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Name ___________________________________________________ Date ________ Grade 8 Sec. ________

2015/16 A.Y 4thQuarter Social Studies 3rd Model of the 4th Quarter

Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives.

1. The travel of Prophet Mohammed from Macca to medina is known as
A. Persia B. Hijira C. Iran D. None of them
2. The birth place of Western civilization is
A. Rome B. Persia C. Greek D. Europe
3. Mandarin is the official language of
A. China B. Japan C. South Africa D. Nigeria
4. is a means to represent distance on the map with the corresponding
distance on the ground.
A. Scale B. Length C. Circle D. All are correct
5. Which statement best describe the term nationalism?
A. Strong devotion to one’s own nation.
B. The existence of different political parties
C. The belief in free speech and criticism
D. Government of the people
6. The existence of number of groups that belong to different political outlook is known
as:
A. Democracy B. Liberalism C. Pluralism D. Sigularism
7. Which one of the following is the cause of the First World War?
A. Miltrism B. Military alliance C. Nationalism D. All are correct
8. One of the following is sparsely populated area
A. Nile valley C. China and Bangladesh
B. Japan and India D. Tropical desert land
9. Which one of the following is not an effect of erosion?
A. Drought and hunger
B. Formation of vest barren plain with spiraling dust
C. No grazing land for animal
D. Formation of ferment settlement
10. Which one of the following is causes of global warming?
A. Carbon dioxide B. Oxygen C. Nitrogen D. All are correct
11. A community of plants and animals together with their immediate environment
including the inanimate part of the environment is known as:
A. Ecology B. Ecosystem C. Habitat D. Community
12. takes place when tectonic pressure causes rock masses to push
together or pull apart.
A. Folding B. Fauting C. Volcanism D. Earth quake

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13. Vested power to investigate crisis.
A. The Security Council C. Suspended organ of UN
B. Seat for court of justice D. Seat for UN secretariat
14. The layer of the earth with molten rock is known as
A. Curst B. Mantle C. Core D. Sima
15. The major concentration of ozone is in the
A. Stratospher B. Mesospher C. Thermospher D. None
16. In which one of the African countries was the first political party was formed?
A. Ghana B. Nigeria C. South Africa D. Egypt
17. Which of the following is a best characteristics of the 2 nd phase of industrial revolution?
A. The introduction of steamship
B. The introduction of electricity
C. The introduction of rail way
D. The introduction of steam as source of power
18. Maquis is very common type of vegetation that is found in
A. Equatorial rainforest C. Mediterranean vegetation
B. Sub-Saharan Africa D. Afro-Alpine vegetation
19. During the 1st world war, dual alliance was formed between and

A. Austria-Hungary and Germany C. France and Russia

B. Italy and Britain D. Japan and Italy
20. Who was the leader of Ethiopia during the battle of Adwa?
A. King Yohannes C. King Menilik II
B. King Tewodros D. None of them
21. Who was the famous philosopher of China?
A. Zoraster B. Confucius C. Darics D Aristotle
22. One of the following countries did not belong to the entente group during World
War I?
A. USA B. England C. France D. Turkey
23. Which one of the following Marginal information of maps helps to leader to know
about how old the map is
A. Scale B. Legend C. Date D. Title
24. Which one of the following is false about water resource?
A. It’s the most abundant and valuable resource on earth.
B. It’s uniformly distributed throughout the surface of the earth.
C. It’s important to keep the balance of temperature of the earth.
D. It might be affected by pollution.
25. A type of democracy practiced by Athenian was:
A. Indirect democracy C. Polis
B. Assembly D. Direct democracy

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26. Which of the following physical factors negatively affect population distribution of
the world?
A. Soil C. Cold climate
B. Lack of weather and technology D. Remoteness of an area
27. The 23½0 South latitude is called
A. Tropic of cancer C. Arctic circle
B. Tropic of Capricorn D. Antarctic circle
28. The largest bodies of water on the surface of the earth are:
A. Seas B. River C. Ocean D. Lakes
29. is a person who is well trained to make map.
A. Cartographer B. Scale map C. Geography D. Scale
30. Which one of the following is belong to metamorphic rock?
A. Marble B. Slate C. Quartz D. All are correct
31. Which one of the following shows the importance of mineral?
A. Home consumption C. Construction
B. Raw material for industry D. All are correct
32. The inner core of the earth is:
A. solid B. liquid C. gas D. None
33. The pictorial representation of the earth
A. Scale B. rock C. map D. None
34. One of the following is not true about tropical savannah?
A. Covers the surface where along winter, dray season occur
B. Large areas of tall grass are interspersed with groves of tree
C. It’s among the riches grazing lands an earth
D. Xerophytes are common plant
35. Which of the following is a major problem for African state?
A. Drought B. Famine C. HIV/AIDS D. All are correct
36. Ethiopia is one of the founding member of:
A. ECOWAS C. OAU/AU
B. World trade organization D. Arab league
37. Which pre-colonial state of Africa commonly known as “house of stone”
A. Pre-colonial Mali C. Pre-colonial Egypt
B. Pre-colonial Funji D. Pre-colonial Zimbabwe
38. Which one is used as an official language in most Latin American countries?
A. French B. Spanish C. English D. Portuguese
39. The most dominant physical factor that has strong influence on the pattern of
population distribution is
A. Technological advancement C. Vegetation cover
B. Relief D. Climate
40. The old living religion of Japan is:
A. Shintoism B. Buddhism C. Hinduism D. Judaism
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41. Which one of the following becomes the first emperor of Roman Empire?
A. Angustus Caesar C. Alexander the great
B. Cyrus the great D. Urubi Pasha
42. A more accurate and easier method to get the location of a place on a map is using.
A. Name of place near to a dot or point
B. Direction and distance from a well major place
C. Lines of latitudes and longitude
D. Drawing on sand
43. Which of the following is not the cause of water pollution?
A. Sewage waste C. Industrial wastage
B. Agricultural pollutant D. Reforestation
44. The Second World War was broke out when
A. Germany invaded Poland C. A and B are correct
B. Japan invaded Manchuria D. None of them
45. Africa is bounded on the west by
A. Indian ocean B. Red sea C. Atlantic ocean D. All are correct
46. An Egyptian nationalist party which was emerged to struggle against colonial rule
after WWI is:
A. Neo-Dastur party C. African national congress
B. Wafd party D. Young Kikuyu association
47. The type of rock that shows changing of rock
A. sedimentary rock C. metamorphic rock
B. igneous rock D. magma
48. Which one of the following is the effect of erosion?
A. Flooding B. Desertification C. D. All are correct
49. Which one of the following is the result of compressional force?
A. Faulting B. Folding C. Volcano D. Earthquake
50. Who was known as “father of modern history?”
A. Herodotus B. Hippocrates C. Socrates D. Aristotle
51. Which one of the following is belongs to Niger-Congo language families?
A. Bantu family C. A and B are correct
B. Kordofanian family D. None of them
52. Buddhism was founded by
A. Confucius C. Sidhartha Gautoma
B. Prophet Mohammed D. All are correct
53. were Muslim merchants in Northern Ethiopia.
A. Afkala B. Jabarti C. Negadras D. Merchant
54. erosion affects large areas and it occurs when rainfalls on agentle
slope which si bare of vegetation.
A. Sheet erosion C. Wind erosion
B. Gully erosion D. None of them

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55. It occurs when rock layers are pushed by earth movement from one or two sides.
A. faulting B. folding C. volcanism D. Earth quake
56. is protecting the earth from the dangers of the ultra-violet rays.
A. Carbon dioxide B. Ozone C. Oxygen D. Methane
57. Which one of the following is function of Security Council?
A. Maintaining international peace and security
B. To impalement the discussions of the general assembly
C. International labour association
D. To coordinate the activities and direct funds.
58. Which one of the following is not among the right of women?
A. To possess, transfer and inherit properties
B. To protect themselves from harmful practices
C. Equality before, during and after marriage
D. Maternity leave without pay before and after they give birth to a child.
59. A criminal behavior that is carried out by a juvenile is
A. Delinquency B. bad behavior C. gambeling D. None of them
60. Mark of Shame or disgrace means:
A. discrimination B. veto power C. stigma D. security