NYSTCE CST Social Studies Questions
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What did the English Parliament create in 1689? - ✔✔The English Bill of Rights
What was King John of England forced to sign in 1215? - ✔✔The Magna Carta.
What was the Magna Carta? - ✔✔The Magna Carta is Latin for "Great Charter". It set down rights which
became part of English law and which are now the foundation of the constitution of all countries which
speak English.
What did the Medieval Manor represent? - ✔✔The medieval manor was an agricultural estate. It was
usually comprised of tracts of agricultural land, a village whose inhabitants worked that land, and a
manor house where the lord who owned or controlled the estate lived. Manors were largely self-
sufficient.
What is the most important invention of the fifteenth century? - ✔✔When Gutenberg invented the
printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and, eventually, all over the
world.
Which of the following was the most frequent source of conflict between church and state in Europe
throughout the Middle Ages? - ✔✔The doctrine of papal supremacy: The Catholic Pope
Which of the following breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries presented a major challenge to traditional religious conceptions in Europe? - ✔✔The discovery
that the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun. Shifting from a geocentric to a heliocentric
perspective.
Describe the Romantic Era. - ✔✔An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe
toward the end of the 18th century. Partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, it was also a revolt
against the aristocratic social and political norms.
, Which of the following played a major role in the spread of both communist and fascist ideologies in
Europe between World War I and World War II? - ✔✔The economic devastation caused by the Great
Depression
A paragraph about China ends with this question:
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism? - ✔✔A country develops legislation to restrict
the opportunity of immigrants.
What was the main difference between China's Revolution and the Russian Revolution? - ✔✔The
Chinese Revolution lasted about 28 years, while the Russian Revolution only lasted about one year.
What was a major reason European nations
competed for control of Africa during the second
half of the 1800s? - ✔✔Africa had a wealth of natural resources.
The main source of wealth and power among the empires of West Africa between A.D. 400 and 1500
was control of: - ✔✔The trans-Saharan salt and gold trade.
What is The Silk Road? - ✔✔The trade route that extended from Asia to the Mediterranean Basin.
Which factor made Athens' direct democracy different from representative democracy? - ✔✔Citizens
directly made the laws
themselves.
One can best distinguish totalitarian from authoritarian governments by examining which of the
following aspects of their political systems? - ✔✔The pervasiveness of government control over non-
governmental sectors of society.
What is a similarity between the hierarchy of Feudalism demonstrated by both the Shogun in Feudal
Japan and Catherine the Great. - ✔✔Noble classes became more powerful
with 100% Correct Answers | Latest
Version 2024 | Verified
What did the English Parliament create in 1689? - ✔✔The English Bill of Rights
What was King John of England forced to sign in 1215? - ✔✔The Magna Carta.
What was the Magna Carta? - ✔✔The Magna Carta is Latin for "Great Charter". It set down rights which
became part of English law and which are now the foundation of the constitution of all countries which
speak English.
What did the Medieval Manor represent? - ✔✔The medieval manor was an agricultural estate. It was
usually comprised of tracts of agricultural land, a village whose inhabitants worked that land, and a
manor house where the lord who owned or controlled the estate lived. Manors were largely self-
sufficient.
What is the most important invention of the fifteenth century? - ✔✔When Gutenberg invented the
printing press in 1445, he forever changed the lives of people in Europe and, eventually, all over the
world.
Which of the following was the most frequent source of conflict between church and state in Europe
throughout the Middle Ages? - ✔✔The doctrine of papal supremacy: The Catholic Pope
Which of the following breakthroughs of the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries presented a major challenge to traditional religious conceptions in Europe? - ✔✔The discovery
that the earth and the other planets revolved around the sun. Shifting from a geocentric to a heliocentric
perspective.
Describe the Romantic Era. - ✔✔An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe
toward the end of the 18th century. Partly a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, it was also a revolt
against the aristocratic social and political norms.
, Which of the following played a major role in the spread of both communist and fascist ideologies in
Europe between World War I and World War II? - ✔✔The economic devastation caused by the Great
Depression
A paragraph about China ends with this question:
Which of the following is an example of ethnocentrism? - ✔✔A country develops legislation to restrict
the opportunity of immigrants.
What was the main difference between China's Revolution and the Russian Revolution? - ✔✔The
Chinese Revolution lasted about 28 years, while the Russian Revolution only lasted about one year.
What was a major reason European nations
competed for control of Africa during the second
half of the 1800s? - ✔✔Africa had a wealth of natural resources.
The main source of wealth and power among the empires of West Africa between A.D. 400 and 1500
was control of: - ✔✔The trans-Saharan salt and gold trade.
What is The Silk Road? - ✔✔The trade route that extended from Asia to the Mediterranean Basin.
Which factor made Athens' direct democracy different from representative democracy? - ✔✔Citizens
directly made the laws
themselves.
One can best distinguish totalitarian from authoritarian governments by examining which of the
following aspects of their political systems? - ✔✔The pervasiveness of government control over non-
governmental sectors of society.
What is a similarity between the hierarchy of Feudalism demonstrated by both the Shogun in Feudal
Japan and Catherine the Great. - ✔✔Noble classes became more powerful
