NYSTCE CST Social Studies Actual Test Exam Guide
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4. What did the English Parliament create in 1689?: The English Bill of Rights
5. What was King John of England forced to sign in 1215?: The Magna Carta.
6. What was the Magna Carta?: The Magna Carta is Latin for "Great Charter". It set down
rights which became part of English law and which are now the foundation of the constitution
of all countries which speak English.
7. What did the Medieval Manor represent?: The medieval manor was an agricul- tural
estate. It was usually comprised of tracts of agricultural land, a village whose inhabitants
worked that land, and a manor house where the lord who owned or controlled the estate
lived. Manors were largely self-sufficient.
8. What is the most important invention of the fifteenth century?: When Guten- berg
invented the printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and,
eventually, all over the world.
9. Which of the following was the most frequent source of conflict between church and
state in Europe throughout the Middle Ages?: The doctrine of papal supremacy: The Catholic
Pope
10. Which of the following breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries presented a major challenge to tradi- tional religious
conceptions in Europe?: The discovery that the earth and the other planets revolved
around the sun. Shifting from a geocentric to a heliocentric perspective.
11. Describe the Romantic Era.: An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that
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, originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century. Partly a reaction to the Industrial
Revolution, it was also a revolt against the aristocratic social and political norms.
12. Which of the following played a major role in the spread of both communist and fascist
ideologies in Europe between World War I and World War II?: The economic devastation
caused by the Great Depression
13. A paragraph about China ends with this question:
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism?: A country develops legislation to
restrict the opportunity of immigrants.
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1. Please note: These questions are free. I have created them myself, based on questions
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4. What did the English Parliament create in 1689?: The English Bill of Rights
5. What was King John of England forced to sign in 1215?: The Magna Carta.
6. What was the Magna Carta?: The Magna Carta is Latin for "Great Charter". It set down
rights which became part of English law and which are now the foundation of the constitution
of all countries which speak English.
7. What did the Medieval Manor represent?: The medieval manor was an agricul- tural
estate. It was usually comprised of tracts of agricultural land, a village whose inhabitants
worked that land, and a manor house where the lord who owned or controlled the estate
lived. Manors were largely self-sufficient.
8. What is the most important invention of the fifteenth century?: When Guten- berg
invented the printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and,
eventually, all over the world.
9. Which of the following was the most frequent source of conflict between church and
state in Europe throughout the Middle Ages?: The doctrine of papal supremacy: The Catholic
Pope
10. Which of the following breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries presented a major challenge to tradi- tional religious
conceptions in Europe?: The discovery that the earth and the other planets revolved
around the sun. Shifting from a geocentric to a heliocentric perspective.
11. Describe the Romantic Era.: An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that
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15
, originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century. Partly a reaction to the Industrial
Revolution, it was also a revolt against the aristocratic social and political norms.
12. Which of the following played a major role in the spread of both communist and fascist
ideologies in Europe between World War I and World War II?: The economic devastation
caused by the Great Depression
13. A paragraph about China ends with this question:
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism?: A country develops legislation to
restrict the opportunity of immigrants.
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