Teaching Elementary Social Studies

Question 1

Hindus are noted for taking ceremonial baths in this river in northern India?

Accepted Answer

Ganges

Question 2

A framework from which we view reality and make sense of life and the world?

Accepted Answer

Worldview

Question 3

When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, which President called for a declaration of war?

Accepted Answer

Franklin Roosevelt

Question 4

Which Amendment is associated with the "right to keep and bear arms"?

Accepted Answer

Second

Question 5

George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards would be associated with this religious event?

Accepted Answer

First Great Awakening

Question 6

England became "the book of the Book" during the reign of this monarch?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

Question 7

This area seceded and then became a state during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

West Virginia

Question 8

"Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people" comes from where?

Accepted Answer

Proverbs

Question 9

Teachers should:

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make all of these happen

Question 10

The picture illustrates which event in American history?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 11

Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America, was formerly named after him?

Accepted Answer

William McKinley

Question 12

Which member of the Nez Perce stated "I will fight no more forever"?

Accepted Answer

Chief Joseph

Question 13

The Fall of Rome signified the end of this time frame?

Accepted Answer

Ancient History

Question 14

Which individual would not be associated with attempts to end slavery prior to the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Nathaniel Bacon

Question 15

Gauchos are most associated with riding across the Pampas in this country?

Accepted Answer

Argentina

Question 16

"Separation of church and state" is a phrase that originated here?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists

Question 17

Freedom of Speech is associated with this Amendment in the Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

First

Question 18

Which document was stated to be a covenant made with God?

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Question 19

This event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Crash of the Stock Market in 1929

Question 20

Which member of the Constitutional Convention is pictured here?

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Question 21

This battle brought about negotiations that ended the War for Independence?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 22

Breaking down information into its component parts would be which level of Bloom's Taxonomy?

Accepted Answer

Analyze

Question 23

"That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights" comes from?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 24

He would be associated with the work How Should We Then Live?

Accepted Answer

Francis Schaeffer

Question 25

During whose presidency was the Louisiana territory purchased from France?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 26

This Supreme Court case reinforced the doctrine of segregation in 1892?

Accepted Answer

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 27

Which event served as a catalyst for Reformation in the following century?

Accepted Answer

Invention of the Printing Press

Question 28

He stated that American could put a man on the moon by the end of the decade?

Accepted Answer

President Kennedy

Question 29

Which of the following resulted from the entrance of sin into the world?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 30

Which Civil War battle did not occur in Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg

Question 31

Which physical feature threatened Hannibal as he sought to defeat Rome in the Punic Wars?

Accepted Answer

Alps

Question 32

Which latitude/longitude would get you to America?

Accepted Answer

40 degrees N, 90 degrees W

Question 33

This institution started America's first law school?

Accepted Answer

College of William and Mary

Question 34

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary" was stated by this Virginian?

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 35

Which event would you associate with the year 1607 in American History?

Accepted Answer

Establishment of Jamestown

Question 36

Which Article states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land?

Accepted Answer

Article VI

Question 37

Which specific applied principle in the Constitution prevents tyranny?

Accepted Answer

Separation of Powers

Question 38

Which event most likely inaugurated the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Firing on Fort Sumter in South Carolina

Question 39

Which of the following would not be considered a primary source?

Accepted Answer

Your book on World War II

Question 40

This "Father of the Constitution" wrote many of the Federalist Papers?

Accepted Answer

James Madison

Question 41

The Pledge of Allegiance states that our flag represents this kind of government?

Accepted Answer

Republic

Question 42

In which year did the American Revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

1775

Question 43

This was the second capitol of Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Williamsburg

Teaching Elementary Social Studies

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Teaching Elementary Social Studies

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