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SS Praxis 7815
Use Kathleen Jasper and practice tests
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A teacher is working on a unit that is focused on human impact on the environment. Which of the following maps would be most helpful to understanding? | Special resource map |
| When teaching students about human geography and its impact on the environment, which activity would be most effective in enhancing their understanding? | Conducting research to analyze the local government changes caused by human activities |
| When teaching students about Article One of the US Constitution, which activity would be the most effective in enhancing their understanding? | Create a mock legislative session to draft and pass a bill |
| The factors below present what type of economic system? - consumers determine what will be produced - consumers determine how much will be produced - consumers determine the price of products | Free market |
| Which of the following us documents states the purposes of government including establishing justice and securing the blessings of liberty? | Constitution of the United States |
| Which of the following does the us constitution mandate of state governments? | Maintain a republic |
| Article I (1) of the U.S. Constitution | Legislative Branch |
| Article II (2) of the U.S. Constitution | Executive branch/electoral college |
| Article III (3) of the Constitution | Judicial Branch |
| Article IV (4) of the Constitution | States, Citizenship, New States |
| Article V (5) of the Constitution | Amendment Process |
| Article VI (6) of the Constitution | Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests |
| Article VII (7) of the Constitution | Ratification (the formal approval of a law, agreement, or constitution.) |
| Which article of the constitution establishes the executive branch of the us government? | Article II |
| How many justices are on the Supreme Court? | 9 |
| How long is a US senator's term? | 6 years |
| Which of the following tools on a map includes small representations of features using shapes and pictures? | Legend |
| The bill of rights is made up of ______ amendments | 24 |
| Amendment 1 | Freedom of religion, speech, and the press |
| Amendment 2 | Right to bear arms |
| Amendment 3 | No quartering of soldiers (the housing of soldiers) |
| Amendment 4 | Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures |
| Amendment 5 | Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property |
| Amendment 6 | Right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury (rights of accused persons in criminal cases) |
| Amendment 7 | trial by jury in civil cases (rights in civil cases) |
| Amendment 8 | Excessive bails, fines, and punishments |
| Amendment 9 | People's rights are not limited to those in the Constitution |
| Amendment 10 | States rights |
| Allied powers | Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and the US |
| Axis powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
| Which of the following was the central conflict of the American Civil War? | Conflicts over the expansion of slavery |
| When teaching students about citizens' rights in the US, which activity would be most effective in enhancing their understanding of legal interpertations and protections of those rights? | Reading and discussing landmark Supreme Court cases on civil rights |
| When teaching students about human geography and its impact on the environment, which activity would be the most effective in enhancing their understanding? | Conducting research to analyze local environment changes caused by human activities |
| When teaching students about supply and demand, which scenario best illustrates the concept of equilibrium in the market? | The price of gasoline rises due to limited availability during a period of high demand, causing consumers to reduce their quantity demanded |
| When teaching push and pull factors in economics, which scenario best illustrates the concept? | A government imposes high tax on businesses, causing many people to relocate to a different country |
| 13th amendment (U.S. Constitution) | Abolished slavery |
| 19th amendment (U.S. Constitution) | Granted women the right to vote |
| A teacher develops an end-of-unit activity focusing on citizenship rights and responsibilities. Identify THREE activities that would be the most effective in engaging this topic | Design a community-wide recycling campaign Speak at a city council meeting to inform council members of student issues Volunteer in a school campus clean-up initiative |
| Students are reading about social reform movements. The teacher notices students confusing the roles and time periods of the abolitionist and women’s suffrage movements and mixing up activists like Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony. How to intervene? | Encourage students to complete a timeline showing key events in both the abolitionist and women's suffrage movements, highlighting distinct periods and goals of each. |
| Students design political cartoons in groups and write narratives describing the cartoons. The objective is "Evaluate the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution." Which of the following from the students' paragraphs meets this objective? | People have assembled outside the supreme court to voice their objection to a current ruling |
| "Students will understand that societies must balance the rights and responsibilities of individuals with the common good" - 5th grade | A discussion on how states disagree about the right to bear arms because of public safety |
| A third-grade teacher is planning a lesson on human-environment interaction. Which of the following would NOT be the best learning objective for this lesson? | Students will identify immigration and emigration patterns in the United States |
| Emigration | Leaving your home country to live in another country |
| Immigration | Coming into a new country to live there |
| Isthmuses | Narrow strips of land that connect two larger land areas and separate two bodies of water (land connection) |
| Straits | Narrow bodies of water that connect two larger bodies of water and separate land masses (water passages) |
| After completing a unit on economics and accounting, a sixth-grade teacher wants to assess students' critical thinking about how to organize financial data. Which instructional method would be most effective? | Provide a data set and have students use the spreadsheet to analyze and evaluate data |
| If a teacher is to engage her students in a debate about the right to peacefully assemble, which of the following is an appropriate secondary source to refrence for information? | A documentary that includes interviews with leaders from the March on Washington |
| Which of the following is a violation of the 4th Amendment in the U.S. Constitution? | Police searching a private citizen's hotel room without a warrant |
| A teacher wants to show students a real-world example of opportunity cost. Which of the following examples would help students understand the concept? | A business owner shuts down for three months to build a new facility and expand operations |
| Which of the following student explanations of a region indicates the student understands the concept? | The southwest is a region because its characterized by population, location, and climate |
| Which of the following would help students understand the different interpretations of a law? | A Supreme Court Justice dissenting opinion |
| Which of the following would help students understand retirement investment? | An activity on opportunity cost |
| Susan B. Anthony | A leader of the women’s suffrage movement (voting rights) |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | American women’s rights leader and a key founder of the women’s suffrage movement (Stanton focused on ideas and writing; Anthony focused on organizing and speaking) |
| Which TWO of the following history lesson activities would best facilitate the use of chronological thinking skills? | Sequencing a series of events leading up to the American Revolution on a time line Identifying events that contributed to trends in a graph of twentieth-century United States immigration data |
| Students are asked to recreate a sign that Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton would have marched with in support of their cause. Which of the following best exemplifies a slogan that would appear on their sign? | Let women vote |
| Which of the following learning activities best helps students understand the Founding Fathers’ motivation for writing the Declaration of Independence? | Writing a letter to the principal expressing why they believe the new school uniform policy is unfair |
| A kindergarten teacher has students complete and share a family tree with pictures of family members. Which TWO best describe the purpose of this activity? | Understanding family structures Understanding everyone is part of a family |
| Ms. Brandt is planning a unit on her state’s physical geography. What should she consider to help students understand how natural and human processes change physical features over time? | The use of essential questions that are related to the topi |
| Which of the following assignments would best allow a fifth-grade teacher to determine whether students fully understand push and pull factors? | Creating a storyboard for a documentary about the top reasons people migrate |
| A second grade teacher labeled cardinal and intermediate directions in the classroom at the start of a unit of directions. Which of the following instructional strategies bests reinforces concepts from the lesson? | Asking students to move to the northeastern side of the classroom using the labeled directions |
| Which of the following strategies best uses geography skills to engage students in inquiry-based learning? | Plotting a national landmark using its latitude and longitude and answering the five “W” questions about the landmark |
| Which of the following best exemplifies how capital can function as a resource in the process of creating goods? | A hammer created by a tool manufacturer is used by a construction worker in the process of building a new residential property. |
| A student learns that items like tobacco were once used as money but were replaced by paper currency. Why did governments begin issuing paper money? | Exchanging goods and services was easier with uniform currency |
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