EC-6 Social Studies
Although the Renaissance in Europe began in 1300, it reached its peak during which of the following periods?
. Age of Discovery
In lower elementary grades, how should timelines be introduced?
. Ask students to narrate what was done yesterday, today, and tomorrow using a chart
The tallest mountains in the world are part of the
. Himalayas Range.
Why is a Venn diagram appropriate for analyzing and comparing key concepts or events?
. It uses circles to analyze common and unique elements of two or three components.
The New England Colonies consisted of
. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
There are two categories of maps: reference maps and thematic maps. An atlas is an example of
. a reference map.
The Mayflower Compact was one of the earliest agreements to
. establish a political body and to give that political body the power to act for the good of the colony.
Revere, Paul, engraver. "The BLOODY MASSACRE perpetrated in King Street BOSTON on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th REGT." 1770. Courtesy of Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.The Paul Revere engraving of the Boston Massacre (1770), pictured above, is taught at what grade level?
5th grade
Determining globes for a first grade classroom should be based on which of the following characteristics?Select all that apply.
A 12-inch globe Three or fewer colors to represent land. Two or fewer colors to represent water.
Latitude and longitude lines are used to locate points on a map. What is the term that best describes this type of geometric figure?
A grid system
Which of the following best defines appropriate social studies instruction?
A systematic inquiry which requires the acquisition and analysis of information
The Battle of Gettysburg was the most disastrous episode of which of the following?
American Civil War
If in the United States we are enjoying a warm winter, what season are the people of Brazil having?
B. Summer
Which of the following options correctly identifies the Texas state symbols and motto?
Bluebonnet, Mockingbird, Pecan, Friendship
Which of the following court cases saw the U.S. Supreme Court rule that the conditions of segregation illustrated in the photograph above violated the Fourteenth Amendment? *picture of white and colored sinks
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
The world region of North America consists of
Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
_______ is the economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state.
Capitalism
When teaching students about the Mayflower Compact, which of the following Social Studies strands are applicable?
Civic Ideals and Practice Power, Authority, and Governance
The government of the United Kingdom represents an example of which of the following?
Constitutional monarchy
Identify the order of the products that have supported the Texas economy through its history.
Cotton, cattle, petroleum, and computers and electronics
Which of the following terms describes the exchange or transmission of cultural information and lifestyles from people around the world?
Cultural diffusion
How can geospatial technologies aid social studies instruction?
D. They assist learners to connect data and critically analyze an event.
The Texas state curriculum officially introduces children to U.S. history in
D. fifth grade.
Which of the following is the current source of most of the economic activity in the Dallas/Fort Worth region?
Defense and technology
The historical growth and expansion of Christianity and Islam is an example of what geographic concept?
Diffusion
All of the following are tools or strategies help English Language Learners to learn social studies content EXCEPT
Direct Instruction
Mr. Jones has his fifth-grade students examine some photographs of dust storms from the Great Depression. He asks the students to discuss details from the photos and to consider what life must have been like during that era and place. Students are asked to write a paragraph describing what life must have been like from the perspective of those who lived through it. What type of analysis are students doing while engaging in this instructional activity?
Drawing inferences
Texas has been identified as a regional economy. That is, each region has a dominant economic activity. For example, timber is one of the most important economic activities in
East Texas.
Japan is to the west of the International Date Line. Based on this information, in what hemisphere is Japan located?
Eastern Hemisphere
What might be the benefit of devaluing the currency of an industrialized country?
Exports will increase and the economy will improve.
Which of the following is a feature that can be used to identify a cultural region?
Farming activity, language, and religion
Which economic system has the least government influence and the most competitive market?
Free enterprise
The Spaniards Francisco Pizarro and Hernan Cortes conquered, respectively, which of the following two civilizations?
Inca and Aztec
Which of the following has a government that is an example of a theocracy?
Iran
Identify the modern-day country that encompasses most of the territory of ancient Mesopotamia.
Iraq
Identify the statement that best describes the country of Iraq.
It is a Muslim nation with multiple ethnic groups within its borders
What was the most important economic implication of the discovery of oil in Texas in 1901?
It moved Texas from its rural and agricultural economy to petroleum and the industrial age
Children are first exposed to civics education such as the teaching of American values and patriotism in which of the following grades?
Kindergarten
The implementation of the Truman Doctrine (1947) got the United States involved in which of the following conflicts?
Korea and Vietnam
Identify the main strategy used by the Federal Reserve System to address periods of slow economic activity in the United States.
Lower the interest rate charged to U.S. bank
The most advanced pre-Columbian civilizations of Mesoamerica were the
Maya and Aztecs.
The Fourteenth Amendment declared that all persons born in the U.S. were citizens and that all citizens were entitled to equal rights, and that their rights were protected by due process. A group of people living in the U.S. was not included. Which group was excluded from the equal rights provisions?
Native Americans
Which of the following international organizations has a direct impact on the economy of Texas?
OPEC
Why are bar graphs more concrete for students than pie charts (circle graphs)?
Pie charts are based on percentages while bar graphs are based on integers.
Plants and trees that need large amounts of water to survive will thrive in which Texas region?
Piney-woods and Gulf Coast
Which of the following symbols represents the official declaration of patriotism in the United States?
Pledge of Allegiance
The earliest European colonization efforts in North America began with the founding of which of the following?
Saint Augustine and Roanoke
Students are expected to have received how many years of daily social studies instruction before entering middle school (grades 7-8)?
Seven years
The Andes mountain range and the Amazon River are two of the key physical features in
South America
The Civil Rights Movement sought equality for African Americans. Even after the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments were added to the Constitution, blacks were denied full civil rights. Discrimination existed throughout the nation. Jim Crow laws were enforced in the
South.
In 1964-1965 under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, the U.S. Congress approved which of the following?
The Civil Rights Act
President John F. Kennedy proposed new civil rights laws as well as programs to help the millions of Americans living in poverty. After Kennedy's assassination in Dallas in 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson urged Congress to pass the laws. As a result of the leadership of these two men, which piece of legislation was passed?
The Civil Rights Act
Which civil rights group challenged the laws of segregation with the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court case?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Which important American symbol was created during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812?
The Star-Spangled Banner
The Declaration of Independence consists of a preamble, or introduction, followed by three main parts. The first part stresses natural unalienable rights and liberties that belong to all people from birth. The second part consists of a list of specific grievances and injustices committed by Britain. What does the third part announce?
The creation of the United States of America
Identify two key historical concepts or characters of the Middle Ages
The feudal system and the Crusades
Probably as a response to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cut the production of oil. As a result of this action, the cost of gasoline increased to almost $3.00 per gallon in 2005. What is the economic principle or statement that is best represented by this situation?
The law of supply and demand determines the prices of goods and services.
Identify the statement that best describes the relationship between the eight social studies strands and the TEKS in the implementation of the Texas curriculum.
The social studies strands have been used as a foundation for the development of the state curriculum.
How do the social studies strands reflect the nature of the social studies field?
The strands reflect that the social studies curriculum requires a complex understanding of the world's cultures and how they interact with each other and their environment.
Which of the following best describes the suffrage movement in Texas?
The suffrage movement was a long fight, lasting nearly 60 years, to convince the male dominated political establishment and other women of the merit of enfranchising women
The Imperial Forces of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941. Once the attack began, the officer in charge called President Roosevelt and notified him of the attack. During the communication, the president was able to hear the noise of the bombs exploding and the struggle of the battle. Recently, a reporter from the Dallas Morning News was researching the details of the attack and found a transcription of the official diary of Emperor Hirohito, where he indicated the following: "The Imperial forces of Japan destroyed the American fleet in Hawaii Monday, December 8, 1941." If the attack occurred on December 7, why did the official document from the Japanese government indicate that the attack happened on December 8? Select the statement that best explains this discrepancy.
There is a one-day difference between the two regions.
Why are Indian tribes from the Central and Great Plains of Texas better known than their counterparts from the Coastal Plains?
They domesticated the horse, which made them better hunters and warriors.
Advanced organizers and graphic representations are commonly used in social studies. What is the advantage of using these strategies to teach content?
They make content accessible to all children.
Why might children in prekindergarten and kindergarten have problems understanding how the Earth is represented in globes and flat representations?
They might not be developmentally ready to understand symbolic representations.
The Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians were some of the civilizations that flourished in Mesopotamia—the land between the rivers. What rivers are being alluded to in this statement
Tigris and Euphrates
What is the main purpose of the Federal Reserve System?
To keep the banking industry strong enough to ensure a supply of currency
What is the function of the lines of latitude and longitude on a map?
Together, they provide the coordinates for the absolute location of a place.
A census of the population of the United States is conducted every 10 years. Based on census results, which of the following can be affected by population changes?
U.S. House of Representatives
Identify the description that best identifies the location of the United States.
West of the Prime Meridian and North of the Equator
A globe is a scale model of the Earth shaped like a sphere. A globe shows sizes and shapes more accurately than
a Mercator projection map.
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta were two of the most important Mexican-American leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. They fought for
better working conditions and fair compensation for agricultural workers.
The Fifteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1870 to grant
black men the right to vote.
The U.S. Constitution was designed so that no single branch of the government—executive, judicial, or legislative—could exert full control over the other two. This unique feature of the Constitution is known as
checks and balances.
The English colonies were established in three regions: the New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on
crops of tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton.
In contrast to the judges of the federal judicial branch, judges in Texas are
elected by popular vote
The Virginia House of Burgesses was established in Jamestown to
function as a form of representative government.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with other African-American leaders. His famous "I Have a Dream" speech took place during the march in Washington in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This speech
gained more supporters for the cause
Economics is best described as the study of
how individuals and groups with limited resources make decisions to best satisfy their needs and wants.
In the Ancient World, agrarian societies began to form when the groups
learned to domesticate plants and animals.
Many of the leaders responsible for the writing of the Constitution were familiar with the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment movement. Due to this influence, one of the key components of the Constitution was the protection of the
natural rights of the individual and limiting the power of the government.
Geographers have divided the world into ten regions: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Central Eurasia, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia, and Australasia. These divisions are based on
physical and cultural similarities.
Children can be guided to develop a sense of citizenship beginning in
prekindergarten.
A world region is an area identified based on
sharing similar, unifying cultural or physical characteristics.
In Texas, the course that focuses on human or cultural geography is introduced in which of the following grades?
sixth
The state curriculum officially introduces children to the people and places of the contemporary world in
sixth grade
One of the main reasons for the strong Texas economy of the early 21st century is the number of corporations that have moved to Texas. Corporations moved to Texas to enjoy the state's beneficial corporate tax structure and for the
state's lack of a state personal income tax.
The stars of the U.S. flag represent the 50 states and the red and white stripes represent
the 13 original colonies.
To apply the concept of time zones, students need to have a clear understanding of
the concept of the meridians of longitude.
"Cinco de Mayo" is a holiday celebrated by Mexican Americans in Texas. This event commemorates the victory of the Mexican army over the French forces of Napoleon III on May 5, 1862. This event is an important holiday for Mexican Americans because
the general that led the Mexican forces was born in present-day Texas.
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday commemorating the victory of the Mexican army over the French forces of Napoleon III on May 5, 1862. This event is important to Mexican Americans because
the general who led the Mexican forces was born in present-day Texas.
The economy theory that states that prices vary based on the balance between the availability of a product or service at a certain price and the desire of potential purchasers to pay that price is known as
the law of supply and demand.
The Constitution of the United States consists of a preamble, or introduction, followed by three main articles describing
the three branches of the government.
