Praxis 5004 (history) Kathleen Jasper
Practice Test
Which of the following early colonial leaders advocated for religious freedom?
a. Roger Williams
b. John Adams
c. John Locke
D. James Madison - answerA
Which of the following is the belief that people have the right to disobey the government
if the government fails to protect their natural rights?
a. manifest destiny
b. social contract
c. conservatism
d. civil rights - answerB
Which of the following best describes the similarity between 16th century Latin America
and 19th century Africa?
a. Industrialization
b. European Colonialism
C. Revolution
d. Renaissance - answerB
Pakistan and Bangladesh were formed from which British colony after it gained
independence following WWII?
a. India
b. cambodia
c. Malaysia
D. Kazakhstan - answerA
Which of the following describes the trade routes of raw materials, manufactured goods,
and slaves among Europe, Africa, and the US?
a. Intrastate trade
b. Silk Road
C. NAFTA
D. Trade Triangle - answerD
,Which of the following regions was once a prosperous civilization but has become a
barren desert due to deforestation?
a. Siberia
b. Sahel
c. Saskatchewan
d. Sahara - answerB
Which of the following is the process of cultivating crops on sides of hills to maximize
land area?
a. crop rotation
b. sustenance farming
c. terrace farming
d. commercial farming - answerC
Which of the following inventions of the industrial revolution made it possible for factory
workers to work longer hours?
a. Henry Ford's assembly line
b. Thomas Edison's lightbulb
c. Eli Whitney's Cotton gin
d. Henry Bessemer's steel process - answerB
Which of the following amendments in the US Constitution abolished slavery?
a. 1st
b. 4th
c. 13th
d. 19th - answerC
What purpose did the articles of confederation serve?
a. to establish the first constitution of the US
b. to declare independence from Great Britain
, C. for the southern states to secede from the union
D. To strengthen the central government - answerA
The US and Great Britain signed which of the following documents to end the War of
1812?
a. Treaty of Versailles
b. Treaty of Ghent
c. Treaty of Paris
d. Oregon Treaty - answerB
Which of the following triggered the space race?
a. Sputnik satellite
b. First woman in space
c. first moon landing
d. international space station - answerA
Which of the following nations built the irrigation system that causes the desertification
of the Aral Sea?
a. Egypt
b. Japan
c. United States
d. Soviet Union - answerD
Which of the following refers to the social movement in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries that focused on women's suffrage?
a. first-wave of feminism
b. second-wave of feminism
c. militant feminism
d. third-wave of feminism - answerA
Practice Test
Which of the following early colonial leaders advocated for religious freedom?
a. Roger Williams
b. John Adams
c. John Locke
D. James Madison - answerA
Which of the following is the belief that people have the right to disobey the government
if the government fails to protect their natural rights?
a. manifest destiny
b. social contract
c. conservatism
d. civil rights - answerB
Which of the following best describes the similarity between 16th century Latin America
and 19th century Africa?
a. Industrialization
b. European Colonialism
C. Revolution
d. Renaissance - answerB
Pakistan and Bangladesh were formed from which British colony after it gained
independence following WWII?
a. India
b. cambodia
c. Malaysia
D. Kazakhstan - answerA
Which of the following describes the trade routes of raw materials, manufactured goods,
and slaves among Europe, Africa, and the US?
a. Intrastate trade
b. Silk Road
C. NAFTA
D. Trade Triangle - answerD
,Which of the following regions was once a prosperous civilization but has become a
barren desert due to deforestation?
a. Siberia
b. Sahel
c. Saskatchewan
d. Sahara - answerB
Which of the following is the process of cultivating crops on sides of hills to maximize
land area?
a. crop rotation
b. sustenance farming
c. terrace farming
d. commercial farming - answerC
Which of the following inventions of the industrial revolution made it possible for factory
workers to work longer hours?
a. Henry Ford's assembly line
b. Thomas Edison's lightbulb
c. Eli Whitney's Cotton gin
d. Henry Bessemer's steel process - answerB
Which of the following amendments in the US Constitution abolished slavery?
a. 1st
b. 4th
c. 13th
d. 19th - answerC
What purpose did the articles of confederation serve?
a. to establish the first constitution of the US
b. to declare independence from Great Britain
, C. for the southern states to secede from the union
D. To strengthen the central government - answerA
The US and Great Britain signed which of the following documents to end the War of
1812?
a. Treaty of Versailles
b. Treaty of Ghent
c. Treaty of Paris
d. Oregon Treaty - answerB
Which of the following triggered the space race?
a. Sputnik satellite
b. First woman in space
c. first moon landing
d. international space station - answerA
Which of the following nations built the irrigation system that causes the desertification
of the Aral Sea?
a. Egypt
b. Japan
c. United States
d. Soviet Union - answerD
Which of the following refers to the social movement in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries that focused on women's suffrage?
a. first-wave of feminism
b. second-wave of feminism
c. militant feminism
d. third-wave of feminism - answerA
