Praxis 5004 (History) Study Guide With Simplified Questions And Answers…
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Praxis 5004 (History) Study Guide With
Simplified Questions And Answers…
Where is Machu Picchu? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Peru
In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Himalayas
What was the final battle of the revolutionary war? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The
Battle of ...
Praxis 5004 (History) Study Guide With
Simplified Questions And Answers…
Where is Machu Picchu? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Peru
In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Himalayas
What was the final battle of the revolutionary war? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The
Battle of Yorktown
What battle ended the war of 1812? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The Treaty of Ghent
What is an example of perceptual location? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The south
What is absolute location? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Longitude and latitude
Who invented terrace farming? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The incas
Who invented structures such as arches and roads? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Romans
Where did the idea of democracy come from? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Greece
"Letter to Marsha Washington" was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that
he...? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Accepted the generalship of the continental army
What did women protest for in the 1960's and 1970's? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Job
equality
What is the breadbasket of America? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Midwest
Who had more military experience in the war? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The south
What happened during the reconstruction era? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Brought
the south back into the union
What is the difference between the Virginia colony and the New York colony? -
CORRECT ANSWERS --Virginia had slaves and New York did not
Which of these was a secret that protested rights during the time leading up to the
American Revolution? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Sons of Liberty
Which act as the first passed by Britain on the 13 colonies? - CORRECT ANSWERS
--Stamp Act
Which group of people worked well with Native Americans? - CORRECT ANSWERS
--The French
,Which of the following was NOT a New England colony? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Maryland
Which TWO of the following were NOT new England colonies? - CORRECT
ANSWERS --Maine and Vermont
New York is a.... colony? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Middle (mid-atlantic)
Which colony was known as New Sweden? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Delaware
Which of the following made it illegal for early settlers to move past the Appalachian
Mountains? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Proclamation of 1763
Which TWO of the following people started the first political parties? - CORRECT
ANSWERS --Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
Which was something the whig party did NOT support? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Having majority parties
When did WW1 begin in America? - CORRECT ANSWERS --1917
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Hold back
communism through containment and give assistance to groups committed to
fighting communism
What does an increase in interest rates do to inflation? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Avoids it/decreases it
What is NOT a characteristic of a market economy? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Government regulation
What are the four factors of production? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Land, labor,
capital, entrepreneurship
Where did the kingdom of Kush live? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Egypt
Put the following wars/events in order - CORRECT ANSWERS --1. french/indian
2. revolutionary
3. war of 1812
4. Mexican American
5. American Civil War
6. Spanish American
7. WWI
8. New Deal
9. WWII
10. Cold War
, What are 2 requirements to be president of the United States? - CORRECT
ANSWERS --35 years old and a resident of the US for 14 years
Where do the strongest monsoons tend to occur? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Bangladesh
1 euro is how many US dollars? - CORRECT ANSWERS --$1.18
Sputnik is a satellite from which country? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Soviet Union
Where are the Atlas Mountains? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Africa
Which oceans does the Panama Canal connect? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Pacific
and Atlantic
What is NOT included in the 1st amendement? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Freedom
of control
What is the 2nd amendment about? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Right to bear arms
What is the 5th amendment about? - CORRECT ANSWERS --No self-incrimination
What is the 6th amendment about? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Right to a speedy trial
What is the 15th amendment about? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The right to vote.
People of all races can vote.
What is the 19th amendment about? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Gave women the
right to vote
Why was the Great Wall of China built? - CORRECT ANSWERS --to protect from
invaders
Which state did most German immigrants come to? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Pennsylvania
Which compromise solved the issues of how to account for slaves in the population
for representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation of states by
national government? - CORRECT ANSWERS --The 3/5ths compromise
What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case? - CORRECT ANSWERS --Was not a
free man after having lived in a free territory and no African American was a citizen
of the US. Slaves have no legal right to sue for their freedom.
Which TWO countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine? - CORRECT
ANSWERS --Greece and Turkey
Why might there be a decline in the price of farm goods? - CORRECT ANSWERS --
Overproduction and agricultural products
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