EC-6 core subjects: Social Studies UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
World History - CORRECT ANSWER - Divided into different ages:
1) Ancient World
2) Middle Ages
3) Age of Discovery
4) Revolution and Industry
5)The Modern World
The Ancient World - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 billions years ago to 500ce-Focuses on the
development of the first humans, the first farmers, and the first civilizations. This time period
emphasizes the history of ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt,
the Celts, the Romans, and empires of Africa and India.
Timeline of the Ancient World BCE - CORRECT ANSWER - 4000 BCE-Homo Sapiens
appeared in different regions of the world
3500 BCE-The sumerians of Mesoptamia invent writing and the wheel
3100 BCE-Egypt becomes unified
2800 BCE-Indus Civilization flourishes in India
1600-1100 BCE-Mycenaean control of Greece
1200-400 BCE-Olmecs civilization flourishes in Western Mexico
1000-612 BCE-New Assyrian Empire flourishes
Timeline of the Ancient World BCE Con't - CORRECT ANSWER - 753 BCE-Foundation of
Rome
605-562 BCE-King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilds the city of Babylon
, 476-431 BCE-Golden ages of Athens
336-323 BCE-Alexander the Great rules the world
1 CE-Birth of Christ Est.
27 BCE-14CE-Augustus rules as the first Roman emperor (some historians date the beginning of
Augustus's reign to 31 BCE coinciding with the victory of Actium)
476 CE-Western Roman Empire Falls
The Middle Ages - CORRECT ANSWER -
Age of Discovery - CORRECT ANSWER -
Revolution and Industry - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Modern World - CORRECT ANSWER -
Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS per grade) - CORRECT
ANSWER - - Kinder- self, home, family, classroom
- 1st- classroom, school, community
- 2nd- community, state, nation
- 3rd- how individuals impact communities and world
- 4th- Texas history
- 5th- history of the US
- 6th- people and places in the contemporary world
Primary Source - CORRECT ANSWER - In teaching history, teachers use primary sources
(original
records or first hand accounts such as diaries, eye witness
accounts )
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
World History - CORRECT ANSWER - Divided into different ages:
1) Ancient World
2) Middle Ages
3) Age of Discovery
4) Revolution and Industry
5)The Modern World
The Ancient World - CORRECT ANSWER - 4 billions years ago to 500ce-Focuses on the
development of the first humans, the first farmers, and the first civilizations. This time period
emphasizes the history of ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt,
the Celts, the Romans, and empires of Africa and India.
Timeline of the Ancient World BCE - CORRECT ANSWER - 4000 BCE-Homo Sapiens
appeared in different regions of the world
3500 BCE-The sumerians of Mesoptamia invent writing and the wheel
3100 BCE-Egypt becomes unified
2800 BCE-Indus Civilization flourishes in India
1600-1100 BCE-Mycenaean control of Greece
1200-400 BCE-Olmecs civilization flourishes in Western Mexico
1000-612 BCE-New Assyrian Empire flourishes
Timeline of the Ancient World BCE Con't - CORRECT ANSWER - 753 BCE-Foundation of
Rome
605-562 BCE-King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilds the city of Babylon
, 476-431 BCE-Golden ages of Athens
336-323 BCE-Alexander the Great rules the world
1 CE-Birth of Christ Est.
27 BCE-14CE-Augustus rules as the first Roman emperor (some historians date the beginning of
Augustus's reign to 31 BCE coinciding with the victory of Actium)
476 CE-Western Roman Empire Falls
The Middle Ages - CORRECT ANSWER -
Age of Discovery - CORRECT ANSWER -
Revolution and Industry - CORRECT ANSWER -
The Modern World - CORRECT ANSWER -
Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS per grade) - CORRECT
ANSWER - - Kinder- self, home, family, classroom
- 1st- classroom, school, community
- 2nd- community, state, nation
- 3rd- how individuals impact communities and world
- 4th- Texas history
- 5th- history of the US
- 6th- people and places in the contemporary world
Primary Source - CORRECT ANSWER - In teaching history, teachers use primary sources
(original
records or first hand accounts such as diaries, eye witness
accounts )
