Social Studies 8 - Final Exam
Booklet One: Multiple Choice
Answer all questions on the Scantron Card provided.
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GEOGRAPHY SECTION
True or False
Read each statement below and use the diagram
to choose either True or False
1. The prime meridian passes through Africa.
2. The continent that is mostly in the southern hemisphere and entirely in the eastern hemisphere is South America.
3. 180 degrees passes through the Pacific Ocean.
4. Parts of Africa can be found in all hemispheres.
5. 120 degrees East passes through Europe.
6. The Equator is the meridian labeled 0 degrees.
7. All of the lines pass through the South Pole.
8. 120 degrees West passes through the United States and Canada.
9. The Southern and Northern Hemispheres are divided by the prime meridian.
10. The North Pole is located at 90 degrees N.
11. If you stood at the prime meridian and faced west, you would be looking towards the Atlantic Ocean.
12. The line of latitude that passes through Australia, Africa and South America is labeled 30 degrees South.
13. 45 degrees North passes through the United States, Europe and Asia.
14. 90 degrees South is the North Pole.
15. The 0 degree parallel is the Equator.
Multiple Choice
For questions 16 - 20 use the following map as a reference;
16. The number 1 is the continent of;
a. Africa
b. Antarctica
c. North America
d. Asia
17. The number 2 is the continent of;
a. Australia
b. South America
c. Europe
d. Asia
18. The number 3 is the continent of;
a. Europe
b. North America
c. Asia
d. Africa
19. The number 4 is the ___________ ocean.
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Arctic
d. Indian
20. The number 5 is the ____________ ocean.
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Arctic
d. Indian
21. Using a map scale of 1 cm to 10 km, find the distance between x and y.
a. 5 km
b. 50 km
c. 25 km
d. 100 km
22. Using a map scale of 2 cm to 15 km find the total distance between g and h.
a. 120 km
b. 30 km
c. 60 km
d. 90 km
23. The following drawing is an example of;
a. coordinate drawing
b. distortion mapping
c. topographical drawing
d. contour mapping
HISTORY SECTION
24. What was tile official religion of the Roman Empire during its last hundred years?
a. Islam.
b. Buddhism.
c. Christianity.
d. Hinduism.
25. What was done to better manage the affairs of the Roman Empire during its final years?
a. The army was made bigger
b. More roads were built
c. Pax Romana was enforced
d. the Empire was spilt into two
26. The Romans spent a considerable amount of time, money and labour to make and
maintain their roads. This is because the roads;
a. provided a quick and easy way to transport troops
b. helped encourage trade
c. improved communication with the far reaches of the empire
d. all of the above
e. a & c only
27. The Western Roman Empire was governed by the city of;
a. Constantinople
b. Rome
c. Egypt
d. London
Matching: Match the reasons for the decline of the Roman Empire under the correct
heading of either; a. Economic
b. Social
c. Political
28. Contagious diseases, brought to Rome by soldiers in the Roman Legions, killed thousands.
a. Economic
b. Social
c. Political
29. Romans spent more money than they should have on entertainment and expensive
luxuries.
a. Economic
b. Social
c. Political
30. After the Roman republic ended in 30 B.C., Rome was ruled by emperors rather than a
government that respected individual freedom.
a. Economic
b. Social
c. Political
31. The Franks can best be described as;
a. Romans
b. barbarians
c. a Germanic tribe
d. Britons
32. The Franks conquered much of what is the Roman province of Gaul. Gaul was what
modern day European country?
a. France
b. England
c. Germany
d. Britain
33. The most famous Royal Frank family was;
a. Saxons
b. Visigoths
c. Byzantines
d. Merovingians
34. The Franks had their own formal system of laws and punishment it was called;
a. Salic Code
b. Celtic Code
c. Saxon Pax
d. Pax Romana
35. The Saxons originally came from Britain.
a. True
b. False
36. The Saxons emigrated across the English Channel is long open boats called;
a. longboats
b. keels
c. canoes
d. vessels
37. The Saxons were farmers who rotated their crops and fields. When a field was left to
fallow it meant that it was;
a. being used
b. planted with wheat or barley
c. resting
d. not very deep
38. Those people who were know as scholars and who were responsible for writing the
history of the Saxons were the;
a. monks
b. serfs
c. lords
d. moots.
39. The Vikings came from all of the following modern European countries EXCEPT;
a. Sweden
b. Britain
c. Norway
d. Denmark
40. A fjord can best be described as;
a. a Viking sailboat
b. a Viking punishment
c. an inlet
d. a Viking battle ax
41. Vikings traveled the seas and rivers in their;
a. keels
b. sail boats
c. dingy
d. longboats
42. Because the Vikings came from the North, they were sometimes called;
a. Norsemen
b. Heathen Men
c. Sea Raiders
d. Storm Troopers
43. The Vikings traveled as far as;
a. South America
b. North America
c. Russia
d. Japan
44. The Viking who discovered and help set up a settlement in Newfoundland was;
a. Erik the Red
b. Thor
c. Leif Valhalla
d. Leif Ericson
45. Which social organization preserved learning during the Middle Ages?
a. The nobles and kings.
b. The monks and priests of the Church.
c. The merchants and business people.
d. The traveling musicians and actors.
46. Which of the following best describes the feudal system?
a. Knights fighting in tournaments.
b. Lords making the peasants work for them.
c. Fighting using medieval weapons.
d. Small landowners giving service to larger landholders in exchange for protection.
47. What promise would a vassal make to his lord?
a. To help him fight in war when he was called.
b. To supply him with food.
c. To farm his land.
d. To educate the village people and children.
48. What promise would a lord make to his vassal?
a. To pay him taxes.
b. To protect him.
c. To supply him with good land.
d. To keep him supplied with paid-working peasants.
49 . How were serfs different from free people?
a. Serfs were farmers.
b. Serfs rented their land from the lord of the manor.
c. Serfs were protected by the lord.
d. Serfs could not leave the manor without the lord's permission.
50. The Renaissance took place in what centuries
a. 8th, 9th
b. 10th, 11th, 12th
c. 13th, 14th
d. 15th, 16th, 17th
51. The Renaissance originated in....
a. Spain
b. Italy
c. England
d. Portugal
e. Gaul
52. Which city state had its own currency called the Ducat?
a. Florence
b. Denmark
c. Verona
d. Venice
e. Milan
53. Which of the following city states had its own currency called the Florin?
a. Pisa
b. Mantua
c. Assisi
d. Florence
e. Siena
54. Which of the following city states had its own navy?
a. Florence
b. Venice
c. Mantua
d. Milan
e. Siena
55. Which writer believed that people were “wretched creatures” that had to be ruled by a harsh ruler?
a. Nicolo Machiavelli
b. Francesco Petrach
c. Savonarola
d. Michelangelo
e. Lorenzo Medici
56. Who was the Dominican preacher who spoke out against the church and its luxury and excess?
a. Nicolo Machiavelli
b. Francesco Petrach
c. Savonarola
d. Michelangelo
57. All of the following are famous renaissance artists EXCEPT;
a. Galileo
b. Michelangelo
c. Gentileschi
d. Do Vinci
58. The name of this following famous renaissance painting is called;
a. Judith Slaying Hlofernes
b. David
c. Mona Lisa
d. Last Supper
59. The name of the famous renaissance artist that painted the above painting was;
a. Galileo
b. Michelangelo
c. Gentileschi
d. Do Vinci
60. The name of this sculpture is;
a. Peter
b. Paul
c. Mary
d. David
e. Ernie
61. The name of the church that had the greatest influence over Western Europe during the renaissance was the;
a. Catholic church
b. the Protestant church
c. Muslim church
d. Roman Catholic church
e. Jewish church
62. The person who invented the printing press was;
a. Gutenberg
b. Da Vinci
c. Copernicus
d. Savonerola
63. Which of the following was an important East Asian trade good during the 16th and 17th century.
a. basil
b. salt
c. tomatoes
d. Pepper
e. pokemon
64. The countries that bordering the Pacific Ocean are...
a. Pacific Ocean countries
b. Pacific West Coast
c. Asian Pacific countries
d. Asian countries
e. Pacific Rim
65. Constaninople fell to the ___________ in the 15th century.
a. Islamic Turkish army
b. Christian Turkish army
c. Roman Empire
d. Roman Catholic Empire
66. The name of the person who wrote the book “Geography” that convinced Columbus the world was round was;
a. Columbus
b. Galileo
c. Ptolemy
d. Magellan
67. The name of a Chinese sailing ship was a;
a. Junk
b. Trash
c. Galleon
d. Galley
68. Which of the following pictures was used as an instrument to determine speed and distance while sailing?
a. Picture 1
b. Picture 2
Picture 1 Picture 2
69. Picture 1 is a;
a. log line
b. traverse board
c. galleon
d. quadrant
e. eyeball looking at the sun
70. Perhaps the greatest innovations in sailing ships was the invention of the;
a. galley
b. tack
c. square sail
d. knot
e. lanteen sail
71. Navigation is;
a. sailing a ship
b. guiding a ship
c. painting a ship
d. selling a ship
e. designing a ship
72. All of the following European countries were great at sea exploration EXCEPT:
a. Holland
b. France
c. Spain
d. Portugal
e. Germany
73. The Portuguese Prince who was nicknamed the “Navigator” was;
a. Prince Harold
b. Prince Henry
c. Prince Hank
d. Prince Henderson
e. The Artist Formally Known as Prince
74. Portugal’s Vasco De Gama was the was the first European to control;
a. the America’s
b. the Indian Ocean
c. the Atlantic Ocean
d. England
75. Francis Drake was the first English captain to;
a. become a pirate
b. sail around the world
c. see a mermaid
d. win the America’s Cup
76. Columbus was;
a. Italian
b. Spanish
c. German
d. Dutch
e. English
77. Sir Francis Drake and his Sea Dogs were ________in the eyes of the English and _________ in the eyes of the Spanish and Portuguese.
a. corsairs, pirates
b. pirates, privateers
c. captains, explorers
d. privateers, pirates
78. The French explorer who established a colony in Canada was;
a. Bartholomeu Dias
b. Francis Drake
c. John Hawkins
d. Jacques Cartier
79. The Dutch set up what trading company;
a. Dutch East India Company
b. Holland Spice Merchants
c. Dutch Spice Merchants
d. Eastern Holland Traders
80. This person wrote the 95 Theses that spoke out against the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church
a. Erasmus
b. Machiavelli
c. Sovonerola
d. Luther
81. This was the name of the new Christian religion that was formed during the Reformation.
a. Muslim
b. Judaism
c. Protestantism
d. Catholicism
82. This was the most violent part of the Catholic Counter-Reformation;
a. Inquisition
b. Propaganda
c. Reform
d. Camping
83. All of these were names of Protestant religious groups EXCEPT;
a. Calvinists
b. Huguenots
c. Lutherans
d. Catholics
84. The Renaissance invention that helped spread Protestantism the most was;
a. perspective drawings
b. the printing press
c. the telescope
d. the radio
85. All of the following are true about Social Studies 8 EXCEPT;
a. students learned how to color a map
b. each day something new was learned
c. it was fun
d. it was long, boring, uninteresting and no fun.