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FTCE Middle grades Social Science Civics and Government [ACTUAL EXAM] LATEST
VERSION [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS] WITH PRACTICE EXAM DETAILED AND
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS- LATEST UPDATE 2025 GRADED A (BRAND
NEW!!)
Sociology - ✔✔✔✔✔ the systematic study of human society including the development
of government
Anthropology - ✔✔✔✔✔ The study of humans including the effects of government
processes on a society
Economics - ✔✔✔✔✔ The study of how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants
by making choices
Purposes of Government - ✔✔✔✔✔ maintain social order, provide public services,
provide national security, make economic decisions
Main theories of the origin of State - ✔✔✔✔✔ Evolutionary, Force, Divine Right, Social
Contract
Evolutionary theory of the origin of state - ✔✔✔✔✔ state evolved from family, head of
state=family's patriarch/matriarch
Force Theory of Government - ✔✔✔✔✔ One person forced all others into submission
Divine Right Theory of Government - ✔✔✔✔✔ The divine right of kings, or divine-right
theory of kingship, is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy.
Social Contract Theory - ✔✔✔✔✔ The belief that people are free and equal by natural
right, and that this in turn requires that all people give their consent to be governed.
Aristotle and Plato - ✔✔✔✔✔ Greek philosophers who believed that political science
would lead to order
, Thomas Aquinas - ✔✔✔✔✔ argued that the most basic religious truths could be
proved by logical argument. His ideas meshed Aristotle and Plato's ideas and based
modern constitutionalism
Niccolo Machiavelli - ✔✔✔✔✔ Founder of modern political science, author of the
Prince
Thomas Hobbes - ✔✔✔✔✔ believed that people are born selfish and need a strong
central authority, author of the Leviathan.
John Loke - ✔✔✔✔✔ Said Government has an obligation to people it governs, people
have right to over throw government, rejected absolute monarchy. Believed people were
blank slates molded by experiences.
Montesquieu and Rousseau - ✔✔✔✔✔ They heavily influence the French Revolution.
Government policies and ideas should change to alleviate existing problems
(liberalism).
-Individual freedom and community welfare are equally important
-Man's innate goodness leads to natural harmony
-Logic develops with the rise of civilized society
-Individuals have responsibility to their government - ✔✔✔✔✔ Montesquien and
Rousseau
Empiricism - ✔✔✔✔✔ the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through
observation
David Hume and Jeremy Bentham - ✔✔✔✔✔ Government's main goal should be the
happiness of the greatest number of people
John Stuart Mill - ✔✔✔✔✔ Progressive English philosopher and economist believed in
suffrage, emancipation, labor unions, and farming cooperatives
Johann Fichte and Georg Hegel - ✔✔✔✔✔ Supported liberalism grounded in socialism
and nationalism
Four main political orientations. - ✔✔✔✔✔ Liberal, conservative, moderate, libertarian
Liberal - ✔✔✔✔✔ Government should work to increase equality even at the expense
of some freedoms. Gov should assist those in need, and focus on enforced social
justice and free education for everyone.
FTCE Middle grades Social Science Civics and Government [ACTUAL EXAM] LATEST
VERSION [QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS] WITH PRACTICE EXAM DETAILED AND
VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS- LATEST UPDATE 2025 GRADED A (BRAND
NEW!!)
Sociology - ✔✔✔✔✔ the systematic study of human society including the development
of government
Anthropology - ✔✔✔✔✔ The study of humans including the effects of government
processes on a society
Economics - ✔✔✔✔✔ The study of how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants
by making choices
Purposes of Government - ✔✔✔✔✔ maintain social order, provide public services,
provide national security, make economic decisions
Main theories of the origin of State - ✔✔✔✔✔ Evolutionary, Force, Divine Right, Social
Contract
Evolutionary theory of the origin of state - ✔✔✔✔✔ state evolved from family, head of
state=family's patriarch/matriarch
Force Theory of Government - ✔✔✔✔✔ One person forced all others into submission
Divine Right Theory of Government - ✔✔✔✔✔ The divine right of kings, or divine-right
theory of kingship, is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy.
Social Contract Theory - ✔✔✔✔✔ The belief that people are free and equal by natural
right, and that this in turn requires that all people give their consent to be governed.
Aristotle and Plato - ✔✔✔✔✔ Greek philosophers who believed that political science
would lead to order
, Thomas Aquinas - ✔✔✔✔✔ argued that the most basic religious truths could be
proved by logical argument. His ideas meshed Aristotle and Plato's ideas and based
modern constitutionalism
Niccolo Machiavelli - ✔✔✔✔✔ Founder of modern political science, author of the
Prince
Thomas Hobbes - ✔✔✔✔✔ believed that people are born selfish and need a strong
central authority, author of the Leviathan.
John Loke - ✔✔✔✔✔ Said Government has an obligation to people it governs, people
have right to over throw government, rejected absolute monarchy. Believed people were
blank slates molded by experiences.
Montesquieu and Rousseau - ✔✔✔✔✔ They heavily influence the French Revolution.
Government policies and ideas should change to alleviate existing problems
(liberalism).
-Individual freedom and community welfare are equally important
-Man's innate goodness leads to natural harmony
-Logic develops with the rise of civilized society
-Individuals have responsibility to their government - ✔✔✔✔✔ Montesquien and
Rousseau
Empiricism - ✔✔✔✔✔ the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through
observation
David Hume and Jeremy Bentham - ✔✔✔✔✔ Government's main goal should be the
happiness of the greatest number of people
John Stuart Mill - ✔✔✔✔✔ Progressive English philosopher and economist believed in
suffrage, emancipation, labor unions, and farming cooperatives
Johann Fichte and Georg Hegel - ✔✔✔✔✔ Supported liberalism grounded in socialism
and nationalism
Four main political orientations. - ✔✔✔✔✔ Liberal, conservative, moderate, libertarian
Liberal - ✔✔✔✔✔ Government should work to increase equality even at the expense
of some freedoms. Gov should assist those in need, and focus on enforced social
justice and free education for everyone.
