Grade 8: Objective 2 Practice Quiz, Online TAKS Test Practice, Social Studies, Glencoe

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Grade 8: Objective 2 Practice Quiz


	1.	What area was occupied by both the United States and Great Britain? Obj 2: TEKS 8.6E

		a.	Oregon Country
		b.	Mexico
		c.	Arkansas Territory
		d.	the Rocky Mountains


	2.	The treaty in 1819 that added Florida and other areas to the United States was negotiated with ____. Obj 2: TEKS 8.6E

		a.	France
		b.	Great Britain
		c.	Mexico
		d.	Spain


	3.	The Mexican Cession is the area of the present-day United States that Mexico agreed to give up as part of the ____. Obj 2: TEKS 8.6E

		a.	Treaty of Paris
		b.	Proclamation of 1763
		c.	Treaty of Greenville
		d.	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo


	4.	Which of the following states includes areas with 90 or more inhabitants per square mile? Obj 2: TEKS 8.10B

		a.	Texas
		b.	Indiana
		c.	Vermont
		d.	South Carolina


	5.	Information on the map shows that ____. Obj 2: TEKS 8.10B

		a.	support for ratification was strongest in North Carolina
		b.	New York voted for ratification before Pennsylvania did
		c.	support for ratification was stronger in Virginia than in New Jersey
		d.	South Carolina voted for ratification before Virginia did


	6.	Based on information presented in the chart, which of the following statements is true? Obj 2: TEKS 8.10B

		a.	Both regions had similar naval strength.
		b.	The population of the North was nearly four times greater than the population of the South.
		c.	The agricultural economy of the South gave it strong financial advantages.
		d.	The South had approximately one-fifth of the nation’s factories and industries.


	7.	The building of canal systems led to ____. Obj 2: TEKS 8.11A

		a.	a decrease in trade
		b.	abandonment of the rail lines
		c.	a decrease in farming
		d.	expansion of trade between the east and midwest


	8.	This map shows rail lines that developed in the United States as a result of westward expansion. What lines made up the first transcontinental railroad? Obj 2: TEKS 8.11A

		a.	the Southern Pacific and the Great Northern
		b.	the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific
		c.	the Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific
		d.	the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern


	9.	These events took place during the ____. Obj 2: TEKS 8.11B

		a.	1790s
		b.	1820s
		c.	Civil War
		d.	1880s


	10.	Which set of colonies had the most narrow economic focus? Obj 2: TEKS 8.11B

		a.	Spanish
		b.	English
		c.	French
		d.	none of the above


	11.	By ____ prices in the Confederacy were nearly three times as high as they were in 1860. Obj 2: TEKS 8.11C

		a.	1861
		b.	1862
		c.	1863
		d.	1864


	12.	Which of the following was a provision included in the Northwest Ordinance? Obj 2: TEKS 8.11C

		a.	People living in the Northwest Territory were guaranteed freedom of religion.
		b.	Slavery was permitted in the territory.
		c.	Townships were to be 10 miles long and 10 miles wide.
		d.	The people living in the territory were given the right to trial by jury once it became divided into separate states.


	13.	Urban population is defined as the number of people living in a city or town of at least 2,500 people. In 1860, approximately ____ Americans lived in urban counties. Obj 2: TEKS 8.12A

		a.	3 million
		b.	20 million
		c.	one of every five
		d.	one of every two


	14.	The correct chronological order of these events is ____. Obj 2: TEKS 8.12A

		a.	B, D, C, A, E
		b.	E, B, D, A, C
		c.	D, A, E, B, C
		d.	A, E, D, C, B


	15.	The American frontier shifted westward in stages. Which of those listed was the last frontier to be settled? Obj 2: TEKS 8.12A

		a.	Appalachian Mountains
		b.	the Great Lakes
		c.	California
		d.	Great Plains

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