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This document appears to be a practice exam for an 8th grade social studies class. It contains 40 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of topics like earth science, the atmosphere, economic activities, history, geography, climate change and global warming. The questions cover definitions, causes and effects, and ask students to identify instruments, time periods, leaders, treaties and more.

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2015 E.C Galaxy academy school 2nd semester social studies model exam for grade 8th . Direction:- for questions 1-40, choose the correct answer from the given alternatives. ____1. Which one of the following internal forces occurs due to tensional force? A) Volcano B) Earth quake C) folding D) faulting ____2. Which one of the following is external force? A) faulting B) folding C) wind D) volcano ____3. The bending of the land surface due to internal force is _______ A) faulting B) folding C) volcanism D) Earth quake ____4. Which one of the following is an internal force that changes an Earth’s surface? A) Erosion B) Earth quakes C) Denudation D) Weathering ____5. Which type of force forms rift valley? A) Erosion B) volcanism C) faulting D) folding ____6. The largest rift valley in the world extends from _______to_______. A) Jordan, Tanzania B) Israel, Angola C) Togo, Zambia D) Syria, Mozambique _____7. One is an instrument that used to measure Earth quake? A) Barometer B) Bargraph C) seismograph D) kilometer ____8. The instrument used to measure temperature is called? A) Hydrometer B) thermometer C) Barometer D) Wind vane ____9. The lower portion of the atmosphere is called? A) Mesosphere B) stratosphere C) troposphere D) thermosphere ____10. A type of atmospheric layer which absorbs the incoming ultra-violate (uv) radiation of the sun is_______ A) stratosphere B) troposphere C) Mesosphere D) thermosphere ____11. A type of rain fall that occurs when a warm air is forced to raise over the mountains is:- A) cyclonic B) relief C) frontal D) convectional ___12. ___________ is the transfer of energy from one body to another by means of electromagnetic waves? A) Convection B) conduction C) radiation D) humidity ___13. Which one of the following is a primary economic activity? A) Trade B) construction C) manufacturing D) forestry ____14. Which one of the following economic activities belongs to “smoke less industry”? A) Tourism B) forestry C) mining D) domestic trade
___15. A system of communication which consists of sounds and written symbols is A) Religion B) language C) human race D) ethnicity ___16. From the following one is a cause of cultural change? A) Globalization B) environment C) technology D) all are correct ____17. Which one of the following is non renewable resource? A) Air B) coal C) soil D) water ____18. The industrial revolution was began in_______ A) France B) USA C) England D) Germany ___19. What was the major source of power during the first industrial revolution A) Atomic energy B) steam engine C) petroleum D) electricity ___20. Which one was not members of allied power during WWII? A) Germany B) France C) Russia D) USA ___21. Which were the main axis powers during WW2? A) France, Britain and Italy B) Germany, Japan and Italy C) USA, USSR, and Japan D) Germany, USA and France ___22. Who was the leader of the Nazi party in Germany? A) Lenin B) Napoleon C) Adolf Hitler D) Bito Mussolini ___23. Which one of the following European explores sailed from the tip of West Africa to the tip of South Africa in 1487? A) Pedro Cabral B) Amerigo Respussi C) Bartholomew Diaz D) Magellan ___24. Which one of the following means of transportation has the highest carrying capacity on the land surface? A) Rail B) road C) water D) air ____25. The Berlin conference was made in A) Italy B) Germany C) France D) England ____26. The greater number of African countries had been under the colonial rules of A) Italy and France B) Germany and Italy C) France and Britain D) France and Belgium ____27. The only two African countries that were not colonized were A) Ethiopia and Liberia B) Kenya and Sudan C) Senegal and Zambia D) Botswana and Lesotho ____28. Which one of the following is north African countries had been under the Italian colonial rule? A) Morocco B) Libya C) Egypt D) Togo ____29. When was Zemene Mesafint end?
A) 1850 B) 1853 C) 1855 D) 1851 ___30. Madagascar, Tunisia, Senegal received their independency from A) Italy B) Spain C) Portugal D) France ___31. Who was the first president of African Union? A) Thabo Mbeki B) Meles Zenawi C) Dialo Telli D) Jomo Kenyata ___32. In the treaty of Wuchale which article brought Italy and Ethiopia to the war of Adwa? A) Article II B) V C) XVII D)X ___33. The great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is constructing on_________ river? A) Awash B) Abay C) Tekeze D) Wabi shebele ___ 34. All are greenhouse gases except? A) Methane B) Carbon dioxide C) Ethane D) Clfcs ___35. Which one is correct about ozone? A) Ozone is a form of oxygen gas B) ozone is a protective layer found in the stratosphere C) Ozone is deplete by human releasing of chlorofluoro carbon D) all ___ 36. One cannot be the cause for global warming Ca2? A) carbon dioxide emission B) Methane emission C) deforestation D) Afforestation ___37. Comparing with other gases of the atmospheres which one is very important in protecting ultra-violate radiation? A) Nitrogen B) Hydrogen C) Ozone D) Oxygen ___38. Which of the following is a natural factors responsible for climate change? A) Nuclear war B) Oceans C) Burning of fossil fuel D) Ozone layer depletion ___39. From the following one is correct about chlorofluoro carbons(clfcs) A) Once used as pesticides B) contribute to fertility of soil C) deplete the Ozone layer D) once used as energy source ___40. Which one of the following is the effect of global warming? A) Melting ice B) raising sea levels C) change in weather pattern D) all are possible answers

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  • 1. 2015 E.C Galaxy academy school 2nd semester social studies model exam for grade 8th . Direction:- for questions 1-40, choose the correct answer from the given alternatives. ____1. Which one of the following internal forces occurs due to tensional force? A) Volcano B) Earth quake C) folding D) faulting ____2. Which one of the following is external force? A) faulting B) folding C) wind D) volcano ____3. The bending of the land surface due to internal force is _______ A) faulting B) folding C) volcanism D) Earth quake ____4. Which one of the following is an internal force that changes an Earth’s surface? A) Erosion B) Earth quakes C) Denudation D) Weathering ____5. Which type of force forms rift valley? A) Erosion B) volcanism C) faulting D) folding ____6. The largest rift valley in the world extends from _______to_______. A) Jordan, Tanzania B) Israel, Angola C) Togo, Zambia D) Syria, Mozambique _____7. One is an instrument that used to measure Earth quake? A) Barometer B) Bargraph C) seismograph D) kilometer ____8. The instrument used to measure temperature is called? A) Hydrometer B) thermometer C) Barometer D) Wind vane ____9. The lower portion of the atmosphere is called? A) Mesosphere B) stratosphere C) troposphere D) thermosphere ____10. A type of atmospheric layer which absorbs the incoming ultra-violate (uv) radiation of the sun is_______ A) stratosphere B) troposphere C) Mesosphere D) thermosphere ____11. A type of rain fall that occurs when a warm air is forced to raise over the mountains is:- A) cyclonic B) relief C) frontal D) convectional ___12. ___________ is the transfer of energy from one body to another by means of electromagnetic waves? A) Convection B) conduction C) radiation D) humidity ___13. Which one of the following is a primary economic activity? A) Trade B) construction C) manufacturing D) forestry ____14. Which one of the following economic activities belongs to “smoke less industry”? A) Tourism B) forestry C) mining D) domestic trade
  • 2. ___15. A system of communication which consists of sounds and written symbols is A) Religion B) language C) human race D) ethnicity ___16. From the following one is a cause of cultural change? A) Globalization B) environment C) technology D) all are correct ____17. Which one of the following is non renewable resource? A) Air B) coal C) soil D) water ____18. The industrial revolution was began in_______ A) France B) USA C) England D) Germany ___19. What was the major source of power during the first industrial revolution A) Atomic energy B) steam engine C) petroleum D) electricity ___20. Which one was not members of allied power during WWII? A) Germany B) France C) Russia D) USA ___21. Which were the main axis powers during WW2? A) France, Britain and Italy B) Germany, Japan and Italy C) USA, USSR, and Japan D) Germany, USA and France ___22. Who was the leader of the Nazi party in Germany? A) Lenin B) Napoleon C) Adolf Hitler D) Bito Mussolini ___23. Which one of the following European explores sailed from the tip of West Africa to the tip of South Africa in 1487? A) Pedro Cabral B) Amerigo Respussi C) Bartholomew Diaz D) Magellan ___24. Which one of the following means of transportation has the highest carrying capacity on the land surface? A) Rail B) road C) water D) air ____25. The Berlin conference was made in A) Italy B) Germany C) France D) England ____26. The greater number of African countries had been under the colonial rules of A) Italy and France B) Germany and Italy C) France and Britain D) France and Belgium ____27. The only two African countries that were not colonized were A) Ethiopia and Liberia B) Kenya and Sudan C) Senegal and Zambia D) Botswana and Lesotho ____28. Which one of the following is north African countries had been under the Italian colonial rule? A) Morocco B) Libya C) Egypt D) Togo ____29. When was Zemene Mesafint end?
  • 3. A) 1850 B) 1853 C) 1855 D) 1851 ___30. Madagascar, Tunisia, Senegal received their independency from A) Italy B) Spain C) Portugal D) France ___31. Who was the first president of African Union? A) Thabo Mbeki B) Meles Zenawi C) Dialo Telli D) Jomo Kenyata ___32. In the treaty of Wuchale which article brought Italy and Ethiopia to the war of Adwa? A) Article II B) V C) XVII D)X ___33. The great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is constructing on_________ river? A) Awash B) Abay C) Tekeze D) Wabi shebele ___ 34. All are greenhouse gases except? A) Methane B) Carbon dioxide C) Ethane D) Clfcs ___35. Which one is correct about ozone? A) Ozone is a form of oxygen gas B) ozone is a protective layer found in the stratosphere C) Ozone is deplete by human releasing of chlorofluoro carbon D) all ___ 36. One cannot be the cause for global warming Ca2? A) carbon dioxide emission B) Methane emission C) deforestation D) Afforestation ___37. Comparing with other gases of the atmospheres which one is very important in protecting ultra-violate radiation? A) Nitrogen B) Hydrogen C) Ozone D) Oxygen ___38. Which of the following is a natural factors responsible for climate change? A) Nuclear war B) Oceans C) Burning of fossil fuel D) Ozone layer depletion ___39. From the following one is correct about chlorofluoro carbons(clfcs) A) Once used as pesticides B) contribute to fertility of soil C) deplete the Ozone layer D) once used as energy source ___40. Which one of the following is the effect of global warming? A) Melting ice B) raising sea levels C) change in weather pattern D) all are possible answers