Praxis II Practice Test - Questions and Answers

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Praxis II Practice Test - Questions and Answers Which of the following best describes the Eastern Woodland peoples, such as the Iroquois and Algonquin, before European colonization? Agriculturalists... who supplemented their diet with hunting and gathering Which of the following was the primary source of agricultural labor in the British colonies in North America during the early years of colonization until the 1660s? Indentured servants from Great Britain During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, those who protested against the leadership of the colony were chiefly small farmers who wanted to settle on Native American lands Which of the following caused Spanish, British, and French forces to fight wars in North America prior to the American Revolution? Disputes about controlling territory in the colonies Religious and cultural differences among colonists of different nationalities International tensions caused by competing alliances among the three nations Which of the following accusations did colonists make against King George III and the British Parliament in the Declaration of Independence? Frustrating the working of representative government and the law in the colonies Which of the following distinguishes the colonization of New France in the eighteenth century from that of New England? French colonists were more likely to pursue trade in furs with Native Americans and to intermarry with them. Which of the following was an immediate cause of the sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803? The French could no longer afford the territory after the loss of its sugar colonies in the Caribbean. Tenement housing in the United States was a response to which of the following developments in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? Industrialization and urbanization Between circa 1820 and 1840, the growing economy of the United States relied primarily on which of the following for transportation of goods between regions? Privately built roads and railroads as well as water transport, including canals Which of the following issues caused both the Whig and Democratic Parties to split internally in the 1850s along sectional lines? The extension of slavery to newly acquired territories Which of the following strategies did the Union attempt as it sought to defeat the South during the American Civil War? Blockading all major Southern ports to disrupt commerce, especially in cotton, the proceeds of which could be used to fund the purchase of military supplies Capturing and controlling the Mississippi River in an effort to cut the South in half and damage Southern efforts to keep troops resupplied Campaigning to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond and destroy the secessionist government of the South Former slaves who could not afford to buy land during Reconstruction often turned to which of the following? Sharecropping Which of the following initiatives was a Progressive Era response to the threat of environmental degradation? The creation of the national park system In the late nineteenth century, economic development in the southern United States was largely characterized by a continued reliance on agriculture and related enterprises Which of the following supported the unequal treatment of African Americans in the United States throughout the late nineteenth century and the twentieth century? Jim Crow laws Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were all advocates for the claim that women should be granted the same voting rights as men Which of the following most directly allowed early factories in the United States to appear outside the mill towns of New England? Steam power The main goal of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to provide public work relief to young men during the Great Depression Immigrants who settled in large cities in the United States between 1890 and 1914 primarily came from which of the following regions? Southern and eastern Europe Which of the following describes an effect of the First World War on civil liberties in the United States before 1920? Laws on espionage and sedition were expanded to target anti-American language and behavior. The enactment of the New Deal programs in the 1930s could best be characterized as reflecting a popular belief that the federal government should provide assistance to people in times of economic distress The post-Second World War United States foreign policy that called for supporting European countries against communist invasions or communist revolutions was the Truman Doctrine The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 and the invasion of Panama in 1989 are examples of attempts by the United States to eliminate unfriendly governments in the Western Hemisphere "You may well ask: 'Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?' You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored." Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (1963) Question: Of the following, which is a strategy reflected in the passage above that the Civil Rights movement used to obtain racial equality? Peaceful civil disobedience to obtain social change The elections of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter as president in the 1960s and 1970s provide evidence for the growing electoral power of Sun Belt states In the decade after the end of the Cold War, United States foreign policy was most strongly characterized by which of the following? A focus on expanding economic prosperity through globalization and free trade Which of the following most likely led to the shift in human societies from hunting and gathering to agriculture beginning circa 8,000 B.C.E.? Climate change Which of the following regions was the first to develop settled agriculture? Middle East Which of the following was a direct result of the Neolithic Revolution? The growth of agricultural communities Which of the following was most significant in allowing river valley civilizations to flourish? Agricultural production from relatively enriched soils Which of the following significantly contributed to the decline of both the Western Roman Empire and the Han dynasty? Nomadic invasions and internal unrest Continual wars along the northern border with the Xiongnu, a group of nomadic peoples inhabiting the northwest frontier of ancient China, from the third century B.C.E. forward, eventually weakened the Han dynasty and contributed to its collapse in the third century C.E. In the case of the Roman Empire, invasions by various Germanic peoples (Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals) and the Huns from the fourth century C.E. onward led to the collapse of the western half of the empire in the late fifth century C.E. In both cases, internal divisions and/or revolts exacerbated the external threat. Which of the following best characterizes the political structures of the Greek city-states of Sparta and Athens in the classical period (circa 510 B.C.E. to 323 B.C.E.)? Sparta was a military encampment that required citizens to serve as soldiers most of their lives; Athens was a limited democracy in which citizens participated in government, including the military, but performed other work too. Which of the following resulted from the Bantu migrations in sub-Saharan Africa from circa 500 B.C.E. to 1000 C.E.? The southward spread of agricultural cultivation and the domestication of animals Confucianism developed as a system of thought in China primarily in response to the instability and political crises brought about by frequent regional conflict during the Warring States period Which of the following led to Islam becoming the dominant religion in Indonesia from circa 1600 C.E. to the present? Indonesians' trade with Arab and Persian merchants across the Indian Ocean Which of the following was an effect of the Mongol conquests under Genghis Khan and his successors during the thirteenth century? The revival of trade along the Silk Road Which of the following best describes the political organization of Maya civilization circa 300-700 C.E.? A collection of independent city-states Which of the following contributed to the spread of Islam into East Africa before 1450 C.E.? Cultural diffusion along Indian Ocean trade routes Which of the following statements best describes the environmental consequences of the Columbian Exchange? Native American populations were decimated by diseases spread through contact with Europeans. Which of the following is a similarity between Christianity in Western Europe and Islam in the Middle East before 1000 C.E.? Both were strongly influenced by Judaism. "Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with." The thought of which of the following Renaissance thinkers is expressed by the passage above? Niccolò Machiavelli Which of the following did Louis XIV of France and Peter the Great of Russia have in common as monarchs? Both rulers distrusted the people of the noble class and forced them to live in close proximity to their royal courts. Which of the following best describes a major effect of plantation agriculture in the Americas during the period 1500 to 1700? Africans involuntarily migrated to South America. Which of the following was an important effect of the Protestant Reformation in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Increased literacy in predominately Protestant states Which of the following were important causes of the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905? The inadequacy of the Trans-Siberian Railroad as a military supply line for Russia The more advanced industrialization of Japan compared to that of Russia Which of the following statements regarding the circumstances of Canada, Australia, and South Africa within the British Empire during the nineteenth century is most true? All three regions contained a large proportion of European settlers and had considerable autonomy. [Show More]

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