TExES 4-8 Social Studies Practice Test
(2022/2023) Graded A+
Anthropologists ✔✔The social scientist most likely to study the role of kinship relationships
within a cultural group.
The economy of colonial New England
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TExES 4-8 Social Studies Practice Test
(2022/2023) Graded A+
Anthropologists ✔✔The social scientist most likely to study the role of kinship relationships
within a cultural group.
The economy of colonial New England focused on manufacture and trade mainly because?
✔✔Soil and climate conditions in New England were not conducive to year-round farming
-The development of more accurate navigation instruments
-The introduction of new foods and other goods to Europe
The Discovery of new lands where people might see k a better life ✔✔Reasons for the Age of
Exploration
What country does not share a border with Israel? ✔✔Saudi Arabia
Which Country includes about 20 percent of the worlds land surface but only 12 percent of its
population? ✔✔Africa
Which president greatly expanded the power of the presidency? ✔✔Lyndon Johnson
The physical geography of a region most directly affects? ✔✔The dietary preferences of the
native population
Most of the region known as Mesopotamia is located in the present-day nation of? ✔✔Iraq
A nation that is not a member of NAFTA is? ✔✔Brazil
One reason for Jefferson's opposition to the Bank of the United States was? ✔✔He was a strict
constructionist
What was the effect of the Platt Amendment? ✔✔The establishment of the U.S. naval base at
Guantanamo bay
The idea that the purpose of the American colonies was to provide Great Britain with raw
materials and a market for its goods is an expression of? ✔✔Mercantilism
The end of Reconstruction was marked by which event? ✔✔the withdrawal of federal troops
from the South
What was a consequence of the New Deal? ✔✔Raised the national debt
What is the main reason that the Federal Reserve Board lowers interest rates? ✔✔Stimulate
consumer spending
A major cause of the Great Depression? ✔✔The overproduction and under consumption of
consumer goods
The annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845 was? ✔✔part of an effort to fulfill
manifest destiny
Reforms set in motion by the Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev played an important role in?
✔✔The breakup of the Soviet Union
What is the significance of the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case? ✔✔The ruling
furthered the gap between North and South and hastened the Civil War
What acts aroused American colonist's concerns about taxation without representation?
✔✔Sugar Act of 1764, Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Acts of 1767-1770
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was not granted the power to? ✔✔Levy Taxes
Middle-grade students are expected to communicate in written, oral and visual forms. To meet
this expectation, it will be most important for students to have developed the ability to?
✔✔Translate information from one medium to another
Unlike slaves who were considered to be the property of their masters, most indentured servants
in colonial times... ✔✔Voluntarily entered into servitude
Following WWI, Africa Americans migrated in great numbers to the north because? ✔✔Greater
job opportunities were available in northern cities
The Wilmot Proviso, which would have prohibited slavery in any territory acquired from
Mexico, was favored by the North and bitterly opposed by the South. How was this resolved?
✔✔Compromise of 1850
How is the process of impeachment accurately set into place? ✔✔Charges are brought on by the
House of Representative and tried by the Senate
An economist who advocated government intervention to prevent and remedy recessions and
depressions was? ✔✔John Maynard Keynes
The main author of the Bill of Rights was? ✔✔John Adams
An example of something this is not a shared or concurrent power? ✔✔the power to establish
courts
A Native American people that the early European explorers would not have encountered on
their visits to the West Indies were? ✔✔Totonacs
The first ships to set sail from Europe in the Age of Exploration departed from? ✔✔Portugal
When state legislatures pass laws that regulate driving, marriage, and public education, they are
exercising their? ✔✔Reserved powers
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 marked the beginning of the? ✔✔womens rights
movement
Which biome is Not found in the Torrid Zone? ✔✔taiga
The economist who focused on the potential for populations to grow faster than available food
supplies was? ✔✔Thomas Malthus
If you know the longitude of a city in the US, you can determine? ✔✔The time zone in which it
is located
The strategy of containment was a major element of American policy during the? ✔✔Cold War
What is the main purpose of the census? ✔✔apportion seats in the House of Representatives
A theory of the late 19th century that strongly opposed governmental interference in economic
affairs was known as? ✔✔Social Dwarfism
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter met with leaders of which two nations to broker the Camp
David Accords? ✔✔Israel and Egypt
The two new states admitted under the Missouri Compromise of 1820 were Missouri and?
✔✔Maine
The power of congress to regulate interstate commerce was the main issue argues in which case?
✔✔Gibbons v. Odgen
The best map to use if you need to find the highest elevation in a state? ✔✔Topographic
The Tropic of Capricorn? ✔✔is the southernmost latitude at which the sun can appear directly
overhead at noon
The principal that freedom of speech can be limited when the exercise of that freedom creates "a
clear and present danger" was established in which Supreme Court decision? ✔✔Schenck v.
united States
The trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735 laid the groundwork for which amendments to the
Constitution? ✔✔The First Amendment
Which territory was acquired last by the US? ✔✔The Gadsden Purchase
With the end of Reconstruction in 1877, African Americans in the South were? ✔✔Kept from
voting by poll taxes and literacy tests
The purpose of the Dayton Accords of 1995 was to resolve the bloody conflict in? ✔✔Bosnia
Under the United States Constitution, the power to tax and borrow is? ✔✔Shared
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