TExES Social Studies Exam Questions
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How are TEKS organized? - Answers -From the known to the unknown
Kindergarten Key Components - Answers -Child, Home, Family, and Classroom
Grade 1 Key Components - Answers -Child's relationship to the classroom, school, and
community
Grade 2 Key Components - Answers -Local Community
Grade 3 Key Components - Answers -How Individuals change their communities and
the world
Grade 4 Key Components - Answers -History of Texas
Grade 5 Key Components - Answers -United States History
Grade 6 Key Components - Answers -People and Places of the Contemporary World
(human or cultural geography)
Pictorial Graph - Answers -Uses a picture of the object it represents
Narrative Charts - Answers -Timeline - shows events in a sequence
Tabulation/Classification Chart - Answers -provides an orderly columnar display of
information for comparison.
Pedigree Chart - Answers -shows the origin and development of something
Organizational Chart - Answers -shows the structure of an organization in terms of rank
and chain of command
Flowchart - Answers -shows a process at certain points
Ancient World - Answers -4 million years ago to 500 CE. Emphasizes the history of the
ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Sumer, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, ancient China,
ancient Greece, the Celts, the Romans and empires in Africa and India
The Middle Ages - Answers -includes the Byzantine civilization, the rise of Islam,
civilizations of the Americas, the Vikings, the feudal system, the Crusades, Genghis
Khan and China, the African kingdoms, and the Hundred Years' War
, Age of Discovery - Answers -a period of time from the 15th to 17th century in which
Europeans explored and mapped the world. includes renaissance and developments of
Aztec and Inca civilizations
Revolution and Industry - Answers -1700-1900 CE. This period of enlightenment
includes the birth of the Russian empire, birth of the United States, the Napoleonic era,
the Industrial Revolution, The French Revolution, and the unification of Germany and
Italy
The Modern World - Answers -1900 CE - present WWI, WWII, Great Depression,
revolution in China, Israel -v- Palestine, the Cold War, the space race, equal rights for
women, and increased globalization
The Enlightenment - The Age of Reason - Answers -17th century philosophical
movement in Europe that emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition
and faith. Led to the American War of Independence & French Revolution
Industrial Revolution - Answers -Began in England, a series of improvements in
industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
Culture - Answers -The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior
patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society.
Cultural Diffusion - Answers -"the process of dissemination" the spread of an idea of
innovation from its source area to other cultures
cultural exchange - Answers -Groups of people take on some of the traits of other
cultural groups
Ancient Civlizations - Answers -most developed in America: Olmecs, Mayas, Toltecs,
Aztecs, and Incas
Mayas - Answers -regions of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Elaborate religious observances, elaborate calendar, system of writing, math concept of
0, advances knowledge of astronomy, engineering, and art
Zapotecs, Olmecs, and Toltecs - Answers -Farther north in Mexico. Highly sophisticated
civilizations. Used ceremonial calendar, developed a partly alphabetic writing system,
built pyramids predating pyramids in Egypt
Aztecs - Answers -Mexico; centralized gov't headed by a king and supported by a large
army, skilled builders and engineers, accomplished astronomers and mathematicians.
Built the city of Tenochtitlan with many pyramids, palaces, plazas, and canals
Incas - Answers -Covered modern countries of Ecuador, Peru, and central Chile. Well
developed political system. Monumental road system.
