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In contrast to developing nations, developed nations are generally characterized by:
high levels of education.
high rates of infant mortality.
low levels of immigration.
Which TWO of the following were results of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed between Mexico and the United States in 1848?
Select all answers that apply.
The Mexican-American War was ended.
California became a US state.
The border of Texas was drawn at the Rio Grande.
The United States gained the Hawaiian Islands.
The list below describes which of the following principles of the Constitution?
Each branch of government has some powers with which it can regulate the actions of the other two. Each branch of government is solely responsible for key aspects of the legislative process. No branch of government can act alone to legislate for the nation.
checks and balances
republicanism
federalism
Which of the following were effects of British colonialism in Africa?
Select all answers that apply.
African societies became stratified by race.
Africans were subjugated to the transatlantic slave trade.
Democratic expression was stifled until the mid-20th century.
Catholicism became the dominant religious faith in the region.
A social studies teacher is teaching a unit on different governmental systems. His students are having trouble differentiating between socialism and communism, so he decides to lead them in the construction of a Venn diagram.
The teacher's use of a Venn diagram demonstrates his understanding of which important concept related to vocabulary acquisition?
Teaching words that are orthographically related promotes retention of vocabulary.
Comparing concepts promotes students' skill in using structural analysis.
Teaching concepts that are similar in meaning enhances student ability to formulate opinions.
There is a cognitive benefit in examining the similarities and differences among concepts.
In agreeing to the Connecticut Compromise at the Constitutional Convention, the Framers sought to strike a balance between which of the following factions?
Loyalists and Revolutionaries
small states and large states
abolitionists and slaveholders
capitalists and socialists
Which of the following events most greatly contributed to the cause of women's suffrage in Texas?
Ann Richards was elected as Governor of Texas.
William P. Hobby replaced the impeached Governor of Texas, James Ferguson.
State prohibition laws were ended.
The Texas legislature's debate over ratification of the 19th Amendment to the federal Constitution
The role of the president as 'Commander in Chief' means he has direct and final authority over which of the following areas of United States government policy?
income taxation
defense
education
treaty negotiations
Adam Smith argued that which of the following system is best designed to utilize the individual labor of a person?
authoritarianism
communism
socialism
capitalism
Which of the following best describes an impact of the Columbian exchange on the people of North America?
The introduction of new diseases from Europe killed a large portion of the native inhabitants of North America.
Democratic government was brought by European settlers to North America and eventually led to the founding of the United States.
Advanced medical practices from Europe led to a population boom in North America following the arrival of the first European settlers.
New crops from Europe allowed for the development of stable agriculture in North America.
Which of the following supported the preferential and unequal treatment of certain immigrant groups over others in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Jim Crow laws
Yellow Peril
white flight
Chinese Exclusion Act
Which of the following issues helped to instigate colonial resistance to the Crown?
excessive taxation
lack of economic investment
immigration
military draft
Following World War I, US foreign policy was characterized by which of the following?
a withdrawal from international partnerships and an increased focus on domestic affairs
the United States emerging as a leader on the world stage, aiming to promote capitalist markets and democratic government
territorial expansion of the United States as a result of victory in World War I
global cooperation under the auspices of multilateral bodies such as the League of Nations
Which of the following would NOT be an effective use of technology in social science instruction on the suffrage movement?
having students collaborate on a paper over the digital cloud
requiring students to use the internet to research opposition to suffrage
requiring students to use the internet to research opposition to suffrage
allowing students to make and post a video reciting a famous historical speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
allowing students to play history-based games online after they have completed their written work
According to the map, Dublin is approximately how far from Galway?
100 miles
175 miles
500 miles
250 miles
Which of the following best describes the native people of the American Southwest before the arrival of the Spanish?
seafaring traders with semi-permanent settlements
settled agriculturalists with permanent dwellings
nomadic hunter-gatherers
woodland dwellers using primitive agricultural techniques
Which of the following was an effect of the Plague on western Europe beginning in the 14th Century?
Previously closed trade routes between Europe and Asia were opened due to a lack of armies to enforce the borders.
As large portions of the population died, a few families took over ownership of most of the land, leading to the birth of the European nobility.
Many European societies abandoned Christianity and returned to their pre-Christian religious practices.
The decrease in available labor led to changes in the economic station of many common people in Europe.
Which of the following best describes the situation of African Americans in the South in the years immediately following the Civil War?
African Americans were integrated into most aspects of Southern society on an equal basis.
African Americans continued to face discrimination and segregation despite the end of slavery.
African Americans began to engage in extensive commercial activities and helped to rebuild the southern economy.
The majority of African Americans left the South for work in the North.
A history teacher is teaching his students about President Abraham Lincoln. The class is reading a text that uses words like before, first, so, and today. What text structure is most likely being used?
Cause/effect
Problem/solution
Argumentative
Order/sequence
The Chinese Communist Revolution of 1948 succeeded in part due to which of the following?
Mao Zedong had gained the support of rural peasants who supported his cause.
The Imperial Chinese Court had lost the support of political elites.
Middle class merchants joined with Mao to overthrow the ruling elite.
Mao was provided military support by Western European powers.
In which of the following ways did the migration of people from the Fertile Crescent region of Eurasia most directly affect the development of civilization in Europe beginning in the 6th Century BCE?
The migrations introduced novel agricultural techniques to Europe.
The migrations led to the rise of Christianity in Europe.
The migrations introduced feudalism to European society.
The migrations brought with them novel technologies that allowed for oceanic exploration.
Which of the following are lines of longitude?
Select all answers that apply.
prime meridian
180th meridian
equator
tropic of capricorn
Which of the following was an effect of the independence movements and decolonization that occurred in Africa in the 1960s and 1970s?
civil strife based on ethnic identities
rapid economic modernization
establishment of whites-only states throughout the continent
widespread adoption of socialist republics
What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act passed by Congress in 1964?
to guarantee the supremacy of the civil government over the military
to guarantee fair access to housing and end discrimination in housing practices
to combat racial and ethnic discrimination in public accomodations, schools, and employment
to protect the rights of individuals seeking to peaceably assemble in protest
Which of the following was caused by the annexation of Texas by the United States?
The United States and Mexico declared war on each other.
Mexico banned additional immigration into Texas by United States settlers.
Settlers in Texas revolted against the government.
Large numbers of Americans moved into Texas for the first time.
Which of the following industries revolutionized the Texas economy in the second half of the 19th century?
railroads
manufacturing
logging
cattle
Which of the following forms of agriculture is most suited to mountainous areas with variable climates?
slash-and-burn farming
hydroponics
grazing livestock
aquaculture
The post-World War I policy that called for America to withdraw its engagement with international allies and focus on domestic affairs is known as:
the Eisenhower Doctrine
isolationism
multilateralism
regime change
Which of the following best summarizes John Locke's view of the source of government authority?
The legitimate ruler is the one who can act most forcefully.
The people govern themselves best without government authority.
Legitimate governments derive their authority from the consent of the people.
Government power is derived from divine power.
A student in a social studies class has selected the Korean War as a topic for his research paper. What should his first step be?
Locate as many primary sources of data possible
Formulate questions to focus his research
Review the literature
Analyze the data for relevant information
Which of the following motivated European exploration in the New World prior to the American Revolution?
Select all answers that apply.
possibility of territorial expansion
belief in democratic government
procurement of natural resources
availability of slaves
Which of the following contributed to the spread of Christianity into Western Europe prior to the sixth century?
Germanic scholars travelling to Jerusalem
commerce and travel along Roman trade routes
imperial edicts from the Court of Constantinople
military conquest by Christian soldiers from the Eastern Roman Empire
Read the excerpt below from the writings of Adam Smith and answer the question that follows.
When the quantity of any commodity which is brought to market falls short of the effectual demand, all those who are willing to pay the whole value of the rent, wages, and profit, which must be paid in order to bring it thither, cannot be supplied with the quantity which they want. Rather than want it altogether, some of them will be willing to give more. A competition will immediately begin among them, and the market price will rise more or less above the natural price, according as either the greatness of the deficiency, or the wealth and wanton luxury of the competitors, happen to animate more or less the eagerness of the competition.
The author's argument in the excerpt above is based primarily on which of the following economic concepts?
law of diminishing returns
economies of scale
law of supply and demand
opportunity cost
Which of the following characterizes the difference between colonization of New England and the colonization of the Virginia colony?
The Virginia colony maintained close ties with Great Britain, while the New England colonists broke away soon after arrival.
Colonists in New England quickly developed commercial enterprise, while Virginians focused on agriculture.
Colonists in Virginia were tolerant of religious minorities, while those in New England were not.
The New England colonists traded with Native Americans, while colonists in Virginia did not.
Which of the following allowed for the transportation of goods across long distances in early America?
rivers
aircraft flight
steam locomotives
road systems
The First Gulf War serves as evidence for which of the following 20th century developments?
the rise of non-Western global superpowers
the reemergence of Western colonial aspirations
the failure of capitalism to lead to development
the effect of changing international alliances following the end of the Cold War
Which of the following effects of the industrial revolution most likely influenced Upton Sinclair's writing of The Jungle?
increasing levels of environmental pollutants being generated by industrial development
lack of democratic access for low-income Americans
inhumane treatment of workers in industrial factories
disparity between African-American and white workers in factories
Climate change is a major threat to which of the following regions of Texas?
High Plains
Mountains and Basins
Gulf Coastal Plains
Central Plains
A country is most likely to join NATO for which of the following reasons?
so that it can be guaranteed free and fair elections through international monitoring
so that its citizens can travel visa-free to other member nations
so that it can gain military allies and the assurance of mutual aid
so that it can enter into a single-currency trading market
"Both major American political parties are controlled by ideological extremists which have pushed the parties further apart. Therefore, bipartisan compromise is no longer possible in American government."
Which of the following is the best fact to refute the above claim?
Most modern legislation is passed by a large majority of legislators, while the issues dividing the parties tend to draw much more attention.
For most of the 20th century, parties divided control over houses of Congress.
The American public has started to elect third parties to positions of power as a means of forcing compromise.
The president and Congress draft most pieces of legislation together, regardless of party affiliation
The writings of Karl Marx influenced all of the following EXCEPT:
Adolf Hitler.
Ho Chi Minh.
Mao Zedong.
Vladimir Lenin.
Which of the following documents is described below?
-signed in 1789
-replaced the Articles of Confederation
-established a three-branch federal government
-guarantees individual and collective rights
The Declaration of Independence
the Magna Carta
the Emancipation Proclamation
the United States Constitution
Which of the following nomadic Native American tribes utilized European horses in their buffalo hunting and during military activities?
Coahuiltecan
Cherokee
Caddo
Comanche
Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass were all advocates of which of the following ideas?
Women should be allowed to vote.
All individuals should be free to practice the religion of their choice.
Slavery should be abolished.
Workers of the world should revolt against capitalism.
Which of the following can be concluded about the region highlighted in the map here?
The people who inhabited the highlighted region had beneficial trading relationships.
The region had adequate resources to foster the development of a civilization.
The people who inhabited the highlighted region were skilled at ocean travel.
The region was home to democratic political regimes.
The assassination of which of the following led to the start of the First World War?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Adolf Hitler
Woodrow Wilson
"Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion."
— William Lloyd Garrison
The above quote aligns with which of the following beliefs held by abolitionists?
Slavery should be illegal in the United States.
The United States should police democracy around the world.
Economic equality is guaranteed by the Constitution.
Technology contributes to the moral decay of society.
Which of the following best describes the political organization of the Indian subcontinent between the third and sixth centuries CE?
a disorganized collection of nomadic tribes
a collection of small city-states
a large empire under a single dynastic ruler
a democratic republic
According to the map, which of the following is an accurate description of population density in China?
The population of China is evenly distributed throughout the country.
The population of China is concentrated heavily on the coast.
Most individuals in China reside in major western cities.
Most individuals in China reside in cities in the south and east.
During the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791-1794, the insurrectionists were comprised mainly of:
veterans demanding back pay from the Revolution.
Scottish businessmen seeking the right to import whiskey.
loyalists seeking to reclaim the United States for Great Britain.
farmers angry at the creation of a domestic tax.
"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."
The preceding quote aligns most closely with the goals of which of the following?
John F. Kennedy
Gloria Steinem
Susan B. Anthony
Theodore Roosevelt
The enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act following the 2008 financial crisis could best be seen as reflecting which of the following ideals?
Unrestrained capitalism best provides for economic growth.
The federal government, and not the states, should be in charge of financial regulation.
Free-market capitalism needs government regulation to ensure equity and fairness in the market.
Public ownership of the means of production is the only way to ensure economic equality.
Karl Marx argued that capitalism creates which of the following?
gender parity
class divisions
economic equality
incentives to production
Which of the following describes a system of government in which power is concentrated in the hands of a single individual?
autocratic
democratic
federal
parliamentary
"To understand political power aright, and derive from it its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other man."
The thought of which of the following Enlightenment thinkers is described in the passage above?
Desiderius Erasmus
Thomas More
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
The first permanent human settlements that arose in parts of Eurasia featured which of the following attributes?
connected mountain ranges, which allowed for ease of fortification
proximity to ocean shorelines, providing a reliable food source
a unified political system that led to the absence of societal conflict between settlements
fertile soil deposits, which made possible the development of novel agricultural techniques
In contrast to developing nations, developed nations are generally characterized by:
low per capita income.
high rates of infant mortality.
high levels of education.
low levels of immigration.
Henry VIII is most well known for accomplishing which of the following?
declaring war on Nazi Germany
instituting the English Reformation
returning England to the Catholic faith
victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field
Which of the following philosophers argued that using immoral means to achieve your political goals is justified?
Thomas More
Plato
Aristotle
Machiavelli
Which of the following was the most important contributing factor to the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950?
the desire to regain territory taken by the United States in 1945
the desire to reunite the Korean peninsula under a single government
the desire to open trade relationships between China and North Korea
the desire to gain natural resources located in South Korea
The Battle of Gonzales is referred to as the Lexington of Texas because:
there was not a clear winner in the battle.
it ended the Texas Revolution and allowed Texans to negotiate an independent statehood agreement with Mexico.
it alleviated tensions between Anglos and Mexicans.
it was a small military skirmish that was the first military conflict in a revolution.
During John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, those who participated were primarily concerned with what issue?
extension of the franchise to women
high taxation of agricultural workers
emancipation and the end of slavery
advancement of new technologies into rural regions
Which of the following was the result of the raid on Harper's Ferry carried out by John Brown in 1859?
Brown and his followers were arrested and executed, further stoking abolitionist sentiment.
Slaves rose up in a widespread rebellion against their masters.
Several Southern states seceded from the Union.
Abraham Lincoln was elected president for having opposed Brown.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy launched an offensive against which country in a failed effort to overthrow its communist government?
the Soviet Union
China
Vietnam
Cuba
Which of the following led to large-scale immigration to urban centers like New York and Chicago at the end of the 19th century?
promise of government support from the United States
inexpensive housing
cheap land for agriculture
demand for labor in industrial enterprise
Which of the following was an effect of the withdrawal of European colonial powers from sub-Saharan Africa in the mid-20th century?
increased Chinese and Japanese influence on the continent
adoption of communist ideologies in a majority of states
a peaceful transition to democratic government
a power vacuum that led to the rise of warring political factions
President Roosevelt initiated the New Deal in 1933 as a means to provide work for Americans affected by the Great Depression. The series of programs in the New Deal also had the added benefit of providing:
economic growth.
price controls.
deflation.
lower tax rates.
Which of the following conflicts represents the most immediate cause of the end of Imperial Germany?
The Second World War
The War of 1812
The Russo-Japanese War
The First World War
The major goal of figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was to:
provide adequate education for children on America's Indian reservations.
guarantee the right to labor unions and collective bargaining for all American workers.
gain the right to vote for women nationwide.
establish a socialist economic system in the United States.
John Locke's Two Treatises of Government most directly contributed to which of the following?
the belief in the divine right of kings
the rise of democratic political values in Western Europe
the expansion of the British Empire into Africa
the overthrow of the Russian Empire
Which former governor of Texas also served as the President of the Republic of Texas?
Sam Houston
Stephen F. Austin
Ann Richards
George W. Bush
Which of the following was the main source of labor in the agricultural regions of the Southern United States in the decades before the Civil War?
indentured servants from Europe
single men from Northern states
slaves from Africa
hired Native American laborers
Which of the following led to Buddhism becoming the predominant religion in much of Southeast Asia?
the influence of native practitioners who adapted Hinduism to local beliefs
military conquest by the Mughal Empire
missionaries sent along with Indian merchants trading in the region
Southeast Asia's position as a colony of several Chinese imperial dynasties
Which of the following best describes how the Mexican-American War unfolded in California?
Large-scale land battles between Mexican and American forces for control of the mission outposts
Mostly through naval battles with occasional resistance from Californios in cities like Los Angeles
A failed invasion by Mexico into American territory
As a series of small skirmishes between Bear Flag Republicans and the Mexican Army
Before students begin reading a text about the Supreme Court in their history textbook, the teacher leads a class discussion in which the students generate a list of questions about the Supreme Court that they would like to have answered. This discussion is most likely to promote the students' comprehension of the text by:
introducing unfamiliar content-area vocabulary.
providing a purpose for reading.
encouraging the use of critical thinking skills.
increasing student interest in the text.
One of the key issues debated in the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers was the need to limit the power of the federal government. This led to which of the following elements being added to the U.S. Constitution?
the separation of powers
the Tenth Amendment
the Electoral College
the direct election of senators
Which could be used as a secondary source when teaching students about the American Revolution?
a letter written by Benjamin Franklin to Thomas Paine
the first American flag sewn by Betsy Ross
the diary of George Washington
a section about the Taxation Act from a history textbook
Which of the following was an economic policy enacted by President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s?
growing government oversight of the banking industry
increased taxes on high-level incomes in order to fund social services
tax cuts to encourage investment and consumer spending
creation of a federally-funded national healthcare system
The recovery experienced by the economy of the United States that led the country out of the Great Depression was largely the result of:
creation of international free-trade deals with Mexico and Canada.
reliance on the nations of Western Europe for long-term economic recovery loans.
discovery of oil in Texas and Alaska.
increased industrial manufacturing and government expenditure to meet wartime needs and an.
George Whitefield, John Wesley, and Jonathan Edwards were all prominent figures in which of the following movements?
bimetallism
nativism
the First Great Awakening
abolitionism
Which of the following was an effect of the expansion of the Umayyad Caliphate beyond the traditional regions of Islamic influence?
the spread of democratic political values to Western Europe
the end to persecution of Christians and Jews under the Caliphate
the consolidation of Christian empires in response to Islamic military dominance
the transfer of knowledge and culture between Iberia, Western Europe, and the Muslim world
Which of the following statements are true regarding Texas' passing of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote?
Texas never formally ratified the 19th Amendment.
Texas was the first state in the Union to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1919.
Texas was the first of the former Confederate states to ratify the 19th Amendment.
Texas was the last state in the Union to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1920.
Which of the following was a central principle of medieval European society?
equal protection for all before the law
the primacy of the Church
freedom of religion
the right to elect rulers
Which of the following issues has been the subject of international nonproliferation treaties?
women's rights
climate change
nuclear weapons
polio eradication
After the Second World War, the United States began an initiative to provide over $12 billion to rebuild the nations of Europe. This was known as the:
Eisenhower Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine
American Relief Administration
Marshall Plan
Which of the following did Charles I and Louis XVI have in common as monarchs?
Both oversaw the extension of their imperial rule to territories in Africa.
Both were overthrown in popular revolutions and executed.
Both introduced democratic reforms to their kingdoms.
Both were elected by their respective parliaments to rule as constitutional monarchs.
