GHSGT

Social Studies

Domain I

18%

Philosophical Foundations of Government

How Philosophy developed into the structure and

function of U.S. Government

U.S. government’s relationship to states and to

its citizens

Which of the following individuals influenced Thomas Jefferson’s writing of the Declaration of Independence?

A. Thomas HobbesB. John LockeC. Alexander HamiltonD. John C. Calhoun

Which of the following groups refused to ratify the U.S. Constitution without a Bill of Rights?

A. FederalistB. RepublicansC. Know-NothingsD. Anti-Federalists

Which of the following accurately defines the term of office in Congress?

A. Senators serve four years and Representatives serve 6 years.

B. Representatives serve four years and Senators serve two years.

C. Senators serve 4 years and Representatives serve 2 years.

D. Representatives serve 2 years and Senators serve 6 years.

Which of the following explains that government must protect people’s rights?

A. Social ContractB. NullificationC. Domino TheoryD. Common Sense

Which of the following is a right protected in both the 5th and 14th Amendments?

A. PrivacyB. SpeechC. Due ProcessD. Jury trial in civil cases of $20 or more

Which of the following is a way the Legislative branch can place a check on federal officials?

A. VetoB. ImpeachmentC. Judicial ReviewD. Executive Order

Marbury v. Madison established which of the following?

A. Separate but EqualB. Reproductive RightsC. Veto Powers of the PresidentD. Judicial Review

Which of the following is the Vice President’s main role in the Senate?

A. Breaks a tie voteB. Sets the Legislative AgendaC. Appoints members to committeesD. Places bills on the Senate calendar

A. Separation of PowersB. FederalismC. Checks & BalancesD. Nullification

Presidential Veto

Congress Override

Supreme Court rules Unconstitutional

A. Judicial reviewB. Due process of lawC. Popular sovereigntyD. Separation of powers

No person shall be held to answer to a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia…

-From the Fifth Amendment-to the U.S. Constitution

Which of the following is a mandatory civic activity?

A. VotingB. Jury dutyC. Join a political partyD. Write a representative

Which government body acts as the jury in an impeachment trial in the United States?

A. The SenateB. The CabinetC. The Supreme CourtD. The House of Representatives

Which of the following advises the President on specialized areas?

A. MuckrakersB. CongressmenC. AmbassadorsD. Cabinet Members

Which of the following is a power that both the state and national government share?

A. Issue professional licenseB. Coin moneyC. Create courtsD. Declare war

Based on the U.S. Constitution, which development would cause a state to gain representation in the House of Representatives?

A. The election of a governorB. The election of a presidentC. The growth of a state’s populationD. The creation of a new state political

party

The U.S. Constitution gives state governments the authority to be involved in all of the following areas, EXCEPT?

A. Tax collectionB. Public educationC. Treaty negotiationD. Highway construction

What is the main purpose of the national conventions that the Republican and Democratic parties hold every four years?

A. To organize state primariesB. To develop legislative strategiesC. To caucus about foreign-policy issuesD. To nominate presidential candidates

What is the primary function of leaders within the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government?

A. To introduce bills proposed by the president

B. To advance the goals of their political parties

C. To carry out federal laws passed by both houses of Congress

D. To confirm the constitutionality of bills with the Supreme Court

Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the previous diagram?

A.federalismB. republicanismC. Popular sovereigntyD.Checks and balances

What is the purpose of the 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

A. To limit the federal government’s powers

B. To expand the court’s authority to review federal laws

C. To guarantee citizen’s voting rightsD. To establish checks and balances

between executive and legislative branches

Which of the following would result if the population increased in the U.S.?

A. The number of members in the House of Representatives for each state would change.

B. The number of members in the Senate for each state would change.

C. The number of federal judges would change.D. The term of office of the President would

decrease in number of years.

Which idea from Social Contract Theory is expressed within the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

A. Congress must consist of two legislative houses.

B. Political term limits are necessary for all elected officials.

C. Government authority comes from the consent of the governed.

D. Individual citizens must be protected by a federal bill of rights.

Which concept relates to the Seneca Falls conference?

A.Temperance.B. Women’s Rights.C. Containment.D.NATO.

What role is the President of the U.S. serving when he enforces the laws?

A. Commander in ChiefB. Party LeaderC. Chief of StateD. Chief Executive

What role is the President playing when he makes a treaty with another country?

A. Commander in ChiefB. Party LeaderC. Foreign Policy LeaderD. Chief Executive

Which created the U.S. Congress?

A.The Federalist.B. Judiciary Act of 1789.C. Benjamin Franklin.D.Great Compromise.

Which was written to convince the states to approve the U.S. Constitution?

A.The Federalist.B. Common Sense.C. Articles of Confederation.D.Monroe Doctrine.

Domain II

26%

European Colonization to the Civil War

A. Cold War tensionsB. SectionalismC. Religious Tensions in the coloniesD. Containment

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Rhode Island

Half-Way Covenant

Salem Witch Trials

A. Religious tensionsB. Native American conflictC. Tensions between colonies and Great

Britain before the RevolutionD. Conscription

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Boycott new taxes

Committees of Correspondence

Sons of Liberty

A. The British Parliament had passed a series of taxes on its North American colonies.

B. Native Americans had attacked British colonial outposts within the Northwest Territory

C. British naval vessels had seized colonial ships and forced citizens into the British navy.

D. Armed slave rebellions had begun throughout Europe.

•The Sons of Liberty•The Daughters of Liberty•The committees of correspondence

Which issue caused British colonists to form the organizations in the list?

A. The U.S. ConstitutionB. The Mayflower CompactC. The Articles of ConfederationD. The U.S. Declaration of Independence

And reason…teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.

-John Locke,-Second Treatise of Civil Government, 1689

Which document was influenced by the above ideas and language?

The term Manifest Destiny directly relates to which recurring theme in U.S. history during the 1800s?

A. abolitionB. federalismC. Social reformD. Territorial expansion

What was the importance of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823?

A. It reinforced tensions between proslavery and antislavery factions.

B. It authorized the creation of a permanent professional military.

C. It established the U.S. policy of preventing other nations from interfering in Latin America.

D. It proclaimed Eastward expansion.

In which of the following was there a blockade or interruption in U.S. trade across the Atlantic?

A. War of 1812B. Spanish-American warC. Mexican-American warD. Vietnam war

Popular Sovereignty was used to determine the westward expansion of slavery in which of the following?

A. Missouri compromise and Nullification CrisisB. Dred Scott Decision and Fugitive Slave Act C. Wilmot Proviso and John Brown’s raidD. Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska

Act

President John Adams became involved with which U.S. foreign-policy issue in the late 1790s?

A. Purchasing the Louisiana TerritoryB. Avoiding full-scale war with FranceC. Strengthening the Monroe DoctrineD. Arranging for the annexation of Texas

Which principle of the U.S. government did the Nullification Crisis of 1832 directly challenge?

A.federalismB. Judicial reviewC. Popular sovereigntyD.Checks and balances

Which term best describes the period during which white male suffrage greatly expanded in the United States?

A.Manifest DestinyB. The EnlightenmentC. The Great AwakeningD. Jacksonian Democracy

Which convinced the people in the colonies that the time had come to move toward independence from Great Britain?

A.The FederalistB. Spirit of the LawsC. Declaration of IndependenceD.Common Sense

Which was a result of the French & Indian War?

A.Colonies were declared independent

B. Colonists were taxesC. France became a dominant

power in North AmericaD.Bacon’s Rebellion

Which concept refers to how the French & Indian war laid the foundation for the American Revolution?

A.DebtB. NullificationC. IsolationismD.Domino Theory

How did the French help the U.S. during the American Revolution?

A. Lend-Lease Act to supply armored tanks and machine guns

B. French army and navy helped capture Lord Cornwallis

C. Diplomatic Recognition onlyD. Helped only in financial ways

Which accurately explains how Mercantilism and the colonies?

A. Great Britain sent raw materials to the colonies and the colonies manufactured finished products

B. Colonies were created because of mercantilism

C. Colonies were required to trade mostly with the French

D. Mercantilism equated to Communism

Which accurately explains the impact of Interchangeable Parts?A. The need for slaves diminished in the

Southern U.S.B. It resulted in the mass production of Ford

AutomobilesC. It resulted in the rapid rise of Industrial

growth in the North before the Civil WarD. It guaranteed U.S. involvement in WWI

Which of the following cause the rise of Jim Crow laws in the South?

A. Brown v. Board of EducationB. Roe v. WadeC. Sanford v. ScottD. Plessy v. Ferguson

A. The U.S. ConstitutionB. The Mayflower CompactC. The Articles of ConfederationD. The Monroe Doctrine

Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cross-Atlantic affairs. America, North and South, has a set of interests distinct from those of Europe…Our endeavor should surely be, to make our hemisphere that of freedom.

Thomas Jefferson,-Letter to James Monroe Oct. 24, 1823

Which of the following was an 19th century reform movement that led to Prohibition in the 20th Century?

A.Women’s suffrageB. TemperanceC. AbolitionD.Civil Rights

The route in Transatlantic trade that brought slaves to North America in the 17th century was called

A.Suffrage.B. Temperance.C. Middle Passage.D.Manifest Destiny

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Homestead Act of 1862 have which of the following in common?

A.Both encouraged slavery.B. Both were women’s reform

movements.C. Both were passed under the

Articles of Confederation.D.Both hurt Native Americans

Which of the following increased the need for slaves in the south?

A.15th Amendment.B. Cotton Gin.C. Prohibition.D.Nullification Crisis of 1832

Which of the following determined how the expansion of slavery was dealt with?

A.Missouri Compromise.B. Wilmot Proviso.C. Prohibition.D.Nullification Crisis of 1832.

Domain III

25%

Reconstruction to the 20th Century

Radical Republicans and President Abraham Lincoln would have agreed on which of the following?

A. Leniency in accepting Southern states back into the Union.

B. Land grants to former slaves.C. Freeing the slaves.D. Allowing former confederate officers

to hold public office.

Which of the following explains the goal of the Emancipation Proclamation?

A. Outlawed slavery in the border states.B. Mandated African American soldiers

fight in the Confederate army.C. Caused the Nullification Crisis.D. Extended abolishing slavery as part of

the Northern war effort.

A. RevolutionB. Red ScareC. Westward MigrationD. Federalism

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Communist infiltration of U.S.

government/ military

Bolshevik Revolution

Labor Strikes in industries

Why was Samuel Gompers an important figure in the history of U.S.

Labor movement?A. He served as the first leader of the

American Federation of Labor.B. He wrote New Deal legislation protecting

the rights of workers.C. He published articles condemning the use

of strikes by labor unions.D. He led the opposition to legal restrictions

on immigrant workers.

How did the effort to build the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s affect

U.S.- Soviet relations?A. It united scientists from both nations.B. It increased the nations’ fears of one

another.C. It led both nations to join the same treaty

alliance.D. It caused direct armed conflict between the

nations.

In 1954, which basic principle of the U.S. Constitution did the Supreme Court rule on in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?A. Trial by juryB. Freedom of speechC. Equal protection of the lawD. Separation of church and state

What was the result of the decline of immigration from Europe to the United States during World War I?A. Both political parties called for the end of

isolationist policies.B. Legal barriers to immigration from Asian

countries were removed.C. Large numbers of African American workers

moved north to take industrial jobs.D. American industry declined because of the

loss of the immigrant workforce.

Which issue was brought to U.S. public awareness by Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring in 1962?

A. Labor conditionsB. Atomic weaponsC. Racial segregationD. Environmental pollution

What was the significance of the career of Henry Ford during the early 1900s?

A. He strongly influenced the early development of jazz music.

B. He exposed corrupt business practices.C. He founded a large labor union.D. He made automobiles more affordable

to common Americans.

The passage of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1919 established?

A. The prohibition of alcoholB. The direct election of senatorsC. The right of labor Unions to organizeD. The power of voters to remove an

elected official

Which industry did John D. Rockefeller monopolize during the late 1800s?

A. The oil industryB. The railroad industryC. The meatpacking industryD. The steel industry

Which was not one of the Allied powers during WWII?

A. JapanB. Great BritainC. United StatesD. France

Which was not one of the Axis powers during WWII?

A. JapanB. ItalyC. United StatesD. Germany

Which development directly contributed to the increase shown in the graph?

A.Social SecurityB. The Wagner ActC. The Marshall PlanD.The Roosevelt Corollary

The U.S. offered financial assistance to any nation resisting communism in which of the following?

A.Emancipation ProclamationB. The Wagner ActC. The Truman DoctrineD.The Roosevelt Corollary

The passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1919 established?

A. The prohibition of alcoholB. The direct election of senatorsC. Women’s SuffrageD. The power of voters to remove an

elected official

What was the historical context of the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?A. Business entrepreneurs had formed

monopoliesB. Labor unions had organized strikes

throughout the nationC. Southern states had passed Jim Crow laws

to limit the rights of African Americans.D. Congress placed restrictions on Chinese

immigration in the U.S.

Which of the following caused Chinese immigration to decline?

A.Wagner ActB. Chinese Exclusion ActC. Emancipation ProclamationD.Half-way covenant

Which development directly resulted from the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik I?A.The beginning of the space raceB. The creation of the Marshall PlanC. The U.S. entry into the Korean WarD.The shift in U.S. policy toward

detente

Which group did most of the work on the Transcontinental Railroad?

A.Native AmericansB. Chinese C. SlavesD.Women

What was the historical context of the data shown in the table?

A. The U.S. strategy to remain neutral in future conflicts

B. The U.S. attempt to contain the spread of Communism

C. The U.S. plan to counteract the growth of global terrorism

D. The U.S. effort to limit the development of atomic technology

Hoovervilles were caused by which of the following?

A.Widespread unemploymentB. Containment during WWIIC. GlobalizationD.Rural electricity

Which of the following was a popular jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance?

A.Langston HughesB. A. Phillip RandolphC. Louis ArmstrongD.W.E.B. Dubois

Which of the following was formed at the immediately following the end of WWII?

A.Committees of CorrespondenceB. Social SecurityC. NAFTAD.United Nations

Which of the following was established during FDR’s Second New Deal?

A.MedicareB. Social SecurityC. NAFTAD.NATO

What was the foreign policy of the U.S. during the first three years of WWI?

A.NeutralityB. InterventionismC. ContainmentD.Detente

What was the foreign policy of the U.S. during the Cold War?

A.NeutralityB. InterventionismC. ContainmentD.Detente

Which of the following most accurately describes Containment?

A. U.S. foreign policy to keep the U.S. neutral during WWII.

B. U.S. foreign policy after WWII to stop the spread of communism.

C. Soviet foreign policy to spread communism through the world.

D. Foreign policy of détente.

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle resulted in which of the following?

A.Anti-Trust lawsB. Creation of the EPAC. Meat Inspection ActD.Child Labor laws

Which individual was responsible for the Red Scare of the 1950s?

A.Eleanor RooseveltB. Senator Huey LongC. Ida TarbellD.Senator Joseph McCarthy

Which was an attempt by FDR to give aid to Great Britain before the U.S. entered WWII?

A.Lend-Lease ActB. “Court-Packing” BillC. Wilmot ProvisoD.Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which of the following fought in an attempt to combat Segregation in the southern U.S.?

A.UFWB. AFLC. NOWD.NAACP

Which of the following explains why Americans were afraid after the launching of Sputnik I?

A. They were vulnerable to attacks from space

B. They would face mass emigration of citizens to the U.S.S.R.

C. Americans lost the right to voteD. African Americans were placed in

internment camps

A period in time when there were tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet union?

A.New DealB. Progressive EraC. EnlightenmentD.Cold War

Soviet and U.S. tensions during the Cold War resulted from

A. Refusal of Russia to leave Forts in the Ohio River Valley.

B. The fear of use of a Hydrogen bomb.C. Fear of the spread of communism in

the Soviet Union.D. Underconsumption and

overproduction

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established to deal with

A.Civil Rights violations in the U.S.B. Un-American activities within the

U.s. in the 1950s.C. Child Labor & inner city

immigrant issues.D.Environmental issues.

Domain IV

13%

Physical & Cultural Geography; development of

Regions in the World

Which is most important for the settlement patterns of human populations?

A. Oil reservesB. Precious gemsC. Location of riversD. Iron ore deposits

Which natural resource is most important for the growth of human populations?

A. Oil reservesB. Precious gemsC. Iron ore depositsD. Groundwater supplies

Which geographic factor most contributed to economic growth in the northeaster United States?

A. Rich farmlandsB. Mild climate conditionsC. Access to commercial routesD. Isolation from foreign invasions

Which physical characteristics of colonial New York directly affected its economic development during the late 1600s?

A. Its vast gold and silver depositsB. Its large harbor and river systemsC. Its poor soil quality and dry climateD. Its mountain terrain and

geographical isolation

Which factor is the most important to geographers studying a culture

region?A. Climate patternsB. Political bordersC. Natural resourcesD. Language families

The colonists became angry that they could not cross the Appalachian Mountains during the colonial period because of the?

A. War of 1812B. Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoC. Proclamation of 1763D. Monroe Doctrine

Which of the following impeded migration of Americans to settle the far Western region of the United States?

A. Atlantic OceanB. MexicoC. Suez CanalD. Rocky Mountains

Which of the following occurred within the geographic area known as the Great plains?

A. Creation of New AmsterdamB. Dust BowlC. Rise of New York CityD. Chesapeake Bay trade

Which of the following lay within the geographic area known as the Great plains?

A. Puerto RicoB. Oregon TerritoryC. Louisiana PurchaseD. Chesapeake Bay

What was one result of the Louisiana Purchase?

A. Doubled the size of the U.S.B. Thomas Jefferson purchased the

Oregon TerritoryC. Texas became an independent

nationD. Expansion of the Chesapeake Bay

Which of the following geographic features aided the Southern colonies’ trade with Europe?

A. Chesapeake BayB. Great LakesC. Boston HarborD. Great Plains

Which of the following geographic features explains where Pearl Harbor’s location during WWII?

A. Chesapeake BayB. Great LakesC. Atlantic OceanD. Pacific Ocean

Which of the following geographic features shortened travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean for U.S. citizens?

A. Chesapeake BayB. Great LakesC. Panama CanalD. Erie Canal

Panama Canal

Which of the following explains the purpose of the previous map?

A. Political bordersB. Topographical mapC. River systemsD. Culture

To divide the places on earth based on physical features, geographers commonly group places into?

A. RegionsB. culturesC. locationsD. countries

Which factor do geographers most commonly study to learn about the culture of a nation?

A. The political borders of a nationB. The geographical size of a nationC. The religious practices of a nation’s

populationD. The technological abilities of a nation’s

population

Which factor has had the greatest influence on shaping human culture in the shaded region on the map?

A.religionB. agricultureC. urbanizationD.democratization

Domain V

18%

Pre-history to early 21st Century

All of the following relate to a peoples culture, EXCEPT?

A. Religion & BeliefsB. CustomsC. Natural resourcesD. Language

Religion Customs

Beliefs Language

Fertile Soil Elevation of Land

Precipitation/ rainfall

Growing season

How did Copernicus’s writings during the 1500s help change the European world view?

A. By challenging European ideas about the universe

B. By claiming that all human beings were born with natural rights

C. By discouraging the use of reason to examine traditional church teachings

D. By encouraging European explorers to search for new ocean routes to Asia

Which geographical factor most helped Spain and Portugal establish new colonies during the Age of Discovery?

A. Their diverse cultural practicesB. Their large population densitiesC. Their abundance of precious metalsD. Their access to commercial

waterways

What was the function of the mandate system created by the League of Nations after World War I in 1919?A. To rebuild the urban centers of JapanB. To collect war reparations from GermanyC. To manage the former territories of the

Ottoman EmpireD. To maintain a new European alliance

against the Soviet Union

In which movement did King Henry VIII play a significant role during the 1500s?

A.The EnlightenmentB. The Great AwakeningC. The English ReformationD.The Industrial Revolution

What was an important impact of the astrolabe in Europe during the 1500s and 1600s?A. It helped engineers used Newton’s laws to

invent new machinesB. It improved the ability of explorers to

navigate across far distancesC. It increased the efficiency of book printing

through the use of movable typeD. It supported Kepler’s laws of planetary

motion

Which political ideology directly contributed to the Holocaust of the mid-1900s?

A.NazismB. liberalismC. anarchismD.Bolshevism

Which development correctly completes the list?

A. The slave population of Haiti began a successful revolt.

B. The American colonies won their independence from Great Britain

C. The popularity of Catholicism increased among French peasants.

D. The influence of Enlightenment ideas declined among French thinkers.

Which of the following were painters/sculptors?

A.Jefferson and LockeB.Sarte and RouseauC.Michelangelo and DavinciD.Luther and Calvin

Which of the following Concepts most relate to the World Trade Organization (WTO)?

A.States’ rightsB.ContainmentC.GlobalizationD.Luther and Calvin

Which phrase correctly completes the diagram of Jesuit goals?

A.Limit the power of the PopeB.Undertake missionary activityC.Encourage democratic reformD.Achieve peace with

Protestantism

Which group supported the counter reformation?

A.BaptistsB.CalvinistsC.PuritansD.Jesuits

De Gama Balboa

Cortez De Vaca

Which was the first European Explorer to discover North America?

A.John CabotB.Jacques CartierC.Hernando CortesD.Francisco Pizarro

Which best defines Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini?

A. Enlightenment thinkersB. French PhilosophersC. Generals in WWID. Fascist forces working

together

Which of the following caused massive casualties during WWI?

A. Marshall PlanB. DetenteC. Trench warfareD. Lend-Lease Act

Which of the following was a cause of WWII?

A. assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

B. German policy of ExpansionismC. ImpressmentD. Slavery

Which event changed the political landscape in the Middle East in 1948?

A. The U.S. seizure of oil fieldsB. The British takeover of PalestineC. The creation of the state of IsraelD. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire

Which was the Allied attempt to push the Nazi’s out of France?

A.D-dayB. Battle of MidwayC. Pearl HarborD.Impressment