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NYSTCE MULTI-SUBJECT CST: PART 3, ARTS & SCIENCES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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NYSTCE MULTI-SUBJECT CST: PART 3, ARTS & SCIENCES QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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NYSTCE MULTI-SUBJECT CST: PART 3, ARTS &SCIENCES
Democracy - ANSWERS-Political system based on self-rule, in which government
consists of representatives freely elected by citizens.
Federalism - ANSWERS-Political system in which authority is both central and
localized.
- example: the U.S system in which both federal and state governments have
partially independent authority.
Feudalism - ANSWERS-Social organization during the Middle Ages based on
reciprocal obligations among lords, vassals, and fiefs.
Industrial Revolution - ANSWERS-A period during the 18th and 19th centuries in
which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became
industrial and urban.
Information Revolution - ANSWERS-Development in technology (such as
computers, digital communication, microchips) in the second half of the 20th
century that has led to dramatic reduction in the cost of obtaining, processing,
storing, and transmitting information in all forms (texts, graphs, audio, video).
Jim Crow Laws - ANSWERS-State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the
Southern United States.
,Mercantilism - ANSWERS-Dominant approach to economy in Europe during the
16th-18th centuries which assumed that the government would tightly control
national economy by increasing exports, restricting imports, and acquiring capital.
Monarchy - ANSWERS-Political system that reflects the absolute sovereignty of a
single individual. Monarchial systems both overlap with and can be distinguished
from aristocrats, dictatorships, oligarchies, and plutocracies.
Nation - ANSWERS-Group of people distinguished by common identity and
government.
Nation-State - ANSWERS-State that provides a sovereign territory for a single
nation.
Nationalism - ANSWERS-The belief that the activities and obligations of citizens
should be defined in terms of a single national identity.
Natural Rights - ANSWERS-Rights that are universal, an automatic for all humans
that precede all other rights.
Opportunity Cost - ANSWERS-A benefit, profit, or value of something that must be
given up to acquire or achieve something else.
Power - ANSWERS-Ability to influence the behaviors of others.
, Productivity - ANSWERS-A measure of the efficiency of a person, machine,
factory, system, etc., in converting inputs into useful outputs.
Prejudice - ANSWERS-Negative attitudes towards members of a group, resulting
from mirror membership in the group.
- racism, sexism, ageism
Scarcity - ANSWERS-Ever-present situation in all markets whereby either less
goods are available than the demand for them, or only too little money is
available to their potential buyers for making the purchase.
Scientific Revolution - ANSWERS-Historical changes in thought and belief, to
changes in social and institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe roughly
between 1550-1700.
- Nicholas Copernicus: asserted helio-centric (sun centered) cosmos
- Isaac Newton: proposed universal laws
Socialism - ANSWERS-Political system that reflects collective ownership of the
means of production and the distribution of goods, resulting in a relatively even
distribution of wealth.
Society - ANSWERS-Group of people who reside in a particular territory. A society
may have its own culture and may/may not be a part of a civilization.
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