TEXES Social Studies Competency 002
Questions With Solutions
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.
, TEXES Social Studies Competency 002
Questions With Solutions
Age of Discovery: *1400-1700*
-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: *1700-1900*
-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.
, TEXES Social Studies Competency 002
Questions With Solutions
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
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.
Questions With Solutions
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.
, TEXES Social Studies Competency 002
Questions With Solutions
Age of Discovery: *1400-1700*
-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: *1700-1900*
-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.
, TEXES Social Studies Competency 002
Questions With Solutions
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
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.
