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Grade 8 Exploration
Who was the first explorer to attempt to circumnavigate the globe?
  1. Hernando de Soto
  2. Curious George
  3. Vasco da Gama
  4. Ferdinand Magellan
Grade 8 Exploration
Who was the French explorer that explored the St. Lawrence region of Canada?
  1. Jacques Cartier
  2. Giovanni Verrazano
  3. Henando de Soto
  4. Samuel de Champlain
Grade 8 Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
  1. Germany
  2. England
  3. Spain
  4. Italy
Grade 8 French Revolution
The Treaty of Versailles ended which war?
  1. World War I
  2. World War II
  3. Algerian War
  4. Franco-Prussian War
Grade 8 Industrial Revolution
Who invented the steamboat?
  1. Robert Fulton
  2. Eli Whitney
  3. Elizabeth Stanton
  4. Samuel Morse
Grade 8 Cold War
What was the name of the American program to rebuild Western Europe's industries and economy after World War II?
  1. Warsaw Pact
  2. Marshall Plan
  3. European Union
  4. League of Nations
Grade 8 Exploration
In 1488, which explorer became the first European to reach the Indian Ocean by sea?
  1. Vasco de Gama
  2. Hernan Cortes
  3. Amerigo Vespucci
  4. Bartolomeu Dias
Grade 8 Russian Revolution
Which leader in the Russian Revolution was the most responisble for shaping the Russian version of Communism?
  1. Karl Marx
  2. Joseph Stalin
  3. Vladimir Lenin
  4. Nikita Krushchev
Grade 8 Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution began in what country?
  1. The United States
  2. Great Britain
  3. France
  4. Spain
Grade 8 Modern Europe
Bastille Day is celebrated with a military parade down which famous street in Paris?
  1. The Île de la Cité
  2. The Champ de Mars
  3. The Champs-Élysées
  4. Boulevard Montmartre
Grade 8 Exploration
The movement of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas is known as what?
  1. The New World
  2. Age of Discovery
  3. The European Transfer
  4. The Columbian Exchange
Grade 8 Modern Europe
What was the first communist state?
  1. China
  2. Russia
  3. Estonia
  4. North Korea
Grade 8 Exploration
The Age of Exploration began because which monarch sponsored many early explorers?
  1. King Ferdinand
  2. Prince William
  3. King Charles
  4. Prince Henry
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