is known as - JUDICIAL REVIEW
• The Star Spangled Banner was written during the War of 1812 by - Francis Scott Key
• During the Industrial Revolution, another name for the train was - THE IRON HORSE
• During the Industrial Revolution, towns grew into large cities because this was built in the towns - FACTORIES
• What region of the United States dominated the textile industry in the 1800s? - NEW ENGLAND
• One negative aspect of the Industrial Revolution was - CHILD LABOR
• The three regions of the United States had distinct economic dominance. The South and the growing West were agricultural, and the North was - INDUSTRIAL
• THe three causes of the American Civil War were Slavery, Economic developments, and - STATES' RIGHTS
• Under this agreement, Missouri entered as a slave state - MISSOURI COMPROMISE
• Under this agreement, California entered as a free state - COMPROMISE OF 1850
• This made it a federal crime to aid an escaping slave - FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
• This vocabulary word of the Civil War means to formerly withdraw from - SECEDE
• During the Civil War, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were considered - BORDER STATES
• Frederick Douglas was a former slave who spoke up against slavery and - STARTED A NEWSPAPER
• The population of the Confederacy was SMALLER than that of the North. 
• The Emancipation Proclamation freed all the slaves in the SOUTH. 
• CONTRABANDS = escaped slaves
• The Writ of Habeas Corpus guarantees that a person is entitled to a trial soon after he or she has been imprisoned for a crime. 
• The attack on _________ is considered the beginning of the Civil War. 
• During the Civil War, black and white soldiers were treated the same - FALSE
• A naval battle is a battle that takes place - AT SEA
• The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the turning point of the war because: a) The North started to win AND b) Lincoln changed the meaning of the war.

7th Grade Midterm Review

7^th Mid-term Review

You’re going to have 50 multiple choice questions on the mid-term exam on Friday, January 25^th.

Look for the answers in all of the notes that we’ve read in class since September 2012.

·         What do you call a person who professionally makes maps?

·         What is the best representation of earth? 

·         The two most commonly used maps are physical and political maps.

·         Know the five parts of a map and the functions of each.

·         Know that the earth has 7 continents and 4 oceans.

·         Know the names of the 7 continents and 4 oceans.

·         Know the definitions  for the following landforms and bodies of water: archipelago, delta, island, lake, strait, peninsula, valley, volcano.

·         The equator is at 0 degrees latitude.

·         The North Pole is at 90 degrees North latitude.

·         Lines of latitude and longitude are measured in units called: degrees.

·         How many states does the United States have?

·         The population of the United States is 300 million.

·         The study of ancient people is: archeology

·         Things left behind by early people (stone tools, weapons, baskets, carvings) are: artifacts

·         The land bridge that once joined Alaska and Siberia (Russia) was: Berengia

·         People who move from place to place for hunting and gathering purposes: nomads

·         Native Americans learned how to raise this crop: maize

·         This method is used by scientist to tell how old an artifact is: carbon dating

·         Through archeological evidence, we now know that these people were the first Europeans to come to America: Vikings

·         The Aztecs lived in present-day: Mexico

·         The Inca lived in present-day: Peru

·         The Maya lived in what today is: The Yucatan Peninsula

·         The Andes Mountains are found in: look up a map of Andes mountains on google images.

·         The first contact that the Inuit had with Europeans was: a commercial type of relationship (that means that they traded with the Europeans).

·         This individual was responsible for calling the Native Americans “Indians”: ________

·         Know this order: First the Native Americans walked across the land bridge into North America, then thousands of years later the Europeans spread disease among the natives, and then the Indians were forced onto reservations.

·         Know about the Inuit: the food they eat, what their unofficial name means “Eskimos”, why they eat raw meat.

·         Why did Columbus call the Native Americans, Indians?

·         Why did Native Americans become hunters and gatherers after they were nomads?

·         Leif Erikson was the first Viking to land in what today is New Foundland in Canada in the year 996C.E.

·         We now know through archeological evidence that the maps that Columbus had may have included Vinland (New Foundland)

·         What year did Columbus arrive in the New World?

·         Hernando Cortes conquered the ______________.

·         Francisco Pizarro conquered the ______________.

8th Grade - Journals 21-30

Journals 21-30

21. Choose one event that led to or caused the Civil War and describe it. State the event, and include dates, and names of individuals involved with that event.

22. If you were Jefferson David, what actions would you have taken to defend and protect the South? Keep in mind the circumstances.

23. Describe what life was like for soldiers during the Civil War. Use your homework as a guide.

24. How did the role of women during the Civil War change their social status after the war?

25. What do you suppose was the purpose or meaning of fighting such a bloody war?

26. Describe the 5 major battles of the Civil War. 1) Attack on Ft. Sumter 2) Battle of Hampton Roads 3) Battle of Vicksburg 4) Battle of Gettysburg 5) Battle at Appomattox Court House.

27. Describe the role of black soldiers during the Civil War.

28. Write a Civil War story using the following words: impact, homesick, menial, discrimination, segregated, and manufacturing (highlight or circle each vocabulary term)

29. Explain how the Civil War had a huge impact on generals, soldiers, family members, slaves, and women.

30. Describe one thing that you learned about the Civil War that sticks out in your mind? Why do you think it sticks out compared to the rest of the lessons?