Social Studies Praxis 5004 Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Social Studies Praxis 5004 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Mt. Everest is located where? Himalayan mountain (Asia) Great Wall of China... Was built to protect invaders of the North What is the 13th amendment? Abolished slavery What is the 14th amendment? African American gained citizenship What is the 15th amendment? African Americans could vote What are Cardinal directions? North, South, East, West What is the type of unemployment called during a recession? Cyclical Democracy started where? Greece The war btw Mexico and USA started because of why? Mexico believed Texas ended at the Nueces River where USA claimed Texas needs at the Rio Grande. What is the Rosetta Stone? Egyptian artifact that helps provide translations for hieroglyphics Prime meridian goes through which countries? England,France, Spain, Ghana, Togo, Algeria, Mali What is a pure market economy? The producers and consumers can make their own economic decision (Think flea market) Which president was during 1965? Lyndon B. Johnson Women's jobs in the 20th century EXCEPT: Servant Which early civilization crest roads, statues, and arches? Romans What is the United Nations? A peacekeeping organization Started after WW2 Indian who befriended the pilgrims at Plymouth? Tisquantum AKA Squanto What was the purpose of the article of confederation? Set up first government for newly independent United States The book Silent Springs deals with? Effects on the environment, particularly on birds and the use of pesticides How did USA gain Indiana? It was an act of congress, signed into law by John Adams. It was the first new territory created from the Northwest territory 20th century president who loved the environment Theodore Roosevelt The Cold War was after what war? WW2 What are straits? Narrow body of water connecting two land masses Think: Russia and Alaska with the Bering strait What is the Connecticut comprise? # of House of Representatives is determined by the states population where everyone gets 2 senates Who must be 35 years old and a citizen for 14 years? President What is the "Day that will live in Infamy? Pearl Harbor: December 7th 1941 What was NOT a result of WW1? Austria-Hungry split What is the "breadbasket"? Area in the Midwest that has rich soil and produces a lot of corn, wheat What is a ethnic enclave? Immigrants staying with their own kind when reaching America. Think: Italians go to little Italy, Chinese go to Chinatown India after WW2 got what 2 countries? Pakistan and ? What is Terrance farming? Humans have adapted to farm on mountain sides What is the 7th amendment? Trial by jury African Americans traveled to Michigan, Chicago during the 20th century.. Why? - escape economic conditions in the south (promise of greater prosperity in the North) -when WW1 happened men in factories left, blacks traveler North to take their jobs -economy was desperate and paid blacks to migrate North -some moved due to not liking the conditions of the South (lynching, inequality in education, unfair legal system) Similarity btw 18th century France and 20th century Russia? Economy Difference btw Virginia and New York in 17th century? Agriculture What is the USA Patriot act? An anti-terrorism law where government has the right to tap into any electronic device