FTCE SOCIAL SCIENCE 6-12 PRACTICE TEST
1 FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?
A. South America
B. Australia
C. Europe
D. Africa Answer: B. Australia
⫸ A market economy relies on _________________ to allocate
resources.
A. government
B. good planning
C. market forces
D. small businesses Answer: C. market forces
Everyone is free to make their own choices about what they buy.
Market forces (demand)
,⫸ A demand deposit at a commercial bank is
A. an asset to a bank and a liability to the Fed.
B. a liability to the depositor and an asset to the bank
C. a liability to both the depositor and the bank
D. an asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank. Answer: D. an
asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank
It is a liability to the bank b/c it is $ owed by the bank to the depositor.
⫸ The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to
A. aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe
B. prevent European meddling in the affairs of South American
countries.
C. aid countries that were the targets of Communist expansionism
D. expand the Monroe Doctrine to include Eastern Asia Answer: C. aid
countries that were the targets of Communist expansionism
Choice A is the Marshall Plan
Choice B is the Monroe Doctrine
Choice D does not exist
,⫸ The Soviet leader whose policies of glasnost and perestroika
encouraged the fall of communism in the Eastern bloc was
A. Brezhnev
B. Khrushchev
C. Stalin
D. Gorbachev Answer: D. Gorbachev
⫸ Which of the following statements best describes conditions in Africa
before the European Age of Exploration?
A. African cultures did not have the capacity to make iron before the
first century CE
B. Ghana was central to the trans'Saharan trade in gold and salt
C. Axum participated in the indian Ocean trade, which stopped when it
was conquered by Muslims
D. Zimbabwe flourished with the Arab trading ports along the east coast
of Africa Answer: B. Ghana was central to the trans-Saharan trade in
gold and salt.
Note: Gold from Ghana was basis of trade in the Mediterranean with the
east.
⫸ What form of government ruled Russia proir to the Revolution of
1917?
, A. Democracy
B. Autocracy
C. Monarchy
D. Oligarchy Answer: B. Autocracy
Autocracy is a type of monarchy whereby decisions are made by one or
two individuals.
⫸ Renaissance Humanism was a threat to the Church because it
A. espoused atheism
B. denounced scholasticism
C. denounced neo-Platonism
D. emphasized a return to the original sources of Christianity. Answer:
D. emphasized a return to the original sources of Christianity.
⫸ Which of these empires or kingdoms was NOT part of the Islamic
world?
A. Axum
B. The Mongols
C. The Mughals
D. Ghana Answer: A. Axum
1 FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⫸ Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?
A. South America
B. Australia
C. Europe
D. Africa Answer: B. Australia
⫸ A market economy relies on _________________ to allocate
resources.
A. government
B. good planning
C. market forces
D. small businesses Answer: C. market forces
Everyone is free to make their own choices about what they buy.
Market forces (demand)
,⫸ A demand deposit at a commercial bank is
A. an asset to a bank and a liability to the Fed.
B. a liability to the depositor and an asset to the bank
C. a liability to both the depositor and the bank
D. an asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank. Answer: D. an
asset to the depositor and a liability to the bank
It is a liability to the bank b/c it is $ owed by the bank to the depositor.
⫸ The purpose of the Truman Doctrine was to
A. aid the economic recovery of war-torn Europe
B. prevent European meddling in the affairs of South American
countries.
C. aid countries that were the targets of Communist expansionism
D. expand the Monroe Doctrine to include Eastern Asia Answer: C. aid
countries that were the targets of Communist expansionism
Choice A is the Marshall Plan
Choice B is the Monroe Doctrine
Choice D does not exist
,⫸ The Soviet leader whose policies of glasnost and perestroika
encouraged the fall of communism in the Eastern bloc was
A. Brezhnev
B. Khrushchev
C. Stalin
D. Gorbachev Answer: D. Gorbachev
⫸ Which of the following statements best describes conditions in Africa
before the European Age of Exploration?
A. African cultures did not have the capacity to make iron before the
first century CE
B. Ghana was central to the trans'Saharan trade in gold and salt
C. Axum participated in the indian Ocean trade, which stopped when it
was conquered by Muslims
D. Zimbabwe flourished with the Arab trading ports along the east coast
of Africa Answer: B. Ghana was central to the trans-Saharan trade in
gold and salt.
Note: Gold from Ghana was basis of trade in the Mediterranean with the
east.
⫸ What form of government ruled Russia proir to the Revolution of
1917?
, A. Democracy
B. Autocracy
C. Monarchy
D. Oligarchy Answer: B. Autocracy
Autocracy is a type of monarchy whereby decisions are made by one or
two individuals.
⫸ Renaissance Humanism was a threat to the Church because it
A. espoused atheism
B. denounced scholasticism
C. denounced neo-Platonism
D. emphasized a return to the original sources of Christianity. Answer:
D. emphasized a return to the original sources of Christianity.
⫸ Which of these empires or kingdoms was NOT part of the Islamic
world?
A. Axum
B. The Mongols
C. The Mughals
D. Ghana Answer: A. Axum
