COMPLETE CONCEPT REVIEW & PRACTICE
MATERIALS (LATEST EDITION)
1. The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are collectively known as the:
A) Articles of Confederation
B) Bill of Rights ✓
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Preamble
2. Which 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review?
A) Marbury v. Madison ✓
B) McCulloch v. Maryland
C) Dred Scott v. Sandford
D) Plessy v. Ferguson
3. The policy of "containment" during the Cold War was primarily aimed at limiting the
spread of:
A) Fascism
B) Imperialism
C) Communism ✓
D) Globalism
4. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" is a famous quote from a president who led
during the Great Depression and WWII.
A) Herbert Hoover
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Harry S. Truman
5. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed:
A) Abolition of slavery
B) Income tax collection
C) Women's suffrage ✓
D) Direct election of Senators
Science
, 6. The basic unit of life in all living organisms is the:
A) Atom
B) Cell ✓
C) Molecule
D) Tissue
7. In the periodic table, elements are arranged in order of increasing:
A) Atomic mass
B) Atomic number ✓
C) Density
D) Reactivity
8. Which law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
A) Newton's First Law
B) Newton's Second Law
C) Newton's Third Law ✓
D) Law of Universal Gravitation
9. In humans, the organ primarily responsible for filtering blood and producing urine is the:
A) Liver
B) Heart
C) Kidney ✓
D) Pancreas
10. The process by which plants convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food is:
A) Respiration
B) Digestion
C) Photosynthesis ✓
D) Fermentation
Mathematics
11. Solve for x: 2x + 5 = 17
A) 6 ✓
B) 7
C) 11
D) 22
12. The Pythagorean Theorem (a² + b² = c²) applies to which geometric shape?
A) All triangles
B) Right triangles ✓
, C) Equilateral triangles
D) Obtuse triangles
13. What is 25% of 200?
A) 25
B) 50 ✓
C) 100
D) 150
14. Simplify the expression: 3(x - 4) + 2x
A) 5x - 4
B) 5x - 12 ✓
C) 3x - 6
D) 6x - 12
15. The slope-intercept form of a linear equation is:
A) ax + by = c
B) y = mx + b ✓
C) y - y₁ = m(x - x₁)
D) x/a + y/b = 1
English & Literature
16. Which literary device directly compares two things using "like" or "as"?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile ✓
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
17. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) William Shakespeare ✓
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) Oscar Wilde
18. The author's attitude toward the subject or audience is known as:
A) Mood
B) Theme
C) Tone ✓
D) Setting