FTCE Social Science 6-12 Practice
Test 1 Questions and Answers38
An example of a country with a planned economy is
A. Germany
B. France
C. China
D. Australia - ANSWERS -C. China - leaders of the communist party direct economic policy
Who was the first president of the Confederacy?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. James Buchanan
C. Robert E. Lee
D. Jefferson Davis - ANSWERS -D. Jefferson Davis was the first and ONLY president of the
Confederacy
The two components of a climate graph are
A. the amount of rainfall and temperature of an area.
B. temperature highs and lows for a specific time of year.
C. the amount of rain expected in the tourist seasons
D. future rainfall and temperature changes caused by global warming. - ANSWERS -A. the
amount of rainfall and temperature of an area
Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?
,A. South America
B. Australia
C. Europe
D. Africa - ANSWERS -B. Australia
A market economy relies on _________________ to allocate resources.
A. government
B. good planning
C. market forces
D. small businesses - ANSWERS -C. market forces
Everyone is free to make their own choices about what they buy.
Market forces (demand)
A demand deposit at a commercial bank is
A. an asset to a bank and a liability to the Fed.
B. a liability to the depositor and an asset to the bank
C. a liability to both the depositor and the bank
D. an asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank. - ANSWERS -D. an asset to the depositor
and a liability to the bank
It is a liability to the bank b/c it is $ owed by the bank to the depositor.
,The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to
A. aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe
B. prevent European meddling in the affairs of South American countries.
C. aid countries that were the targets of Communist expansionism
D. expand the Monroe Doctrine to include Eastern Asia - ANSWERS -C. aid countries that were
the targets of Communist expansionism
Choice A is the Marshall Plan
Choice B is the Monroe Doctrine
Choice D does not exist
The Soviet leader whose policies of glasnost and perestroika encouraged the fall of communism
in the Eastern bloc was
A. Brezhnev
B. Khrushchev
C. Stalin
D. Gorbachev - ANSWERS -D. Gorbachev
Which of the following statements best describes conditions in Africa before the European Age
of Exploration?
A. African cultures did not have the capacity to make iron before the first century CE
B. Ghana was central to the trans'Saharan trade in gold and salt
, C. Axum participated in the indian Ocean trade, which stopped when it was conquered by
Muslims
D. Zimbabwe flourished with the Arab trading ports along the east coast of Africa - ANSWERS -B.
Ghana was central to the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt.
Note: Gold from Ghana was basis of trade in the Mediterranean with the east.
What form of government ruled Russia proir to the Revolution of 1917?
A. Democracy
B. Autocracy
C. Monarchy
D. Oligarchy - ANSWERS -B. Autocracy
Autocracy is a type of monarchy whereby decisions are made by one or two individuals.
Renaissance Humanism was a threat to the Church because it
A. espoused atheism
B. denounced scholasticism
C. denounced neo-Platonism
D. emphasized a return to the original sources of Christianity. - ANSWERS -D. emphasized a
return to the original sources of Christianity.
Which of these empires or kingdoms was NOT part of the Islamic world?
A. Axum
Test 1 Questions and Answers38
An example of a country with a planned economy is
A. Germany
B. France
C. China
D. Australia - ANSWERS -C. China - leaders of the communist party direct economic policy
Who was the first president of the Confederacy?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. James Buchanan
C. Robert E. Lee
D. Jefferson Davis - ANSWERS -D. Jefferson Davis was the first and ONLY president of the
Confederacy
The two components of a climate graph are
A. the amount of rainfall and temperature of an area.
B. temperature highs and lows for a specific time of year.
C. the amount of rain expected in the tourist seasons
D. future rainfall and temperature changes caused by global warming. - ANSWERS -A. the
amount of rainfall and temperature of an area
Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?
,A. South America
B. Australia
C. Europe
D. Africa - ANSWERS -B. Australia
A market economy relies on _________________ to allocate resources.
A. government
B. good planning
C. market forces
D. small businesses - ANSWERS -C. market forces
Everyone is free to make their own choices about what they buy.
Market forces (demand)
A demand deposit at a commercial bank is
A. an asset to a bank and a liability to the Fed.
B. a liability to the depositor and an asset to the bank
C. a liability to both the depositor and the bank
D. an asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank. - ANSWERS -D. an asset to the depositor
and a liability to the bank
It is a liability to the bank b/c it is $ owed by the bank to the depositor.
,The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to
A. aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe
B. prevent European meddling in the affairs of South American countries.
C. aid countries that were the targets of Communist expansionism
D. expand the Monroe Doctrine to include Eastern Asia - ANSWERS -C. aid countries that were
the targets of Communist expansionism
Choice A is the Marshall Plan
Choice B is the Monroe Doctrine
Choice D does not exist
The Soviet leader whose policies of glasnost and perestroika encouraged the fall of communism
in the Eastern bloc was
A. Brezhnev
B. Khrushchev
C. Stalin
D. Gorbachev - ANSWERS -D. Gorbachev
Which of the following statements best describes conditions in Africa before the European Age
of Exploration?
A. African cultures did not have the capacity to make iron before the first century CE
B. Ghana was central to the trans'Saharan trade in gold and salt
, C. Axum participated in the indian Ocean trade, which stopped when it was conquered by
Muslims
D. Zimbabwe flourished with the Arab trading ports along the east coast of Africa - ANSWERS -B.
Ghana was central to the trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt.
Note: Gold from Ghana was basis of trade in the Mediterranean with the east.
What form of government ruled Russia proir to the Revolution of 1917?
A. Democracy
B. Autocracy
C. Monarchy
D. Oligarchy - ANSWERS -B. Autocracy
Autocracy is a type of monarchy whereby decisions are made by one or two individuals.
Renaissance Humanism was a threat to the Church because it
A. espoused atheism
B. denounced scholasticism
C. denounced neo-Platonism
D. emphasized a return to the original sources of Christianity. - ANSWERS -D. emphasized a
return to the original sources of Christianity.
Which of these empires or kingdoms was NOT part of the Islamic world?
A. Axum
