ABCTE Elementary Education Exam
Questions and Answers
Magna Carta - Answer -(1215) a charter of liberties (freedoms) that King John
"Lackland" of Englad was forced to sign; it made the king obey the same laws as the
citizens of his kingdom
Articles of Confederation - Answer -1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Cuban Missile Crisis - Answer -The 1962 confrontation bewteen US and the Soviet
Union over Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Roger Williams - Answer -He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State.
He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the
Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Answer -"Social Contract" he explained an ideal society
where each community member would vote on issues and majority would become one
law.
Sumerians - Answer -The people who dominated southern Mesopotamia through the
end of the third millennium B.C.E. They were responsible for the creation of many
fundamental elements of Mesopotamian culture-such as irrigation technology,
cuneiform, and religious conceptions.
October Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution) - Answer -second part of the russian
revolution led by lenin; lenin was a student of marxism and said that the proletariat
would rise up against the bourgeoisie; bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government
in a bloodless coup; transform political and economic landscape of the nation; land
redistribution; soviet union was the worlds first communist nation
Fall of the Roman Empire - Answer -The fall of this empire was precipitated by
Germanic attacks and toward the mid fifth century barbarian chieftains replaced roman
emperors. Rome and Western Europe was overrun by the German tribes but they
respected the Roman culture and learned from their roman sunjects. Some Roman
government and cultural ideas survived and blended with Germanic culture. 476 AD
, adage - Answer -a familiar proverb or wise saying
Continental Divide - Answer -separation of two different land forms
invisible hand - Answer -A phrase coined by Adam Smith to describe the process that
turns self-directed gain into social and economic benefits for all
Laissez-faire economics - Answer -Theory that opposes governmental interference in
economic affairs beyond what is necessary to protect life and property.
International Dateline - Answer -is an imaginary line of longitude generally 180°
(degrees) east or west of the Prime Meridian. The International Date Line is where each
new day begins.
Implicit Phonics - Answer -teaching letter/sound correspondences "opportunistically" or
as teachable moments
Explicit Phonics - Answer -Teaching of letter-sound correspondences directly and
usually systematically.
Fluency Level - Answer -Independent Level-Relatively easy for the student to read (95%
word accuracy).
Instructional Level-Challenging but manageable for the reader (90% word accuracy).
Frustration Level-Difficult text for the student to read (less than 90% word accuracy).
60-80 wpm
Idiom - Answer -A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take
it literally.
Dennotation - Answer -the dictionary meaning of a word
Connotation - Answer -All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests
spurious correlation - Answer -an apparent but false relationship between two (or more)
variables that is caused by some other variable
Allusion - Answer -A reference to another work of literature, person, or event
Appositive - Answer -A word or phrase that renames a nearby noun or pronoun.
comma splice - Answer -two sentences joined incorrectly with only a comma
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