History, geography, civics, and economics content knowledge tested on the Praxis Elementary Education exam.
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- Who was the first president of the United States?
- George Washington
- In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
- 1776
- What years did the American Civil War occur?
- 1861-1865
- What movement saw American settlers move westward across the continent during the 1800s?
- Manifest Destiny
- What were the first permanent inhabitants of North America?
- Native Americans, or indigenous peoples
- How many original colonies were established by Great Britain in North America?
- Thirteen
- What period saw a shift from handmade goods to machine-made manufacturing?
- The Industrial Revolution
- From which country did the thirteen American colonies declare independence in 1776?
- Great Britain
- What was the period called when the South was rebuilt after the Civil War?
- Reconstruction
- What system held millions of Africans and African Americans in forced labor in America until 1865?
- Slavery
- What are the five themes of geography?
- Location, place, region, scale, and human-environment interaction
- How many continents are there?
- Seven
- What is the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
- The Equator
- What does a map legend or key do?
- Explains what the symbols and colors on a map mean
- What two systems of lines locate places on Earth using coordinates?
- Latitude and longitude