NYSTCE CST Social Studies Exam
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Global History Questions - answer✔✔...
What did the English Parliament create in 1689? - answer✔✔The English Bill of Rights
What was King John of England forced to sign in 1215? - answer✔✔The Magna Carta.
What was the Magna Carta? - answer✔✔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.
What did the Medieval Manor represent? - answer✔✔The medieval manor was an agricultural
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.
What is the most important invention of the fifteenth century? - answer✔✔When Gutenberg
invented the printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and,
eventually, all over the world.
Which of the following was the most frequent source of conflict between church and state in
Europe throughout the Middle Ages? - answer✔✔The doctrine of papal supremacy: The
Catholic Pope
Which of the following breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries presented a major challenge to traditional religious conceptions in Europe?
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, - answer✔✔The discovery that the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun. Shifting
from a geocentric to a heliocentric perspective.
Describe the Romantic Era. - answer✔✔An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that
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.
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? - answer✔✔The economic
devastation caused by the Great Depression
A paragraph about China ends with this question:
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism? - answer✔✔A country develops
legislation to restrict the opportunity of immigrants.
What was the main difference between China's Revolution and the Russian Revolution? -
answer✔✔The Chinese Revolution lasted about 28 years, while the Russian Revolution only
lasted about one year.
What was a major reason European nations
competed for control of Africa during the second
half of the 1800s? - answer✔✔Africa had a wealth of natural resources.
The main source of wealth and power among the empires of West Africa between A.D. 400 and
1500 was control of: - answer✔✔The trans-Saharan salt and gold trade.
What is The Silk Road? - answer✔✔The trade route that extended from Asia to the
Mediterranean Basin.
Which factor made Athens' direct democracy different from representative democracy? -
answer✔✔Citizens directly made the laws
themselves.
One can best distinguish totalitarian from authoritarian governments by examining which of the
following aspects of their political systems? - answer✔✔The pervasiveness of government
control over non- governmental sectors of society.
What is a similarity between the hierarchy of Feudalism demonstrated by both the Shogun in
Feudal Japan and Catherine the Great. - answer✔✔Noble classes became more powerful
What form of government relates to the phrase "reigns but does not rule?" -
answer✔✔Constitutional monarchy: The Queen of England
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 24, 2024 1:33:58 PM
Questions And Answers. Verified and
Updated.
Please note: These questions are free. I have created them myself, based on questions I
remember and tutoring at Brooklyn Education Center. I give permission for Brooklyn Education
Center to share them on their website. - answer✔✔...
Please note: These questions are free. If you are being sold these questions, you are being
charged for something that is free. I do not give permission for anyone to sell or use my
materials in classes. - answer✔✔...
Global History Questions - answer✔✔...
What did the English Parliament create in 1689? - answer✔✔The English Bill of Rights
What was King John of England forced to sign in 1215? - answer✔✔The Magna Carta.
What was the Magna Carta? - answer✔✔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.
What did the Medieval Manor represent? - answer✔✔The medieval manor was an agricultural
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.
What is the most important invention of the fifteenth century? - answer✔✔When Gutenberg
invented the printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and,
eventually, all over the world.
Which of the following was the most frequent source of conflict between church and state in
Europe throughout the Middle Ages? - answer✔✔The doctrine of papal supremacy: The
Catholic Pope
Which of the following breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries presented a major challenge to traditional religious conceptions in Europe?
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 24, 2024 1:33:58 PM
, - answer✔✔The discovery that the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun. Shifting
from a geocentric to a heliocentric perspective.
Describe the Romantic Era. - answer✔✔An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that
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.
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? - answer✔✔The economic
devastation caused by the Great Depression
A paragraph about China ends with this question:
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism? - answer✔✔A country develops
legislation to restrict the opportunity of immigrants.
What was the main difference between China's Revolution and the Russian Revolution? -
answer✔✔The Chinese Revolution lasted about 28 years, while the Russian Revolution only
lasted about one year.
What was a major reason European nations
competed for control of Africa during the second
half of the 1800s? - answer✔✔Africa had a wealth of natural resources.
The main source of wealth and power among the empires of West Africa between A.D. 400 and
1500 was control of: - answer✔✔The trans-Saharan salt and gold trade.
What is The Silk Road? - answer✔✔The trade route that extended from Asia to the
Mediterranean Basin.
Which factor made Athens' direct democracy different from representative democracy? -
answer✔✔Citizens directly made the laws
themselves.
One can best distinguish totalitarian from authoritarian governments by examining which of the
following aspects of their political systems? - answer✔✔The pervasiveness of government
control over non- governmental sectors of society.
What is a similarity between the hierarchy of Feudalism demonstrated by both the Shogun in
Feudal Japan and Catherine the Great. - answer✔✔Noble classes became more powerful
What form of government relates to the phrase "reigns but does not rule?" -
answer✔✔Constitutional monarchy: The Queen of England
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 24, 2024 1:33:58 PM
