History, geography, civics, and economics content tested on the Praxis Social Studies: Content Knowledge exam. Front: the term or concept. Back: a plain-language definition.
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- Manifest Destiny
- 19th-century belief that the U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
- Industrial Revolution
- Transition from agricultural to manufacturing-based economy, beginning in 18th-century Britain
- Enlightenment
- 18th-century intellectual movement emphasizing reason, individual rights, and scientific method
- Feudalism
- Medieval system of hierarchical land ownership and obligations between lords and vassals
- Renaissance
- Period of cultural and intellectual revival in Europe from the 14th to 17th centuries
- Neolithic Revolution
- Transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture, roughly 10,000 BCE
- Byzantine Empire
- Continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire centered in Constantinople, lasting until 1453
- Columbian Exchange
- Transfer of goods, people, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas after 1492
- Articles of Confederation
- First U.S. governing document (1781-1789), replaced by the Constitution
- Reconstruction
- Period of rebuilding the American South after the Civil War (1865-1877)
- Latitude
- Imaginary lines running east-west measuring distance north or south of the equator
- Longitude
- Imaginary lines running north-south measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
- Cartography
- Science and art of mapmaking
- Biome
- Large geographic area with distinct climate, vegetation, and animal life
- Erosion
- Gradual wearing away of soil and rock by wind, water, or ice