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TExES 291 social studies exam withcorrect answers
Kinder TEKS in Social Studies - Answer --the child, home, family, & classroom
-state & national heritage
-Patriotic holidays & the contributions of historical characters
1st grade TEKS in Social Studies - Answer --anthems & mottos of TX & US
-concepts of chronology of events from past, present, future
-relationship among the classroom, school, community
2nd grade TEKS in Social Studies - Answer --impact of individuals & events in history of
the community state & nation
-concepts of the time & chronology by years, weeks, days, months
-relationship between environment & human activities
-functions of government & the service it provides
-"local government"
3rd grade TEKS in Social Studies - Answer --past & present heros & their contributions
-people who overcame obstacles
-economic, cultural, & scientific contributions made by individuals
4th grade TEKS in Social Studies - Answer --history of Texas past & present
-events & individuals of the 19th & 20th century
-Native Americans in Texas & their government
-European exploration & colonization
-characteristics of Spanish & Mexican colonial government
5th grade TEKS in Social Studies - Answer --history of US from beginning to present
-characteristics & benefits of the free enterprise system
-Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Pledge of Allegiance
-Regions of the US that result from physical features & human activity
6th grade TEKS in Social Studies - Answer --geography (patterns, relationships, &
processes)
-people & places of the contemporary world
-societies around the world
,-influences of individuals of different cultures on historical events
-different ways of organizing economic & government systems
Geospatial Technologies - Answer -help students analyze relationships & pattern at a
local to global scale
-EX: Oregon Trails, Google Maps
Population Pyramid - Answer --a common bar graph in SS
-these show the numbers of males & females for each age in a community
Narrative Charts - Answer --can show events in a sequence
EX: charts of steps needed to make their fav dishes ; can also be a timeline
Global & Maps - Answer -Early grades: globes show roundness of the world. Uses 12in
globe with no more than 3 colors (K-3)
4-6th can use 16in globe & more colors for water depth & land elevation
Data Retrieval Charts - Answer --collect & track data gathered from research,
observation, or experimentation
-allows easy comparison of 2 or more sets of data
Pedigree Chart - Answer --shows origin & development of something
EX: family pedigree
Graphic Organizers - Answer --semantic webs or tree diagrams (show relationship
between main ideas, etc)
-timeline
-flowchart (cause & effect ; steps in a process)
-Venn diagram
Earth's Grid System - Answer --network of horizontal & vertical lines used to locate
points on a map or chart
-coordinate points
-lines of latitude & longitude make up the grid system
Lines of Longitude - Answer --vertical lines of Earth
-run from N to S pole but measure East to West
-0 degrees longitude is prime meridian
-Divides Earth into Eastern & Western hemisphere
-US is in W. Hemisphere
-in 3rd TEKS
Lines of Latitude - Answer --horizontal lines & run parallel around Earth measuring the
distances N & S of the equator
-Equator is 0 latitude
, -Divides Earth into N & S hemispheres
-Grid system is in 3rd grade TEKS
Reference Map - Answer --show the location of placements, boundaries, states,
countries, towns, landforms, bodies of water
-EX: Atlas
Relative Location - Answer --uses references to help describe where something is -->
estimating
-EX: a house may be located by a soccer field
Absolute/Exact Location - Answer --provides the exact position of the destination
-address, lines of latitude/longitude
Who were the first European Settlers in TX? - Answer -Spain in 1519
Christopher Columbus - Answer --1st European to "discover" to Americas sailing from
Spain in 1492
-Sailed on the Nina, Pinta, Santa Mariam
-His discoveries opened way to Western exploration of Americas & led to exchange of
people, plants, animals, & ideas
3 companies that began to colonize - Answer --Plymouth company
-Massachusetts Bay Company
-Virginia Company of London
Colonization & Settlement: Where - Answer -Great Britain: 13 colonies ; East Side of
Appalachian
France: claimed W of Appalachian
Spain: claimed SW area like (FL, TX, etc)
Colonization & Settlement: Who - Answer -France
Spain
Great Britain / England
Colonization & Settlement: When - Answer -1492 - late 1600s
Colonization & Settlement: Why - Answer -3G's
-Gold
-God --> Spain to Catholicism
-Glory
Settlement in Spain - Answer --was interested in conversion (religion) & extraction
(resources)
-trying to convert local people to Christianity
-Spains 1st settlement : St Augustine in 1565
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