WorksheetsGACE Middle Grade Social Science Practice Quiz
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 33mins
Some countries in the Americas still have large populations of indigenous or partly indigenous peoples. Of the following, which pair of countries does not have comparatively as large of an indigenous population as the other countries?
Paraguay and Mexico
Argentina and Uruguay
Ecuador and Bolivia
Guatemala and Pueru
Which of the following is not true regarding the Virginia Companies?
One company had a charter to colonize America from the Potomac River to north Maine.
One of these companies, the Virginia Company of Plymouth, made its base in North America.
One of these companies, the Virginia Company of London, made its base in Massachusetts.
One company had a charter to colonize America between the Hudson and Cape Fear rivers
Which of the following statements is not true regarding English expansionism in the 16th century?
England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 brought a decisive end to their war with Spain.
Sir Francis Drake and other English sea captains plundered the Spaniards’ plunders of Indians.
King Henry VIII’s desire to divorce Catherine of Aragon strengthened English expansionism.
Queen Elizabeth’s support for the Protestant Reformation strengthened English expansionism
Which of the following statements is not true regarding the colony of Jamestown?
The colony of Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company of London in 1607.
John Smith’s governance helped Jamestown more than John Rolfe’s tobacco discovery.
The colony of Jamestown became the first permanent English colony in North America.
The majority of settlers in early Jamestown died of starvation, disease, or Indian attacks
Which of the following conquistadores unwittingly gave smallpox to the Indians and destroyed the Aztec empire in Mexico?
De Vaca
Balboa
Ponce de Leon
Cortes
Which of these factors was not a direct contributor to the beginning of the American Revolution?
The attitudes of American colonists toward Great Britain following the French and Indian War
Lord Grenville’s Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act, Currency Act, and especially Stamp Act
James Otis’s court argument against Great Britain’s Writs of Assistance as breaking natural law
The attitudes of leaders in Great Britain toward the American colonies and imperialism
Which of the following statements is not true regarding the Tea Act of 1773?
The British East India Company was suffering financially because Americans were buying tea smuggled from Holland.
Colonists found that even with added taxes, tea directly shipped by the British East India Company cost less, and they bought it.
Parliament granted concessions to the British East India Company to ship tea straight to America, bypassing England.
American colonists refused to buy less expensive tea from the British East India Company on the principle of taxation.
Which of the following were dispatch riders notifying Americans of British troop movements reported by American surveillance in 1775?
Paul Revere
William Dawes
John Parker
Paul Revere and William Dawes
Which of the following is true concerning the formation of new state governments in the new United States of America following freedom from British rule?
The state of Massachusetts did not formally begin to use its new constitution until 1778.
The state of Massachusetts required a special convention for its constitution, setting a good example.
The states of Connecticut and Massachusetts retained their colonial charters, minus the British parts.
By the end of 1777, new constitutions had been created for twelve of the American states.
Which of the following is not a true statement regarding the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson sent a delegation to Paris to endeavor to purchase only the city of New Orleans from Napoleon.
Napoleon, anticipating U.S. intrusions into Louisiana, offered to sell the U.S. the entire Louisiana territory.
The American delegation accepted Napoleon’s offer, though they were only authorized to buy New Orleans.
The Louisiana Purchase, once it was completed, increased the territory of the U.S. by 50% overnight.
“Rather than having to pay for costly fortifications, armies, and navies, this country enjoyed free protection provided by nature. Furthermore, for more than a century, British subjects manned and paid for the costly navy that policed and defended the Atlantic and provided this country cost-free added security.”
The country that benefited from the added security referred to above was which of the following?
Germany
Holland
Sweden
United States
The widespread adoption of the cotton gin had which of the following effects in Georgia?
A. It caused many textile mills to go out of business
B. It made it harder for large plantation owners to make money
C. It made harvesting cotton easier so that slaves were no longer needed
D. It made harvesting cotton more efficient and increased the state’s dependence on the crop
The majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States before the Civil War came from
A. northern and western Europe.
B. southern and eastern Europe.
C. Latin America and the Caribbean.
D. Asia and the Pacific Islands.
A transportation network that included roads, canals, and steamboats, constructed in the United States in the early 1800s, had which of the following effects in the years before the Civil War?
A. It decreased the need for immigrant labor
B. It stimulated the development of a market revolution
C. It weakened the plantation system in the southern states
D. It transformed the United States into an international military power
President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves who
A. were living in the areas still in rebellion.
B. were serving in the Union armies.
C. were living in the border states.
D. had escaped to Northern states.
Which TWO of the following were leaders of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s and 1970s?
A. Susan B. Anthony
B. Betty Friedan
C. Harriet Tubman
D. Gloria Steinem
The Sibley Commission was formed to address which specific issue during the Civil Rights movement in Georgia?
A. Voter registration
B. The county unit system
C. A new state flag
D. School segregation
Which of the following was a charge made by Senator Joseph McCarthy about dangers facing the United States in the 1950s?
A. There were a significant number of Communists in positions of authority in the United States government
B. Most United States voters were sympathetic to the Communists
C. The United States economy was threatened by cheap foreign imports
D. An increase in the rate of illegal immigration was threatening the stability of United States society
Which of the following is a feature of physical geography that Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia share?
A. Location in the center of tectonic plates
B. Semiarid grassland vegetation
C. A humid tropical climate
D. Land composed of an archipelago
The greatest expansion of direct European colonial rule in Africa occurred in which of the following periods?
A. 1450–1500
B. 1750–1800
C. 1850–1900
D. 1900–1950
11. Which of the following was an outcome of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919-1920 at the conclusion of the First World War?
A. The Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to give up land, population, and important resources
B. The Treaty of Versailles divided Germany into eastern and western states
C. The British gave control of Palestine to the Arabs living there
D. The Austrian Empire remained intact
“We hold these truths to be self-evident. That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
This statement from the Declaration of Independence was most directly influenced by which of the following intellectual traditions?
A. Classical Greek
B. The Enlightenment
C. Puritanism
D. The Great Awakening
Which of the following is most essential to the successful functioning of a democracy?
A. Existence of three branches of government
B. Participation of citizens
C. Direct election of the head of government
D. Federalism
In one hour, Amanda can type five pages of a report or she can make 10 sandwiches. The opportunity cost of typing one page of a report is
A. two sandwiches.
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B. five sandwiches.
C. 10 sandwiches.
D. 50 sandwiches
If the tax rate for a single person with $25,000 in taxable income is 24 percent, and the tax rate for a single person with $20,000 in taxable income is 20 percent, the tax rate over this income range is
A. regressive.
B. progressive.
C. proportional.
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D. revenue-neutral
Opposition to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was mostly based on the
A. costs imposed on private business to comply with the act.
B. impact the act would have on the national debt.
C. burden the act would place on military recruitment efforts.
D. effect the act would have on partisan voting patterns in congressional elections.
As a country, the People’s Republic of China can best be classified as a
A. multiethnic state.
B. stateless nation.
C. supranational organization.
D. special autonomous region.
The legacy of European colonialism in Southeast Asia is evidenced by
A. Islam in Indonesia and modern architecture in Malaysia.
B. Catholicism in the Philippines and French architecture in Vietnam.
C. Buddhism in Thailand and the Dutch language in Indonesia.
D. Taoism in China and the Khmer language in Cambodia.
Which of the following is a role of the state of Georgia’s executive branch of government?
A. To propose and vote on legislation before the United States House of Representatives
B. To propose and vote on legislation before the United States Senate
C. To judge the constitutionality of laws created by the Georgia General Assembly
D. To administer and enforce the laws created by the Georgia General Assembly
Which of the following were signers of the United States Constitution on behalf of the state of Georgia?
A. John Hancock and John Adams
B. George Walton and Button Gwinnett
C. William Few and Abraham Baldwin
D. Charles Pinckney and Robert Morris
Which TWO of the following were New Deal government economic policies created during the Great Depression?
A. A system of interstate highways
B. Bank deposit insurance for consumers
C. Social security pension savings plan
D. Antitrust laws to break up monopolies
A national government is likely to have the LEAST amount of power in a
A. constitutional monarchy.
B. unitary system.
C. parliamentary system.
D. confederation.
Which of the following is the dominant type of vegetation found in the subarctic taiga of Russia and the boreal forest of Canada?
A. Deciduous trees
B. Scrub trees
C. Coniferous trees
D. Mangrove trees
