TExES Social Studies 4-8 (118) Prep Final Exam pt 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

TExES Social Studies 4-8 (118) Prep Final Exam pt 1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Which of the following was the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion? a) Jefferson Memorial b) Liberty Bell c) Washington Monument d) Statue of Liberty - c) Washington Monument Which of the following can lead to engaging and important classroom discussions that can make a student think like a historian? a) The "who" of an event b) The "where" of an event c) The "why" of an event d) The "what" of an event - c) The "why" of an event Which of the following amendments protects people from cruel and unusual punishments? 2 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. a) 6th Amendment b) 8th Amendment c) 7th Amendment d) 9th Amendment - b) 8th Amendment Which of the following tasks falls under the purview of local government? a) Monitoring interstate commerce b) Issuing and collecting income taxes c) Issuing and collecting property taxes d) Testing the safety of food and medicine - c) Issuing and collecting property taxes Which of the following famous novels were set during the Dust Bowl? a) Brave New World and The Maltese Falcon b) Gone with the Wind and Their Eyes were Watching God c) The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men d) Mary Poppins and Out of Africa - c) The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men A boundary that separates regions within a country that speak different languages would be an example of 3 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. a) a physical boundary b) a paraphysical boundary c) a cultural boundary d) a metaphysical boundary - c) a cultural boundary What did Washington warn against in his political farewell address? a) political parties b) the French c) Dutch incursions d) religion - a) political parties Students have limited experience with textbooks in their history class. During the first unit, the teacher reviews vocabulary and then asks students just to read the introduction paragraph. Then, the class talks about what they read. Then, they read the next paragraph and then discuss it. The teacher has employed which of the following activities? a) Active reading b) Reading for purpose c) Chunking the text d) Previewing the text - c) Chunking the text What type of context consists of the author's experiences, beliefs, and culture? 4 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. a) context of the reader b) biographical context c) context of language and form d) historical context - b) biographical context Who was America's enemy during the War of 1812? a) France b) Britain c) Mexico d) Spain - b) Britain Which of the following introduced the World Wide Web in 1991? a) Tim Berners-Lee b) Alan Turing c) Grace Hopper d) Barbara Liskov - a) Tim Berners-Lee Which of the following court cases established judicial review? a) Gideon v. Wainwright 5 | P a g e Emily Charlene © 2025, All Rights Reserved. b) Marbury v. Madison c) Roe v. Wade d) Dredd Scott v. Sandford - Marbury v. Madison Which of the following differentiates socialism and communism? a) Within a socialist economic system, labor is not controlled, whereas in a communist economic system, it is. b) Within a socialist economic system, governments do not have as much control concerning production as they do in a communist system. c) Within a socialist economic system, pricing is not controlled, whereas in a