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ABCTE Elementary Education Exam
Questions And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Magna Carta - Answer✔(1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of
Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom
13th Ammendment - Answer✔officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude.
Articles of Confederation - Answer✔1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no
executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answer✔The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over
Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Roger Williams - Answer✔He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He
believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay
Colony for his religious beliefs.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Answer✔"Social Contract" he explained an ideal society where each
community member would vote on issues and majority would become one law.
Sumerians - Answer✔The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the
third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements
of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions.
October Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) - Answer✔second part of the russian revolution led
by lenin; lenin was a student of marxism and said that the proletariat would rise up against the
bourgeoisie; bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government in a bloodless coup; transform
political and economic landscape of the nation; land redistribution; soviet union was the worlds
first communist nation
Fall of the Roman Empire - Answer✔The fall of this empire was precipitated by Germanic
attacks and toward the mid fifth century barbarian chieftains replaced roman emperors. Rome
and Western Europe was overrun by the German tribes but they respected the Roman culture and
learned from their roman sunjects. Some Roman government and cultural ideas survived and
blended with Germanic culture. 476 AD
adage - Answer✔a familiar proverb or wise saying
Continental Divide - Answer✔separation of two different land forms
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invisible hand - Answer✔A phrase coined by Adam Smith to describe the process that turns self-
directed gain into social and economic benefits for all
Laissez-faire economics - Answer✔Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic
affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
International Dateline - Answer✔is an imaginary line of longitude generally 180° (degrees) east
or west of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line is where each new day begins.
Implicit Phonics - Answer✔teaching letter/sound correspondences "opportunistically" or as
teachable moments
Explicit Phonics - Answer✔Teaching of letter-sound correspondences directly and usually
systematically.
Fluency Level - Answer✔Independent Level-Relatively easy for the student to read (95% word
accuracy).
Instructional Level-Challenging but manageable for the reader (90% word accuracy).
Frustration Level-Difficult text for the student to read (less than 90% word accuracy).
60-80 wpm
Idiom - Answer✔A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it
literally.
Dennotation - Answer✔the dictionary meaning of a word
Connotation - Answer✔All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
spurious correlation - Answer✔an apparent but false relationship between two (or more)
variables that is caused by some other variable
Allusion - Answer✔A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Appositive - Answer✔A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.
comma splice - Answer✔two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
past participle - Answer✔A past participle is a VERB + -ED used as an adjective or a verb.
present participle - Answer✔add ing and helping verb
present perfect - Answer✔tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
future perfect - Answer✔tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
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ABCTE Elementary Education Exam
Questions And Answers (Guaranteed A+)
Magna Carta - Answer✔(1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John "Lackland" of
Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the citizens of his kingdom
13th Ammendment - Answer✔officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude.
Articles of Confederation - Answer✔1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no
executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answer✔The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet Union over
Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Roger Williams - Answer✔He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He
believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay
Colony for his religious beliefs.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Answer✔"Social Contract" he explained an ideal society where each
community member would vote on issues and majority would become one law.
Sumerians - Answer✔The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the end of the
third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many fundamental elements
of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology, cuneiform, and religious conceptions.
October Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) - Answer✔second part of the russian revolution led
by lenin; lenin was a student of marxism and said that the proletariat would rise up against the
bourgeoisie; bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government in a bloodless coup; transform
political and economic landscape of the nation; land redistribution; soviet union was the worlds
first communist nation
Fall of the Roman Empire - Answer✔The fall of this empire was precipitated by Germanic
attacks and toward the mid fifth century barbarian chieftains replaced roman emperors. Rome
and Western Europe was overrun by the German tribes but they respected the Roman culture and
learned from their roman sunjects. Some Roman government and cultural ideas survived and
blended with Germanic culture. 476 AD
adage - Answer✔a familiar proverb or wise saying
Continental Divide - Answer✔separation of two different land forms
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invisible hand - Answer✔A phrase coined by Adam Smith to describe the process that turns self-
directed gain into social and economic benefits for all
Laissez-faire economics - Answer✔Theory that opposes governmental interference in economic
affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
International Dateline - Answer✔is an imaginary line of longitude generally 180° (degrees) east
or west of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line is where each new day begins.
Implicit Phonics - Answer✔teaching letter/sound correspondences "opportunistically" or as
teachable moments
Explicit Phonics - Answer✔Teaching of letter-sound correspondences directly and usually
systematically.
Fluency Level - Answer✔Independent Level-Relatively easy for the student to read (95% word
accuracy).
Instructional Level-Challenging but manageable for the reader (90% word accuracy).
Frustration Level-Difficult text for the student to read (less than 90% word accuracy).
60-80 wpm
Idiom - Answer✔A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it
literally.
Dennotation - Answer✔the dictionary meaning of a word
Connotation - Answer✔All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
spurious correlation - Answer✔an apparent but false relationship between two (or more)
variables that is caused by some other variable
Allusion - Answer✔A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Appositive - Answer✔A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.
comma splice - Answer✔two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
past participle - Answer✔A past participle is a VERB + -ED used as an adjective or a verb.
present participle - Answer✔add ing and helping verb
present perfect - Answer✔tense with the past participle and helping verb HAVE and HAS
future perfect - Answer✔tense with the past participle and helping verb WILL HAVE
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