CliffsTestPrep CSET: Social Science

✍ Scribed by Shana Pate, Tony Napoli

• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 218
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Greetings Folks--I have been studying heartily for the CSET exam, and I have used several books from Cliff Test Prep, Princeton Review (AP), Barron (AP) and McGraw Hill, among other sources.

In preparing for this test, having so many test booklets to compare, I can say without doubt that Cliff Test Prep books are by far the worst books to use. Not only is the material covered so simplistic and general (you would get more information from Wikipedia), the questions are absurd and seem to have little to do with the CSET exam for social sciences. I do not recommend any of these books at all. It is as if they are written by high school graduates and not professors.

Buying books from Cliff Test Prep is a total waste of money.

Regards,

the friendlyskeptic

✦ Table of Contents

CliffsTestPrep CSET: Social Studies......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
How to Use This Book......Page 9
Frequently Asked Questions......Page 10
How to Approach the Multiple-Choice Questions......Page 11
How to Approach the Constructed-Response Questions......Page 17
PART I: SUBJECT AREA REVIEW......Page 21
Prehistory to 500 C.E.......Page 23
Ancient Greece (1900-133 B.C.E.)......Page 24
Rome and the Rise of Christianity (600 B.C.E.-500 C.E.)......Page 25
Early African Civilizations (2000 B..C E.-1500 C.E.)......Page 26
Europe in the Middle Ages (1000-1500)......Page 27
The Age of Exploration (1500-1800)......Page 28
The Muslim Empires (1450-1800)......Page 29
The French Revolution and Napoleon (1789-1815)......Page 30
Mass Society and Democracy (1870-1914)......Page 31
The Height of Imperialism, East Asia Under Challenge (1800-1914)......Page 32
The West Between the Wars, Nationalism Around the World (1919-1939)......Page 33
World War II (1939-1945)......Page 34
The Contemporary Western World (1970-Present)......Page 35
Practice Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Questions......Page 38
Answer Explanations......Page 42
Native American Peoples......Page 45
European Exploration and Colonization......Page 46
American Revolution......Page 47
Establishing a New Nation: Early Years and Continued Development......Page 49
Civil War Era......Page 52
Emergence of the Modern United States......Page 54
Progressive Era and World War I through the New Deal......Page 55
World War II......Page 58
More Recent Developments......Page 59
Practice Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Questions......Page 63
Answer Explanations......Page 68
The World In Spatial Terms......Page 71
Places and Regions......Page 75
Physical Systems......Page 80
Human Systems......Page 81
Environment and Society......Page 86
The Uses of Geography......Page 89
Practice Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Questions......Page 90
Answer Explanations......Page 93
Political Theory......Page 95
United States Government and Politics......Page 97
Comparative Government and Politics......Page 101
International Relations......Page 102
Practice Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Questions......Page 103
Answer Explanations......Page 106
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand......Page 109
Microeconomics II: Marketing......Page 110
Macroeconomics I: Institutions......Page 111
Macroeconomics II: Policies......Page 112
International and Global Economies......Page 113
Practice Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Questions......Page 116
Answer Explanations......Page 119
Native American Peoples......Page 121
Establishment of Missions, Presidios, and Pueblos......Page 122
Mexican Rule and the Mexican-American War......Page 123
The Discovery of Gold......Page 124
The Golden State and the Railroads......Page 125
The Depression and Postwar Expansion......Page 126
Problems and Progress in Recent Years......Page 127
Practice Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Questions......Page 129
Answer Explanations......Page 131
PART II: FULL-LENGTH PRACTICE TESTS......Page 133
Answer Sheets for Practice Test 1......Page 135
Practice Test 1......Page 137
Answer Key for Practice Test 1......Page 163
Answer Explanations for Practice Test 1......Page 165
Answer Sheets for Practice Test 2......Page 175
Practice Test 2......Page 177
Answer Key for Practice Test 2......Page 203
Answer Explanations for Practice Test 2......Page 205
References for Additional Study......Page 217