ABCTE Elementary Education
Exam Questions and Answers
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Magna Carta - ANSWER - (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John
"Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the
citizens of his kingdom
13th Ammendment - ANSWER - officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary
servitude.
Articles of Confederation - ANSWER - 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Cuban Missile Crisis - ANSWER - The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet
Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Roger Williams - ANSWER - He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and
State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the
Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - ANSWER - "Social Contract" he explained an ideal society
where each community member would vote on issues and majority would become
one law.
Sumerians - ANSWER - The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through
the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of
many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology,
cuneiform, and religious conceptions.
adage - ANSWER - a familiar proverb or wise saying
Continental Divide - ANSWER - separation of two different land forms
,invisible hand - ANSWER - A phrase coined by Adam Smith to describe the process
that turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits for all
October Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) - ANSWER - second part of the russian
revolution led by lenin; lenin was a student of marxism and said that the proletariat
would rise up against the bourgeoisie; bolsheviks overthrew the provisional
government in a bloodless coup; transform political and economic landscape of the
nation; land redistribution; soviet union was the worlds first communist nation
reflexive pronoun - ANSWER - Refers to the subject and directs the action of the
verb back to the subject (self/selves)
Hart and Risley - ANSWER - The average welfare child heard about 616 words per
hour; the working-class child heard 1,251 words per hour; and the child of
professionals, 2,153 words.
expository - ANSWER - intended to explain or describe something
Fall of the Roman Empire - ANSWER - The fall of this empire was precipitated by
Germanic attacks and toward the mid fifth century barbarian chieftains replaced
roman emperors. Rome and Western Europe was overrun by the German tribes but
they respected the Roman culture and learned from their roman sunjects. Some
Roman government and cultural ideas survived and blended with Germanic culture.
476 AD
Laissez-faire economics - ANSWER - Theory that opposes governmental interference
in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
International Dateline - ANSWER - is an imaginary line of longitude generally 180°
(degrees) east or west of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line is where
each new day begins.
Implicit Phonics - ANSWER - teaching letter/sound correspondences
"opportunistically" or as teachable moments
, Explicit Phonics - ANSWER - Teaching of letter-sound correspondences directly and
usually systematically.
future perfect - ANSWER - tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
future progressive - ANSWER - will be + present participle
future perfect progressive - ANSWER - will have been + present participle
Fluency Level - ANSWER - Independent Level-Relatively easy for the student to read
(95% word accuracy).
Instructional Level-Challenging but manageable for the reader (90% word accuracy).
Frustration Level-Difficult text for the student to read (less than 90% word
accuracy).
60-80 wpm
Idiom - ANSWER - A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you
take it literally.
Dennotation - ANSWER - the dictionary meaning of a word
Connotation - ANSWER - All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word
suggests
spurious correlation - ANSWER - an apparent but false relationship between two (or
more) variables that is caused by some other variable
Allusion - ANSWER - A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Exam Questions and Answers
100% Correct
Magna Carta - ANSWER - (1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John
"Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the
citizens of his kingdom
13th Ammendment - ANSWER - officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary
servitude.
Articles of Confederation - ANSWER - 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Cuban Missile Crisis - ANSWER - The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet
Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Roger Williams - ANSWER - He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and
State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the
Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - ANSWER - "Social Contract" he explained an ideal society
where each community member would vote on issues and majority would become
one law.
Sumerians - ANSWER - The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through
the end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of
many fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology,
cuneiform, and religious conceptions.
adage - ANSWER - a familiar proverb or wise saying
Continental Divide - ANSWER - separation of two different land forms
,invisible hand - ANSWER - A phrase coined by Adam Smith to describe the process
that turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits for all
October Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) - ANSWER - second part of the russian
revolution led by lenin; lenin was a student of marxism and said that the proletariat
would rise up against the bourgeoisie; bolsheviks overthrew the provisional
government in a bloodless coup; transform political and economic landscape of the
nation; land redistribution; soviet union was the worlds first communist nation
reflexive pronoun - ANSWER - Refers to the subject and directs the action of the
verb back to the subject (self/selves)
Hart and Risley - ANSWER - The average welfare child heard about 616 words per
hour; the working-class child heard 1,251 words per hour; and the child of
professionals, 2,153 words.
expository - ANSWER - intended to explain or describe something
Fall of the Roman Empire - ANSWER - The fall of this empire was precipitated by
Germanic attacks and toward the mid fifth century barbarian chieftains replaced
roman emperors. Rome and Western Europe was overrun by the German tribes but
they respected the Roman culture and learned from their roman sunjects. Some
Roman government and cultural ideas survived and blended with Germanic culture.
476 AD
Laissez-faire economics - ANSWER - Theory that opposes governmental interference
in economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
International Dateline - ANSWER - is an imaginary line of longitude generally 180°
(degrees) east or west of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line is where
each new day begins.
Implicit Phonics - ANSWER - teaching letter/sound correspondences
"opportunistically" or as teachable moments
, Explicit Phonics - ANSWER - Teaching of letter-sound correspondences directly and
usually systematically.
future perfect - ANSWER - tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
future progressive - ANSWER - will be + present participle
future perfect progressive - ANSWER - will have been + present participle
Fluency Level - ANSWER - Independent Level-Relatively easy for the student to read
(95% word accuracy).
Instructional Level-Challenging but manageable for the reader (90% word accuracy).
Frustration Level-Difficult text for the student to read (less than 90% word
accuracy).
60-80 wpm
Idiom - ANSWER - A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you
take it literally.
Dennotation - ANSWER - the dictionary meaning of a word
Connotation - ANSWER - All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word
suggests
spurious correlation - ANSWER - an apparent but false relationship between two (or
more) variables that is caused by some other variable
Allusion - ANSWER - A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
