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WorksheetsCSET Social Science Sub Test 1
Total questions: 105
Worksheet time: 9hrs 45mins
The efforts of archaeologists to advance understanding of prehistory are based mainly on which of the following assumptions about ancient peoples and cultures?
Humans share a common ancestry
Language enables people to transmit culture from generation to generation
Material remains reflect important aspects of human behavior
Most people rely on myth and legend to answer questions about themselves
Which of the following best describes the main function of monumental architecture in early Mesopotamia and ancient coastal Peru?
To serve as fortresses for the protection of frontier areas
To provide a site for the performance of religious rituals
to serve as a place of assembly for major civic functions
to provide for the storage of grain and other foods
The main source of wealth and power among the empires of West Africa between AD 400 and 1500 was control of
the trans-Saharan salt and gold trade
major coastal ports
regional building materials and energy sources
major ceremonial centers
Vikings spreading East, French spreading to Spain, Mongols and Barbarians spreading to Russia and Italy, Muslims spreading to Italy and Jerusalem were all examples of:
Major paths of population migration
major trade and travel routes
major paths of religious pilgrimage
major routes of military invasion
Which of the following was the most frequent source of conflict between church and state in Europe throughout the Middle Ages?
the doctrine of divine right monarchy
church ownership of large estates
the sale of indulgences by the church
the doctrine of papal supremacy
Which of the following breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries presented a major challenge to traditional religious conceptions in Europe?
the creation of instruments capable of viewing microscopic animals
the discovery that the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun
the formulation of an explanation for the workings of the human heart
the development of a system for classifying plants and animals
The Latin American revolutionaries of the early nineteenth century drew intellectual inspiration from the:
political ideals of the Enlightenment
collectivist traditions of European social revolutionaries
economic theories of mercantilism
millennialist beliefs of early modern religious radicals
Which of the following best describes an important consequence of western European industrialization during the first half of the nineteenth century?
a contraction of the range of jobs open to women wage earners
a decline in the average number of children in working-class families
a division for families between home life and work life
a decline in the number of children working outside the household
Which of the following played a major role in the spread of both communist and fascist ideologies in Europe between WWI and WWII?
the territorial provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
the growth of capitalism in many parts of the continent
the military policies of the League of Nations
the economic devastation caused by the Great Depression
Which of the following had the greatest influence on the outcome of WWII in Europe?
the productive capacity of U.S. factories
the military experience of Allied general officers
the economic resources of the British Empire
the strategic errors of the German high command
Which of the following most influenced nation-building efforts on the Indian subcontinent during the decade after the establishment of Indian independence in 1947?
religious differences between Hindus and Muslims
U.S.-Soviet competition in the region
shortages of raw materials needed for industrial development
polices of the United Nations in the region
Which of the following most influenced the emergence of a global economy during the final quarter of the twentieth century?
changing patterns of international population movement
advances in information technology
changes in the international distribution of income
increases in worker productivity
Which of the following mapmaking problems best explains why it is impossible to accurately portray the earth on a map?
the problem of choosing the map projection most appropriate to the needs of the map
the problem of depicting sufficient detail within the limited confines of a map
the problem of identifying the best map scale for displaying data accurately
the problem of correctly representing the earth's curved surface on a flat piece of paper
Which is the correct match?
Mediterranean-strongly acidic soils and sandy barren land surfaces
Steppe-semiarid conditions and short grass vegetation
Tropical savanna-high humidity and heavy rainfall throughout the year
Tundra-moderate summers and periodic winter cold waves
Mediterranean
steppe
tropical savanna
tundra
In which of the following ways did urbanization in 20th century Latin America differ most from the earlier experience of Western Europe?
There were concerted efforts to coordinate development between urban and rural areas in Latin America
Demographic growth preceded economic development in many Latin American cities
Transportation and economic links quickly developed between national metropolises and regional cities in Latin America
There were clear functional differences among major cities in most Latin American countries
Prior to WWI, what group of countries were under the rule of Austria? (a conflict that would later lead to WWI)
The Balkans
The French
The English
The Germans
Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia all make up the ____ .
Great Britain
Chinese
Balkans
Australians
WWI started when a group of Serbian nationalists attempted to assassinate the Austrian who ruled over the Balkan countries. This happened due to the Serbians and the rest of the Balkans wanting their independence.
True
False
All of the following were contributions of the Greeks to Western civilization EXCEPT:
Art
Government
Philosphy
Architecture
Read the following quote describing a political rally in Tehran in 1978:
"On Sunday, December 11, hundreds of thousands of people held a procession in the center of Tehran ... Slogans against the shah rippled in the wind 'Death to the Shah!' "Death to the Americans" "Khomeini is our leader" and so on. People from all walks of life could be found in the crowd."
What is meant by the phrase "people from all walks of life"?
People of all ages
People who walked to the political rally
People who work in all types of jobs, from all classes
Americans and Iranians
All of the following were effects of colonial rule on the Southeast Asian colonies EXCEPT:
Development of plantation agriculture
High taxes
Development of an export market
Independence
The agriculture of West Africa: in what zone was palm oil produced?
Desert
Semi-desert
Savanna and wooded grassland
Wooded zone and lowland rain forest
Which of the following conquistadores unwittingly gave smallpox to the Indians and destroyed the Aztec empire in Mexico?
Balboa
Ponce de Leon
Cortes
De Vaca
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
a and b
Of the following international diplomatic conferences, which one made US-Soviet differences apparent?
The Potsdam conference
The conference at Yalta
Dumbarton Oaks conference
The Tehran conference
How many Southern states originally ratified the 14th Amendment?
Three
Five
One
Ten
How many judges are on a panel that decides federal appeals?
5
4
9
6
The Yellow River Valley began to emerge as a cultural center during the:
Shang Dynasty
Neolithic Era
Xia Dynasty
Paleolithic Era
Which of the following came chronologically the earliest in what is now the Republic of Ghana?
The Kingdom of Ghana
The Akan state of Bono
The Ashanti federation
The states of the Fante
A monotheistic religious practice was central to which of the following cultures?
Egyptians
Hebrews
Sumerians
Babylonians
The philosophy of the late 17th-18th centuries that influenced the Constitution was from the Age of:
Enlightenment
Empire
Discovery
Industry
The Senate and the House of Representatives are an example of:
Bicameralism
Checks and balances
Legislative oversight
Federalism
Southeast Asia has a mainland region and an extensive _______, or chain of islands.
archipelago
khanate
daimyo
samurai
According to John Locke, what was the purpose of government?
to provide citizens with money
to protect citizens rights
to keep peace with neighbors
to lighten the people's burdens
Rachel Carson cautioned about the dangers of harmful chemicals in her book Silent Spring:
"It is not my contention that chemical pesticides must never be used. I do contend that we have put poisons and biologically potent chemicals into the hands of persons largely or wholly ignorant of their potentials for harm...Future generations are unlikely to condone our lack or prudent concern for the integrity of the natural world that supports all life."
How has Silent Spring influenced how people view the relationship between humans and the natural world?
It began the modern movement to protect the environment
It got people to stop using pesticides
It prepared future generations for a damaged natural world
It made Rachel Carson famous
All of the following institutions of European society were brought to the Americas by European missionaries EXCEPT:
Parishes
Schools
Hospitals
Factories
Greek citizens assembled in an open area called a(n) ____________ that also served as a market.
acropolis
phalanx
agora
oracle
Which of the following is a true statement about the relationship between WWI and nationalism?
WWI brought nationalist movements to a standstill
Most nationalist movements had reached their goals by the conclusion of WWI
The weakening of European countries fostered national independence movements
WWI helped the European economy, which fueled nationalist movement
The oldest political party in the Western World is ________
The Republicans
The Conservatives
The Liberals
The Democrats
On which side did Japan fight in WWI?
None, it was neutral
With Germany against the United Kingdom
With the United Kingdom against Germany
Against Russian, but on its own
After being released from prison in 1953, to which country was Fidel Castro exiled?
Honduras
Haiti
Mexico
Spain
The Chinese isolationist period began as the Qing dynasty was declining. European traders were confirmed to a small island just outside Guanzhou, and they could reside there for only a few months each year and deal with only a few Chinese firms. In this way the Qing hoped to limit contact between Chinese and Europeans. Japan entered its isolation phase however as the country was in the process of unifying. The Jesuit practice of destroying shrines led to the prohibition of Christian activities and expulsions of all missionaries. Later, merchants were expelled, and only Dutch ships were permitted to dock at Nagasaki once a year, but only for two or three months.
True
False
Rome fell due to overexpansion of territory, invasion of barbaric tribes from the North, separation of leadership, and a fractured state of leadership with at one time 26 different generals/candidates/leaders wanting to control it.
True
False
Of the programs enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration, which was most closely related to John F. Kennedy's legacy?
The Economic Opportunity Act
The Civil Rights Act
The Great Society program
All of the above were equally related to JFK's legacy
During which of these periods were pyramids not built in Egypt?
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
The Third Dynasty
Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding these religions under the Roman Empire?
The Romans generally protected the Jews until the rebellion in Judea (66 C.E.)
Julius Caesar circumvented Roman law to help Jews have freedom of worship
The Druids were a religious groups that the Romans ignored but also tolerated
Romans viewed Christianity as a Jewish sect for its first two centuries
Which of the following empire(s) no longer existed following the armistice ending WWI?
The Austro-Hungarian Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The German Empire
All of these empires
Who wrote about the concept of the Social Contract, which was incorporated into the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Neither of these
Both of these
When the Senate held an impeachment hearing against Andrew Johnson for overstepping his authority, what did they invoke?
Checks and balances
Bicameralism
Legislative oversight
Supremacy
Part of the Mongols ability to conquer many nations was their skills in Horseback infantry, stand and sit while riding a horse, usage of the bow and arrow, and ability to traverse and battle effectively in mountain regions.
True
False
Due to rumor that Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were holding grain in the palace at Versailles let to the ______.
Civil Rights March
Women's March
Revolution
The Women's march caused Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI to move from Versailles to Paris
True
False
To most at the time, the French Revolution wasn't about fancy enlightenment ideas at the time, but most it was about lack of food and a political system that made economic contractions hardest on the poor.
True
False
Which of the following was NOT an immediate effect of rapid urban growth in the 1800's?
Poor sanitation conditions in the cities
Epidemics of diseases in the cities
Inadequate police and fire protection
Widespread urban political corruption
Of the following, which person or group was not instrumental in advancement of civil rights and desegregation during the 1940's and 1950's?
The President
The Supreme Court
The Congress
The NAACP
Which of the following choices is/are not considered among causes of the French Revolution?
Famines causing malnutrition and starvation
War debt, Court spending, bad monetary system
Resentment against the Catholic Church's rule
Resentment against the Protestant Reformation
Which group overtook Rome in the mid-600s B.C. and established much of its infrastructure, including sewers, roads, and fortifications, only to be driven out of the city in 509 B.C.?
Latins
Etruscans
Greeks
Persians
What was the earliest written language in Mesopotamia?
Sumerian
Elamite
Akkadian
Aramaic
Classical period was from _____.
1000 B.C.E to 100 C.E
10,000 B.C.E. to 1000 B.C.E
100 C.E. to 1000 C.E
Modern day politics were first developed and evolved from the
Romans
Greeks
Persians
Rome dominated Western Europe, expanded land, and took all of the resources through ________ over time.
Politics
Conquests
Art
Persia (now area with Seria, Iraq, etc.) was one of the first superpowers of the world, as it dominated the three waterways _______.
Indius River, Nile River, and Tigris River
Nile River, Euphrates River, Tigris River
Tigris River, Indius River, and Euphrates River
Mesopotamia was the first nation of people who introduced ________.
Warfare
Irrigation
Battleships
Persia had control over Mesopotamia
True
False
India's predominant religion is first and foremost _______ then followed by ________.
Christian / Hindu
Hindu / Christian
Hindu / Muslim
Muslim / Christian
Mohamed the prophet established the religion known as _________.
Islam
Christianity
Hindu
Protestant
Makkah (or Mecca) was known for it's religious site the ______.
Madinah
Oases
Bedouins
Kaaba
The Islam holy book is otherwise known as the ______.
Bible
Scriptures
Quran
Muhames
China was known for it's ability to have an maintain a _______.
Centralized Government (bureaucracy)
Democracy
Aristocracy
The three pillars of ancient Chinese philosophy are Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
True
False
A major focus in the Renaissance was a rebirth on
Science
Art
Science and Art
Martin Luther is most closely associated with _________.
The Protestant Reformation
The Catholic Church
Western Christendom
Due to the Printing Press, Martin Luther's 95 theses on were able to be wide spread.
True
False
In his theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking payment—called “indulgences”—for the forgiveness of sins.
False
True
Interesting ain't it?
What was the reason for the sudden growth of Western European exploration in the 15th and 16th centuries?
To colonize the New World
To find a passage to Africa
To establish new trade routes with Asia
To understand other cultures
In which movement was Martin Luther a seminal figure?
The Enlightenment
The Renaissance
The Protestant Reformation
Reconstructionism
Major names in the 17th century (1600's) were
Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Thomas Paine
Bishop George Berkeley, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseu
Major names in the 18th century (1700's) were
Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Thomas Paine
Bishop George Berkeley, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith
Bishop Geogre Berkeley, Voltaire, John Locke, Thomas Paine
The Age of Reason was in the 17th century (1600's) and was ______.
an intellectual movement for freedom, democracy, and reason.
a transition from faith-based reasoning of the Medieval era to rational reasoning.
The Enlightenment of the 18th century (1700's) was a(n)
intellectual movement for freedom, democracy, and reason
faith-based reasoning of the Medieval era to rational reasoning
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both believe people were bound by a __________. Where people are expected to behave a certain way in society (ex. not robbing another simply because they want to).
Social Contract
Social Media
Social Tea Party
An Ice Cream Social
Thomas Paine was a 17th century author who wrote the anti-church text, The Age of Reason and Common Sense and Rights of Man. His writing had a profound influence on the framing of American government, specifically the separation of church and state.
true
false
Hobbes believed people were generally bad and needed rules, while Locke felt that people were mostly good and needed independence. Hobbes (Debbie Downer). Locke (an abundant thinker).
True
False
Adam Smith was an 18th century (1700's) economist who wrote The Wealth of Nations. Which led him to being the father of economics.
True
False
Immanuel Kant was a German Philosopher who wrote Critique of Pure Reason from the 18th century (1700's).
True
False
Who was The Age of Reason author who challenged organized religion and the legitimacy of the Bible?
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Adam Smith
John Locke
During the 18th century, The Enlightenment advanced all of the following ideals EXCEPT:
Separation of church and state
liberty
progress
powerful monarchy
The chronological order to remember is 1) Age of Reason 2 ) The Enlightenment 3) Scientific Revolution
True
False
Which of the 2 people below were major figures in the Scientific Revolution
Martin Luther / Leonardo DaVinci
Copernicus / Galileo
Galileo / Leonardo DaVinci
Leonardo DaVinci / Copernicus
Copernicus discovered that the Earth did the opposite of what the Church taught, and that everything traveled around the sun. This was called the __________.
Heliocentric Model
Geocentric Model
Egocentric Model
The Slave Trade from 1500-1900 saw European mariners kidnapping on an estimated 12.5 million African people and sold them to colonials in the Americas, pillaging west Africa leaving violence and instability in the region.
True
False
The Map of the Triangular Slave Trade saw Europeans going from.
Europe, Africa, and then North America.
Europe, Africa, Asia
Europe, Africa, South America
The Triangular Slave Trade happened from 1500-1900 (400 years)
True
False
The 1760 industrial revolution led to people moving out of rural areas to cities, small stores becoming factories, assembly lines, workers rights, and Marxism.
True
False
Where did the Industrial Revolution begin?
America
England
France
Spain
Marxism focused on the ________ and their rights.
Capitalist
Church
Economy
Worker
"I counted seven ministers all preaching at once ... Some of the people were singing, others praying, some crying for mercy in the most piteous accents."
The quotation above describes group participation in an event that most characteristic of which of the following?
A meeting of Pennsylvania Quakers during the time of the Revolution
A frontier camp meeting of the Second Great Awakening during the early nineteenth century
A presentation of a Chautauqua Assembly during the late nineteenth century
A convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union during the late nineteenth century.
An "awakening" or a "great awakening" relates to
people being awakened to see God again
people turning less to God and more to the world
Native Americans were __________ by the time European settlers arrived.
still nomadic
settled
dead
What is the oldest mesoamerican civilization?
The Olmec
Maya
Aztec (Mexica)
Zapotec
How many gods did the Aztec civilization worship?
200 dieties
thousands
50 dieties
monotheistic
When the _________ sacrificed people to Huitzilopochtli (the god with warlike aspects) the victim would be placed on a sacrificial stone. The priest would then cut through the abdomen with an obsidian or flint blade. The heart would be torn out still beating and held towards the sky in honor to the Sun-God.
Mayans
Aztecs
Olmec
In a constitutional monarchy, what is the monarch in charge of and what is the executive in charge of?
Monarch-head of state....executive-head of government
Monarch-head of government...executive-head of state
Monarch is in charge of both
Executive is in charge of both
The _________ was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. It responded to needs for relief, reform, and recovery from the Great Depression.
Great commission
New deal
Monroe Doctrine
The ____________ is a key part of U.S. foreign policy. President James Monroe issued the policy in 1823. It stated that North and South America were no longer open to colonization. It also declared that the United States would not allow European countries to interfere with independent governments in the Americas.
Monroe Doctrine
New Deal
Great Commission
Manifest Destiny
