Missouri Content Assessment (SS) Exam Questions and Answers(SCORED A+)

Enlightenment, referring to the work of which 17th and 18th century thinkers - ANSWER-Called for the application of research to all aspects of social and political life The pueblo peoples of the southwestern United States shared which of the following cultural characteristics at the time of their first contact with Europeans? - ANSWER-Cultivation of food crops through irrigation; warm climate called for irrigation Chronological order - ANSWER-Truman integrated the U.S. Armed forces in 1948, the Montgomery bus boycott took place in , the Greensboro sit-ins occurred in 1960, and congress passed the voting rights act in 1965 Between the north and the south, which of the following issues most influenced the series developments that resulted in the US civil war? - ANSWER-The status of slavery in the western territories; Decades following WWII, the proliferation of new, independent states in many parts of Asia and Africa can best be seen as: - ANSWER-The fulfillment of long-standing nationalist movements; During the first half of the 19th century, which force had the greatest influence on people engaged in the anti-slavery, temperance, and prison reform movements in the US. - ANSWER-The religious enthusiasm unleashed by the second great awakening Which best describes the main economic objective of recently freed African Americans in the south immediately after the civil war? - ANSWER-Obtaining land on which to establish their own farms; slaves wanted to remain in agriculture and work without white supervision What describes the main reason for the partition of India that accompanied the achievement of independence of British rule after WWI? - ANSWER-Religious differences between major social groups; a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan What environmental problem has been the main cause of the reduction of earth's biological diversity? - ANSWER-Tropical deforestation;