TEXES Social Studies Competency 002 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

TEXES Social Studies Competency 002 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Competency 002: History - The teacher understand and applies knowledge of significant historical events and developments, multiple historical interpretations and ideas and relationships between the past, the present, and the future as defined by the TEKS. Five periods of World History: - The Ancient World, The Middle Ages, The Age of Discovery, Revolution and Industry, and the Modern World. The Ancient World: - *4 Million Years Ago to 500CE* -Focuses on the development of the first humans, the first farmers, and the first civilizations Ancient Civilizations in the Ancient World: - Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, the Indus Valley, megalith Europe, ancient China, Phoenicia, ancient America, ancient Greece, the Celts, the Romans, and empires in Africa and India. The Middle Ages: - *500-1400CE* -The Byzantine civilization, the rise of Islam, civilizations of the Americas, the Vikings, the feudal system, the Crusades, Genghis Khan and China, the African kingdoms, and the Hundreds Year War. Age of Discovery: - ** 2 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. -The Renaissance, the development of the Aztec and Incan empires, voyages of discover from Spain and Portugal, African empires, the Reformation, and the Ottoman Empire. -When European citizenry became more educatied and questioned the power of the church and the monarchy. Revolution and Industry: - ** -This period includes the Russian Empire, the Manchu dynasty in China, the Enlightenment in Europe, the growth of Austria and Prussia, the birth of the United States, the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Era, the Industrial Revolution, the British Empire, the American Civil War, and the unification of Italy and Germany. The Modern World: - *1900-Present* -This period includes the struggle for equal rights for women, World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, the ride of fascism, revolution in China, World War II, Israel versus Palestine, the Cold War, the space race, the Korean and Vietnam wars, and globalization. -The early 1900s also saw some revolutions, the seeds for which were sown in the previous period. The Enlightenment: - -A period during the 17th and 18th centuries when people questions religious dogmas and emphasized scientific reasoning and knowledge. -Resulted in the development for modern chemistry and biology Industrial Revolution and Modern Technology: - -Began in England in the mid-18th century. -This period of economic growth motivated people to leave the rural areas and move to the cities. -Invention era Sam Houston: - A former governor of Tennesse, volunteered to fight for Texas and became the commander in chief of the Texas Army 3 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. Davy Crockett: - was a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Texas Revolution. Culture: - The sum of knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patters shared and transmitted by the members of society. Cultural diffusion: - The process of dissemination, the spread of an idea or innovation from its source area to other cultures. Cultural exchange: - Groups of people take on some of the traits of other cultural groups. Five Ancient Civilizations in America: - Olmecs, Mayas, Toltecs, Aztecs, and Incas. Mayas: - *1800BCE to 900CE* -Earliest civilizations of the Mesoamerica -Regions of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, and Honduras. -Built stone and mortar pyramids -The center of the Mayan civilization: Chichen Itza and its religious centers where human victims were sacrificed -Developed an elaborate calendar, a system of writing, and the mathematical concept of zero. Zapotecs, Olmecs, and Toltecs: - -Far north Mexico -Olmecs: 1200BCE and then the others followed -Used ceremonial calendars and had built stone pyramids to perform religious observations -Build famous pyramids: Pyramid of the Sun and the Pyramid of the Mood in Teotihuacan Mexico between 1 and 250 CE. 4 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. Aztecs: - *6th Century to 1525 CE* -Achieved highest development in Mexico -Had a centralized government controlled by a king with a large supportive army -Built city of Tenochitlan -At their peak, they had a population of 5 million Incas: - -Children of the Sun -Ecuador, Peru, and central Chile -Well developed political system -Quechua are decedents of the Incas- still live in large numbers in South America Woodlands/Mississippian People - -Mound Builders in North