Al Mutaqadimah Schools Company

Applied University International Schools

International Education Sector - Girls

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Second Term

Social Studies Booklet

Grade 8
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Lesson 4: Pioneers

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 Handout 1

1. Sort the following key words as related to each pioneer.

Cancer research Al Nasr Flaming Arrow Desert Pele Femto chemistry

King Faisal International Prize clinical pathology intermediary
Egyptian king Faisal Hospital Saudi soccer player University of Alexandria
Saudi woman activist King Fahd National Children’s Cancer Center national team
medical degree striker Collar of the Nile

Khawla Al-Kuraya Majid Abdullah Ahmed Zuwail

1. cancer research 1. Al Nasr 1. Femtochemistry

2. clinical pathology 2. Flaming Arrow 2. Egyptian

3. king Faisal Hospital 3. Saudi soccer 3. University of

player Alexandria
4. Saudi woman activist 4. Desert Pele 4. King Faisal
International Prize

5. King Fahd National 5. national team 5. intermediary

Children’s Cancer Center

6. medical degree 6.striker 6.Collar of the Nile

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Unit 3: Lesson 1: Planet Earth in the Solar System.

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Name: Term2/Handout3 Grade 8

Social Studies
 Main subsystems of Earth.
1. Mantle
2. Core
3. Atmosphere
4. Hydrosphere
5. Biosphere
6. Lithosphere

 Results of World War I.

1. People wanted more equality.
2. Countries had serious war debt.
3. Hunger and chaos were widespread.
4. Unemployment.

 Aims of the League of Nations.

1. Collective security
2. Setting international arguments
3. Open negotiations
4. Disarmament

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True or False
1. The Middle East does not exist in isolation from the rest of the world. T

2. Technological development and tension led to the outbreak of World War

I. T

3. At the beginning of World War I, the League of Nations was

established. F

4. World War II broke out in 1959. F

5. Terrestrial planets are bigger and lighter than other planets. F

6. The Earth’s rotation around itself causes day and night. T

7. All the planets in the solar system move in orbit around moon. F

8. Early Earth was made up of a fairly uniform distribution of matter. T

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 Name: Term2/Handout4 Grade 8

Social Studies

II. Given the map scale below, answer the following questions.

1. 3cm represents 900m

2. 1 cm represents 300m
3. 9000000 m= 30,000 cm
4. 1: 300

 Study the following locations and answer the questions below.

1. What is located at 150°34’E, 30°41’S? point D

2. Give the coordinates at point B.
150°30E’, 30°40S’
3. What is located at 150°33’E, 30°43’S? Point A

I. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate answer.

1. A coordinates grid is a tool for locating places on maps.

2. A map is a scaled-down representation of an area in the real world.

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3. A globe is a kind of 3-D map that is the same shape as the Earth.

4. The outer four planets in the solar system are known as Jovian planets.

5. The distance that light travels in one year is called lightyear.

6. A set of planets and their moons orbiting around a star are called solar

system.

7. The water systems on Earth’s surface are called Hydrosphere.

8. Atmosphere is the layer of gases that covers the Earth’s surface.

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