FTCE K-6 SOCIAL STUDIES EXAM
2024/2025
original documents such as papers, eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries, artifacts, and photos.
Necessary to construct an accurate portrayal of history. Many primary documents available through the
Library of Congress. - Precise Answer ✔✔Primary Source Documents
the period before humans invented writing and kept written records. - Precise Answer ✔✔Prehistoric
period
The first civilizations are recorded in ________. - Precise Answer ✔✔Mesopotamia and Egypt
Invented wheel, plow, windmill, solar calendars, writing. The plow ignited the Agricultural Revolution -
Precise Answer ✔✔3000-6000 BC
pyramids were built in Eygpt; pharaohs ruled and created complex civilizations - Precise Answer
✔✔2000 BC
Greece organized in city-states; developed art, philosophy, education, astronomy - Precise Answer
✔✔800 BC
Classical age and highlight of Greek civilization. - Precise Answer ✔✔500 BC
Roman Empire then Byzantine Empire are world forces. Christianity is named the official religion by
Constantine in 313 AD with the Edict of Milan. - Precise Answer ✔✔700 BC-1453 AD
known for distinctive architecture, sewage and drainage systems, and roads. - Precise Answer
✔✔Roman Empire
,a political leader in Rome who brought Rome from a Republic to the Roman empire. - Precise Answer
✔✔Julius Caesar
Mohammad born and created the Islamic faith fundamentals - Precise Answer ✔✔570 AD
_______ relies on teachings of Confucius; rule county by dynasties such as Tang, Sung, Ming, and
Manchu dynasties. Established block printing and ceramic pottery. - Precise Answer ✔✔China
and his son, Kublai Khan, rule China, Russia, Asia and Persia. - Precise Answer ✔✔Mongols Genghis Khan
_______ sent 7 Crusades to the Middle East to liberate the people there and bring them Christianity but
they massacred thousands of Muslims and Jews. - Precise Answer ✔✔Byzantine Empire
Earliest civilizations were the _______ in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico and Guatemala - Precise
Answer ✔✔Maya
Children of the Sun - Precise Answer ✔✔Inca
controlled area from Ecuador to Chile. - Precise Answer ✔✔Inca
required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that the will of
the king could be bound by law. - Precise Answer ✔✔Magna Carta
a disease carried throughout Europe by fleas on rats; poor living and sanitation practices and killed from
25-40% of the population. - Precise Answer ✔✔Black Death
artist and sculpture- he helped to bring about the Renaissance era. Painted the Last Supper and the
Mona Lisa. - Precise Answer ✔✔Leonardo DaVinci
The Medici family were the Godfathers of Italy who controlled many aspects of the country, including
the Pope, and also supported the Renaissance artists. - Precise Answer ✔✔Lorenzo Medici
, Also reformed the Christian religion with ideas of predestination. Had strong following with John Knox in
Scotland and England puritans. - Precise Answer ✔✔John Calvin
wrote the 95 theses with revolutionary ideas about Christianity and nailed it to the door of the church.
He wanted to reform the church but was excommunicated by the Pope. - Precise Answer ✔✔Martin
Luther
an intense time of self-study for Europe; society questioned beliefs and self. - Precise Answer
✔✔Enlightenment
French philosopher who believed in faith in reason ―I think; therefore, I am‖ - Precise Answer ✔✔Rene
Descartes
The ________ was a shift from belief to evidence. - Precise Answer ✔✔Scientific Revolution
a Polish astronomer, argues the sun is the center of the universe. - Precise Answer ✔✔Copernicus
an Italian scientist, also argues the sun is the center of the universe as is arrested for his beliefs. He
creates the law of inertia. - Precise Answer ✔✔Galileo
an English Christian religious leader who believed in reason and revelation. Wrote treatise about human
rights and revolution when those rights were violated. - Precise Answer ✔✔John Locke
French man who believed people should govern themselves in a democracy. Had the revolutionary idea
that governments existed for the people and it was a ―social contract." - Precise Answer ✔✔Jean-
Jacques Rousseau
the people executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Uprising of the middle and lower classes to
overthrow a monarchy. - Precise Answer ✔✔French Revolution
leader/dictator of the French who conquered most of Europe and was defeated in the Battle of
Waterloo in 1815. - Precise Answer ✔✔Napoleon
2024/2025
original documents such as papers, eyewitness accounts, letters, diaries, artifacts, and photos.
Necessary to construct an accurate portrayal of history. Many primary documents available through the
Library of Congress. - Precise Answer ✔✔Primary Source Documents
the period before humans invented writing and kept written records. - Precise Answer ✔✔Prehistoric
period
The first civilizations are recorded in ________. - Precise Answer ✔✔Mesopotamia and Egypt
Invented wheel, plow, windmill, solar calendars, writing. The plow ignited the Agricultural Revolution -
Precise Answer ✔✔3000-6000 BC
pyramids were built in Eygpt; pharaohs ruled and created complex civilizations - Precise Answer
✔✔2000 BC
Greece organized in city-states; developed art, philosophy, education, astronomy - Precise Answer
✔✔800 BC
Classical age and highlight of Greek civilization. - Precise Answer ✔✔500 BC
Roman Empire then Byzantine Empire are world forces. Christianity is named the official religion by
Constantine in 313 AD with the Edict of Milan. - Precise Answer ✔✔700 BC-1453 AD
known for distinctive architecture, sewage and drainage systems, and roads. - Precise Answer
✔✔Roman Empire
,a political leader in Rome who brought Rome from a Republic to the Roman empire. - Precise Answer
✔✔Julius Caesar
Mohammad born and created the Islamic faith fundamentals - Precise Answer ✔✔570 AD
_______ relies on teachings of Confucius; rule county by dynasties such as Tang, Sung, Ming, and
Manchu dynasties. Established block printing and ceramic pottery. - Precise Answer ✔✔China
and his son, Kublai Khan, rule China, Russia, Asia and Persia. - Precise Answer ✔✔Mongols Genghis Khan
_______ sent 7 Crusades to the Middle East to liberate the people there and bring them Christianity but
they massacred thousands of Muslims and Jews. - Precise Answer ✔✔Byzantine Empire
Earliest civilizations were the _______ in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico and Guatemala - Precise
Answer ✔✔Maya
Children of the Sun - Precise Answer ✔✔Inca
controlled area from Ecuador to Chile. - Precise Answer ✔✔Inca
required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that the will of
the king could be bound by law. - Precise Answer ✔✔Magna Carta
a disease carried throughout Europe by fleas on rats; poor living and sanitation practices and killed from
25-40% of the population. - Precise Answer ✔✔Black Death
artist and sculpture- he helped to bring about the Renaissance era. Painted the Last Supper and the
Mona Lisa. - Precise Answer ✔✔Leonardo DaVinci
The Medici family were the Godfathers of Italy who controlled many aspects of the country, including
the Pope, and also supported the Renaissance artists. - Precise Answer ✔✔Lorenzo Medici
, Also reformed the Christian religion with ideas of predestination. Had strong following with John Knox in
Scotland and England puritans. - Precise Answer ✔✔John Calvin
wrote the 95 theses with revolutionary ideas about Christianity and nailed it to the door of the church.
He wanted to reform the church but was excommunicated by the Pope. - Precise Answer ✔✔Martin
Luther
an intense time of self-study for Europe; society questioned beliefs and self. - Precise Answer
✔✔Enlightenment
French philosopher who believed in faith in reason ―I think; therefore, I am‖ - Precise Answer ✔✔Rene
Descartes
The ________ was a shift from belief to evidence. - Precise Answer ✔✔Scientific Revolution
a Polish astronomer, argues the sun is the center of the universe. - Precise Answer ✔✔Copernicus
an Italian scientist, also argues the sun is the center of the universe as is arrested for his beliefs. He
creates the law of inertia. - Precise Answer ✔✔Galileo
an English Christian religious leader who believed in reason and revelation. Wrote treatise about human
rights and revolution when those rights were violated. - Precise Answer ✔✔John Locke
French man who believed people should govern themselves in a democracy. Had the revolutionary idea
that governments existed for the people and it was a ―social contract." - Precise Answer ✔✔Jean-
Jacques Rousseau
the people executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Uprising of the middle and lower classes to
overthrow a monarchy. - Precise Answer ✔✔French Revolution
leader/dictator of the French who conquered most of Europe and was defeated in the Battle of
Waterloo in 1815. - Precise Answer ✔✔Napoleon
