8 TH Grade Final

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS.
USA It - Orthography (Time, one hour)

was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology,
syllabication?
Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS and reprinted by the
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
Salina Journal. 3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals,
diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
- 8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS - 1895 4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under
- Grammar (Time, one hour) each rule.
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis,
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph. pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono,super.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and 8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign
run. that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd,cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case. 9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane,fain, feign,
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation. vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
7. 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use
understand the practical use of the rules of grammar. of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
-Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) - Geography (Time, one hour)

1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of 2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
wheat will it hold? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu., 4. Describe the mountains of North America.
deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? 5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba,
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals? 6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent. 8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per m? 9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent. rivers.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 10. Describe the movements of the earth.
640 rods? 11. Give inclination of the earth.
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt. -------------------------------------------------
Imagine a college student who went to public school trying to pass this
- U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) test, even if the few outdated questions were modernized.
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided. --------------------------------
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus. Gives the saying of an early 20th century person that "she/he only had
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States. an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning!
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and
Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607 1620 1800 1849 1865

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This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS.

USA It - Orthography (Time, one hour)

-Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) - Geography (Time, one hour)

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