FTCE SOCIAL SCIENCE 6-12 KEY CONCEPTS AND CASE
STUDIES | FROM QUESTION TO PERFECTION| EVERY
QUESTION SOLVED | EVERY SCORE SECURED!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027.
Duration: 2 Hours.
Total Marks: 70%.
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
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, John Locke Answer: Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and
property.
Natural rights Answer: Rights people are born with and that government should protect.
Consent of the governed Answer: The idea that government gets its power from the people.
Social contract Answer: Agreement where people give government power in exchange for
protection of rights.
Enlightenment Answer: Intellectual movement that emphasized reason, natural rights, liberty,
and progress.
Federalism Answer: System where power is divided between national and state governments.
Concurrent powers Answer: Powers shared by federal and state governments, such as taxing.
Reserved powers Answer: Powers kept by the states.
Delegated powers Answer: Powers specifically given to the federal government by the
Constitution.
Separation of powers Answer: Dividing government into legislative, executive, and judicial
branches.
Checks and balances Answer: Each branch of government can limit the power of the others.
Judicial review Answer: Power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison Answer: Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
Gideon v. Wainwright Answer: Supreme Court case that guaranteed the right to an attorney in
criminal cases.
Brown v. Board of Education Answer: Supreme Court case that ended legal school segregation.
Thurgood Marshall Answer: NAACP lawyer who argued Brown v. Board; later became
Supreme Court justice.
Plessy v. Ferguson Answer: Supreme Court case that upheld 'separate but equal.'
Roe v. Wade Answer: Supreme Court case that recognized abortion rights before being
overturned later.
Miranda v. Arizona Answer: Case requiring suspects to be informed of their rights before
questioning.
Tinker v. Des Moines Answer: Student speech case; students do not lose free speech rights at
school.
Mapp v. Ohio Answer: Case applying the exclusionary rule to the states.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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STUDIES | FROM QUESTION TO PERFECTION| EVERY
QUESTION SOLVED | EVERY SCORE SECURED!
Course Code:
Course Title:
Programme:
Academic Year: 2026/2027.
Duration: 2 Hours.
Total Marks: 70%.
Candidate Instructions:
1) Write your Registration Number on every answer booklet used.
2) Answer ALL questions in Section A and ANY TWO (2) questions in Section B.
3) Read each question carefully before answering.
4) Begin each question on a new page.
5) The marks for each question are indicated in brackets.
6) This paper consists of several printed pages, including this page.
7) Ensure your copy is complete before the examination begins.
8) Unauthorized materials and communication with other candidates are not permitted.
Turn Over.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
1
, John Locke Answer: Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and
property.
Natural rights Answer: Rights people are born with and that government should protect.
Consent of the governed Answer: The idea that government gets its power from the people.
Social contract Answer: Agreement where people give government power in exchange for
protection of rights.
Enlightenment Answer: Intellectual movement that emphasized reason, natural rights, liberty,
and progress.
Federalism Answer: System where power is divided between national and state governments.
Concurrent powers Answer: Powers shared by federal and state governments, such as taxing.
Reserved powers Answer: Powers kept by the states.
Delegated powers Answer: Powers specifically given to the federal government by the
Constitution.
Separation of powers Answer: Dividing government into legislative, executive, and judicial
branches.
Checks and balances Answer: Each branch of government can limit the power of the others.
Judicial review Answer: Power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison Answer: Supreme Court case that established judicial review.
Gideon v. Wainwright Answer: Supreme Court case that guaranteed the right to an attorney in
criminal cases.
Brown v. Board of Education Answer: Supreme Court case that ended legal school segregation.
Thurgood Marshall Answer: NAACP lawyer who argued Brown v. Board; later became
Supreme Court justice.
Plessy v. Ferguson Answer: Supreme Court case that upheld 'separate but equal.'
Roe v. Wade Answer: Supreme Court case that recognized abortion rights before being
overturned later.
Miranda v. Arizona Answer: Case requiring suspects to be informed of their rights before
questioning.
Tinker v. Des Moines Answer: Student speech case; students do not lose free speech rights at
school.
Mapp v. Ohio Answer: Case applying the exclusionary rule to the states.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
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