Praxis 5004 (History) Study Guide
Where is Machu Picchu? – answer Peru
In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found? - answer Himalayas
What was the final battle of the revolutionary war? - answer The Battle of Yorktown
What battle ended the war of 1812? - answer The Treaty of Ghent
What is an example of perceptual location? - answer The south
What is absolute location? - answer Longitude and latitude
Who invented terrace farming? - answer The incas
Who invented structures such as arches and roads? - answer Romans
Where did the idea of democracy come from? - answer Greece
"Letter to Marsha Washington" was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that
he...? - answerAccepted the generalship of the continental army
What did women protest for in the 1960's and 1970's? - answerJob equality
What is the breadbasket of America? - answerMidwest
Who had more military experience in the war? - answerThe south
What happened during the reconstruction era? - answerBrought the south back into the
union
What is the difference between the Virginia colony and the New York colony? -
answerVirginia had slaves and New York did not
Which of these was a secret that protested rights during the time leading up to the
American Revolution? - answerSons of Liberty
Which act as the first passed by Britain on the 13 colonies? - answerStamp Act
Which group of people worked well with Native Americans? - answerThe French
Which of the following was NOT a New England colony? - answerMaryland
,Which TWO of the following were NOT new England colonies? - answerMaine and
Vermont
New York is a.... colony? - answerMiddle (mid-atlantic)
Which colony was known as New Sweden? - answerDelaware
Which of the following made it illegal for early settlers to move past the Appalachian
Mountains? - answerProclamation of 1763
Which TWO of the following people started the first political parties? - answerThomas
Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
Which was something the whig party did NOT support? - answerHaving majority parties
Manifest Destiny promoted what? - answerWestward Expansion
When did WW1 begin in America? - answer1917
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine? - answerHold back communism through
containment and give assistance to groups committed to fighting communism
What does an increase in interest rates do to inflation? - answerAvoids it/decreases it
What is NOT a characteristic of a market economy? - answerGovernment regulation
What are the four factors of production? - answerLand, labor, capital, entrepreneurship
Where did the kingdom of Kush live? - answerEgypt
Put the following wars/events in order - answer1. french/indian
2. revolutionary
3. war of 1812
4. Mexican American
5. American Civil War
6. Spanish American
7. WWI
8. New Deal
9. WWII
10. Cold War
What are 2 requirements to be president of the United States? - answer35 years old
and a resident of the US for 14 years
Where do the strongest monsoons tend to occur? - answerBangladesh
, 1 euro is how many US dollars? - answer$1.18
Sputnik is a satellite from which country? - answerSoviet Union
Where are the Atlas Mountains? - answerAfrica
Which oceans does the Panama Canal connect? - answerPacific and Atlantic
What is NOT included in the 1st amendement? - answerFreedom of control
What is the 2nd amendment about? - answerRight to bear arms
What is the 5th amendment about? - answerNo self-incrimination
What is the 6th amendment about? - answerRight to a speedy trial
What is the 15th amendment about? - answerThe right to vote. People of all races can
vote.
What is the 19th amendment about? - answerGave women the right to vote
Why was the Great Wall of China built? - answerto protect from invaders
Which state did most German immigrants come to? - answerPennsylvania
Which compromise solved the issues of how to account for slaves in the population for
representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation of states by national
government? - answerThe 3/5ths compromise
What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case? - answerWas not a free man after having
lived in a free territory and no African American was a citizen of the US. Slaves have no
legal right to sue for their freedom.
Which TWO countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine? - answerGreece and
Turkey
Why might there be a decline in the price of farm goods? - answerOverproduction and
agricultural products
What gives the constitution its federalist structure? - answer10th amendment (division of
power)
Government prevents civil wars from occurring daily. Without government, we live in a
state of nature where everyone has a right, or license, to everything in the world.
Where is Machu Picchu? – answer Peru
In what mountain range can Mount Everest be found? - answer Himalayas
What was the final battle of the revolutionary war? - answer The Battle of Yorktown
What battle ended the war of 1812? - answer The Treaty of Ghent
What is an example of perceptual location? - answer The south
What is absolute location? - answer Longitude and latitude
Who invented terrace farming? - answer The incas
Who invented structures such as arches and roads? - answer Romans
Where did the idea of democracy come from? - answer Greece
"Letter to Marsha Washington" was a letter George Washington wrote to explain that
he...? - answerAccepted the generalship of the continental army
What did women protest for in the 1960's and 1970's? - answerJob equality
What is the breadbasket of America? - answerMidwest
Who had more military experience in the war? - answerThe south
What happened during the reconstruction era? - answerBrought the south back into the
union
What is the difference between the Virginia colony and the New York colony? -
answerVirginia had slaves and New York did not
Which of these was a secret that protested rights during the time leading up to the
American Revolution? - answerSons of Liberty
Which act as the first passed by Britain on the 13 colonies? - answerStamp Act
Which group of people worked well with Native Americans? - answerThe French
Which of the following was NOT a New England colony? - answerMaryland
,Which TWO of the following were NOT new England colonies? - answerMaine and
Vermont
New York is a.... colony? - answerMiddle (mid-atlantic)
Which colony was known as New Sweden? - answerDelaware
Which of the following made it illegal for early settlers to move past the Appalachian
Mountains? - answerProclamation of 1763
Which TWO of the following people started the first political parties? - answerThomas
Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton
Which was something the whig party did NOT support? - answerHaving majority parties
Manifest Destiny promoted what? - answerWestward Expansion
When did WW1 begin in America? - answer1917
What was the goal of the Truman Doctrine? - answerHold back communism through
containment and give assistance to groups committed to fighting communism
What does an increase in interest rates do to inflation? - answerAvoids it/decreases it
What is NOT a characteristic of a market economy? - answerGovernment regulation
What are the four factors of production? - answerLand, labor, capital, entrepreneurship
Where did the kingdom of Kush live? - answerEgypt
Put the following wars/events in order - answer1. french/indian
2. revolutionary
3. war of 1812
4. Mexican American
5. American Civil War
6. Spanish American
7. WWI
8. New Deal
9. WWII
10. Cold War
What are 2 requirements to be president of the United States? - answer35 years old
and a resident of the US for 14 years
Where do the strongest monsoons tend to occur? - answerBangladesh
, 1 euro is how many US dollars? - answer$1.18
Sputnik is a satellite from which country? - answerSoviet Union
Where are the Atlas Mountains? - answerAfrica
Which oceans does the Panama Canal connect? - answerPacific and Atlantic
What is NOT included in the 1st amendement? - answerFreedom of control
What is the 2nd amendment about? - answerRight to bear arms
What is the 5th amendment about? - answerNo self-incrimination
What is the 6th amendment about? - answerRight to a speedy trial
What is the 15th amendment about? - answerThe right to vote. People of all races can
vote.
What is the 19th amendment about? - answerGave women the right to vote
Why was the Great Wall of China built? - answerto protect from invaders
Which state did most German immigrants come to? - answerPennsylvania
Which compromise solved the issues of how to account for slaves in the population for
representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation of states by national
government? - answerThe 3/5ths compromise
What was the ruling of the Dred Scott case? - answerWas not a free man after having
lived in a free territory and no African American was a citizen of the US. Slaves have no
legal right to sue for their freedom.
Which TWO countries were helped by the Truman Doctrine? - answerGreece and
Turkey
Why might there be a decline in the price of farm goods? - answerOverproduction and
agricultural products
What gives the constitution its federalist structure? - answer10th amendment (division of
power)
Government prevents civil wars from occurring daily. Without government, we live in a
state of nature where everyone has a right, or license, to everything in the world.
