SAE Social Sciences 5-9
The human population has been rapidly increasing over the years. What was the human population in the 1960s and in 2011?
3 billion in the 1960s and 7 billion in 2011
To be eligible to become a United States Senator, an individual must have attained the age of
30
About how long was the Silk Road?
5000 miles
During the years in between national conventions, who takes care of national party business?
A national committee
Who was Voltaire?
A prominent French philosopher and supporter of the enlightened despots
What was the gold rush?
A rapid movement of people because of the discovery of gold, especially to California and other parts of the Western United States in the 19th century.
Which of the following professions did Rene Descartes and other deists liken God's actions to be like?
A watchmaker
Many of al-Qaeda's earliest members were conscripted from the:
Afghani mujahideen
Which of the following contributed to the crash of the stock market in October of 1929?
After the stock market started to show signs of stagnation towards the end of the decade, people started to panic. This panic led to large amounts of people selling their stock at the same time, which led to billions of dollars lost.
In ancient Chinese society, merchants were often portrayed as _____.
Greedy
The prime meridian passes through
Greenwich, England
Which of the following referred to homes constructed of cardboard and scrap metal?
Hoovervilles
What does the production possibilities model show?
How we can produce two goods efficiently.
What was Sargon's position prior to the revolt that made him king?
King's cupbearer
What was the main reason that the focus on slavery started?
Lincoln wanted to confiscate property to weaken the South
Which city arose as one of the largest trade and religious centers in Arabia during the early 7th century and is considered to be the holiest place in the Islamic religion?
Mecca
What phenomenon made the Indian Ocean economy possible?
Monsoon winds
What is a continent?
One of several large landmasses on the Earth, usually separated by oceans.
Which of the following was the term used for the common people of ancient Rome?
Plebs
If you need to know the capital of Brazil, which type of map should you turn to?
Political
The U.S. President wants the Armed Forces to support peacekeeping efforts in the Central African Republic. A civil war is currently being fought there, and the Security Council of the U.N. has given permission for an intervention. If the president agrees to support this effort, he is MOST likely acting to accomplish a(n) _____.
Political objective
Which of the following reflects the position of President Lincoln and that of President Jefferson Davis on the Confederate States of America?
President Lincoln believed that the Confederacy was illegal and President Jefferson Davis believed it was legal.
In Griswold v. Connecticut, the plaintiffs used the 9th Amendment as justification for the right to:
Privacy within marriage
Which mode of transportation eventually surpassed canals during the first Industrial Revolution?
Railroads
Choose the best answer to show how to calculate sales tax
Sales tax percentage times the purchase price of an item.
Which of the following African environments can support large mammals as well as herds of domesticated animals?
Savanna
What was Carrie Chapman Catt's role in the women's suffrage movement?
She proposed organization at the local levels and promoted women's suffrage state by state.
What event was a result of the naval blockade?
The Battle of Hampton Roads
How did the view of the United Kingdom differ from that of France on European integration?
The United Kingdom refused to accept the Euro, while France was one of the driving forces in creating it.
Which of the following can be seen as an impact of the assassination of Martin Luther King?
The effectiveness of non-violent protest began to wear off.
How was the caste system of Sparta dependent on the helots?
The helots farmed the food that fed the Spartans.
Which of the following was NOT a state established by Western crusaders?
The kingdom of Israel
What contributed to the downfall of the Shang Dynasty?
The lavish and selfish lifestyle of the last Shang emperor.
According to the National Council for the Social Studies, what is the scope and sequence for incorporating social studies in the second grade?
The neighborhood
Who carries the burden of truth in a criminal court proceeding?
The prosecution
Why did the Egyptian civilization develop along the Nile River?
The river's flooding provided rich soil and ample water in a desert area.
How did the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s compare to the first Ku Klux Klan?
The second focused more on changes to the entire nation's changing morals rather than focusing on African Americans and the South.
Which of the following is NOT a tool used in geography to develop a spatial perspective?
Thermometers
How did the reaction of the Supreme Court differ to the reaction of the labour movement in response to the New Deal?
They had a same initial reaction in opposing the New Deal.
How are the Southern Manifesto, the resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan and birth of the White Citizens' Council connected?
They provide evidence of a strong racist response to the Civil Rights movements of the 1950s. Southern politicians in Congress passed the Southern Manifesto, which pledged support for states that resisted integration due to its questionable legality. The decade witnessed the resurrection of the Ku Klux Klan and birth of the White Citizens' Council.
Why did U.S. troops attack at Bull Run?
They wanted to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.
Why were the cases of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti controversial?
They were sentenced to death for murder and robbery, but many believe they were executed for their political ideas.
How can a fiscal policy affect exchange rates?
Through interest rate, income, and price level effect
In this Supreme Court case, the Court decided that school-sponsored prayer was unconstitutional:
Tinker v. Des Moines School District
Why did the North use its Naval advantage to institute a blockade of Southern ports?
To cutoff income to the South from cotton exports
Why is a writ of habeas corpus issued?
To request the court to review imprisonment for violation of constitutional rights.
What were weather conditions like in Mesopotamia?
Turbulent
Which value maintains that the United States is one indivisible nation and that Americans are a people bound by unbreakable ties?
Unity
Which of the following is a reason a lender would encourage a consumer to accept an adjustable rate mortgage?
Variable rates protect the lender from losing purchasing power, even though it may limit their profit.
How did the creation of cities change the way in which people worked?
Workers became more specialized.
The First Philippine Republic was
a government established by Filipinos after the Philippine Revolution, which was not recognized by the U.S.
What characteristic of fascism involves select social and economic groups participating directly in policy making and implementation?
Corporatism
During the eighteenth century, which of the following British industries moved ahead of many other countries?
Cotton
This type of government is often the largest political subdivision within the state and is responsible for locally administering state laws and collecting taxes.
County government
Conservatism can be traced back to which of the following?
Edmund Burke
What is long-term involvement, enhanced knowledge, and experience about a specific product category known as?
Enduring Involvement
Which government agency is tasked with protecting American consumers from unfair, deceptive, illegal, or unethical business practices?
Federal Trade Commission
You have been asked to give a presentation dealing with the results of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Which of the following should you mention?
For the next several months, Japan had nearly free reign in the Pacific.
Which of the following best illustrates the Spartan agoge?
Children torn from their mothers and subjected to a series of tests to remove the weak and cowardly
What caused the rise of religion in the US during the Red Scare?
Communism was viewed by many in the US as a godless entity that encouraged violence.
Under Pennsylvania's radical new constitution, which group of people had voting rights?
All adult males who paid taxes
When are exchange rates determined by demand and supply forces?
Always
What defines an enlightened despot?
An absolute monarch who supports certain individual freedoms
Which is a characteristic of economic growth?
An economy's long run potential output increases.
The invasion by what state signaled the end of Kush's golden period?
Assyria
The Oceania Theory is based on the notion that cultural and linguistic similarities exist between native South American peoples and those from:
Australia and Polynesia
Which European is credited with being the first to reach the Pacific Ocean?
Balboa
Why did the 1962 Cuban Crisis have a significant meaning for the USA?
Because Soviet nuclear weaponry was in range of American territory
Why is Langston Hughes considered an influential figure of the Harlem Renaissance?
Because of his writing ability and his pioneering of jazz poetry
Why was World War I often characterized as 'trench warfare'?
Because the armies fought from sophisticated trenches in order to have the best defensive position
Why was Mesopotamia fertile?
Because the rivers flooded over onto the lands.
What is Nelson Mandela known for?
Being South Africa's first black president.
Around 4th or 5th century C.E, trade routes between North Africa and West Africa, going across the Sahara Desert, were established. Who is credited with establishing those routes?
Berber-speaking peoples of North Africa
How were the first settlers of the America believed to have been influenced by Beringia?
Beringia was a frozen land bridge caused by lower water levels during the last ice age, creating a new path of travel between Eurasia and the Americas.
Legislative gridlock, in which a lack of coordination and cooperation between parties hinders governmental progress, happens in which type of political system?
Both two-party and multi-party political systems.
Which of the following is one of the ways that Pope Urban II employed to entice Europe's aristocrats to go on crusade at Clermont?
By hinting at the possibility of carving out new lands in the Middle East.
As of 2015, which of the following countries is the world's third-largest economy?
India
A vibrant trade existed in the Middle Ages over what body of water?
Indian Ocean
Why is it important to know the physiological density in an area?
It estimates how long a land and its resources can sustain its population.
How did the Underwood Tariff (1913) affect the American population?
It satisfied them because the import tax decreased by 15%.
How did the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand affect World War One?
It was the catalyst that started the war.
Which of the following political systems of the 20th century did NOT permit free and open democratic elections?
Italian fascism
Sometimes judges and justices interpret statutes or the Constitution strictly, emphasizing the limited nature of the court's power. This is known as
Judicial restraint
Are people of the same race always of the same culture? Why or why not?
No, because culture is rooted in learned behaviors rather than in race.
Formal and informal assessments are:
Normally, only informal assessments are used every day by classroom teachers, and they are used to evaluate the individual progress of said student. Only the formal assessments involve collecting data points.
Democratic-Republicans were in favor of all of the following EXCEPT:
war with France. Jefferson's cohorts were mostly artisans, shopkeepers, frontier settlers, backcountry farmers and poor farmers. They were mostly ill-educated and illiterate. The majority of them were settled in the interior regions.
A teaching method that focuses on students' cultural experiences is called _____.
culturally responsive teaching
The main reason for the development of Humanism was the
decline of the Church
Which of these is defined as the studying of the planned-out, rational decisions that a society makes when determining how to use and maximize their resources?
formal approach
Article Two of the U.S. Constitution empowers the President to
sign or veto legislation
Before the invention of the locomotive in 1804, railroads were being used which originated from _____.
the German coal mines
Who eventually conquered the Akkadian Empire?
the Gutians
Athens' allies became its subjects when _____
the allies stopped providing their own naval contingents, and started paying tribute to Athens
What significance did the Anglo-Saxons have on English culture and history?
they developed the Old English language
