SOCIAL STUDIES 4-8 (118) TEXAS TEACHERS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024-2025.
Which Texas city served as the first capital of the Republic of Texas, hosted the first state Presidential
Convention and built the first Texas highway? ANS -Houston
William Barret Travis achieved lasting fame in 1836 as the commander during the final assault on ANS -
The Alamo
Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was the last person killed during the
Battle at Palmito Ranch, and probably the last combat casualty of the ANS -American Civil War
A biographical sketch of Oveta Culp Hobby would mention that she was the first Secretary of the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, chairman of the Houston Post, and ANS -The first
commander of the Women's Army Corps
When demand for oil grows faster than supply, oil prices begin to rise, leading to all EXCEPT ANS -Oil
companies reducing investment in production.
The Articles of Confederation, under which the country would be governed until 1789, were ratified by
the ANS -The Second Continental Congress
Texas is a wet state with 15 natural rivers, thousands of streams and ANS -2 natural lakes
The organization begun by Dr. Hector P. Garcia', which first fought for the rights of Mexican American
veterans is called ANS -American GI Forum
The Spanish conquistador who landed on the Texas coast in 1528, nearly died of illness, lived among the
Karankawa tribe, traded beads and shells and became a skilled medicine man was ANS -Alvar Nunez
Cabeza de Vaca
Lyndon Baines Johnson put into place anti-poverty programs, supported rapid expansion of the space
program, and advocated for civil rights, yet he was reviled for his policies on ANS -The Vietnam War
, Besides being fierce fighters and extraordinary artisans, the Caddo Indians were expert traders who
were ANS -Devastated by illnesses caught from their trading partners
The Apache people were nomadic buffalo hunters, who learned their horse riding skills from the ANS -
Pueblo people
Factors that resulted in the European exploration of the Americas included all EXCEPT ANS -Flight from
famine and war in Spain
The Texas towns of Nacogdoches, Refugio, and Goliad were originally established as ANS -Spanish
missions
The area stretching from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains westward to the Sierra Nevada of
California, to the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest and into Alaska, is characterized by ANS -Low
population density
The market clearing price at which the quantity demanded by buyers is the same as the quantity offered
by sellers is called ANS -Equilibrium price
Goods and services that are provided by the government such as education or national defense are
called ANS -Public goods
People respond to positive and negative economic incentives ANS -Predictably
The Chair of the Federal Reserve System has the most direct impact on which economic indicator? ANS
-Interest rates
A free enterprise economic structure is defined as a ANS -Market economy
Which formula could be used to determine the opportunity cost of a decision? ANS -Opportunity Cost =
Most Lucrative Choice minus Chosen Option
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024-2025.
Which Texas city served as the first capital of the Republic of Texas, hosted the first state Presidential
Convention and built the first Texas highway? ANS -Houston
William Barret Travis achieved lasting fame in 1836 as the commander during the final assault on ANS -
The Alamo
Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry was the last person killed during the
Battle at Palmito Ranch, and probably the last combat casualty of the ANS -American Civil War
A biographical sketch of Oveta Culp Hobby would mention that she was the first Secretary of the
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, chairman of the Houston Post, and ANS -The first
commander of the Women's Army Corps
When demand for oil grows faster than supply, oil prices begin to rise, leading to all EXCEPT ANS -Oil
companies reducing investment in production.
The Articles of Confederation, under which the country would be governed until 1789, were ratified by
the ANS -The Second Continental Congress
Texas is a wet state with 15 natural rivers, thousands of streams and ANS -2 natural lakes
The organization begun by Dr. Hector P. Garcia', which first fought for the rights of Mexican American
veterans is called ANS -American GI Forum
The Spanish conquistador who landed on the Texas coast in 1528, nearly died of illness, lived among the
Karankawa tribe, traded beads and shells and became a skilled medicine man was ANS -Alvar Nunez
Cabeza de Vaca
Lyndon Baines Johnson put into place anti-poverty programs, supported rapid expansion of the space
program, and advocated for civil rights, yet he was reviled for his policies on ANS -The Vietnam War
, Besides being fierce fighters and extraordinary artisans, the Caddo Indians were expert traders who
were ANS -Devastated by illnesses caught from their trading partners
The Apache people were nomadic buffalo hunters, who learned their horse riding skills from the ANS -
Pueblo people
Factors that resulted in the European exploration of the Americas included all EXCEPT ANS -Flight from
famine and war in Spain
The Texas towns of Nacogdoches, Refugio, and Goliad were originally established as ANS -Spanish
missions
The area stretching from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains westward to the Sierra Nevada of
California, to the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest and into Alaska, is characterized by ANS -Low
population density
The market clearing price at which the quantity demanded by buyers is the same as the quantity offered
by sellers is called ANS -Equilibrium price
Goods and services that are provided by the government such as education or national defense are
called ANS -Public goods
People respond to positive and negative economic incentives ANS -Predictably
The Chair of the Federal Reserve System has the most direct impact on which economic indicator? ANS
-Interest rates
A free enterprise economic structure is defined as a ANS -Market economy
Which formula could be used to determine the opportunity cost of a decision? ANS -Opportunity Cost =
Most Lucrative Choice minus Chosen Option
