CliffsTestPrep Praxis II: Social Studies Content Knowledge Test

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• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Series: CliffsTestPrep 81
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Your guide to a higher score on the Praxis II?: Social Studies Content Knowledge Test (0081) Why CliffsTestPrep Guides? Go with the name you know and trust Get the information you need--fast! Written by test-prep specialists About the contents: Introduction * Overview of the exam * How to use this book * Proven study strategies and test-taking tips * Tactics for answering multiple-choice questions, plus practice examples with answers and explanations Part I: Subject Review * Focused review of all exam topics: world history, United States history, government/political science/civics, geography, economics, and the behavioral science fields of sociology, anthropology, and psychology Part II: 2 Full-Length Practice Examinations * Like the actual exam, each practice exam includes 130 multiple-choice questions, with sections on each of the 6 categories * Complete with answers and explanations for all questions Test-Prep Essentials from the Experts at CliffsNotes?

✦ Table of Contents

CliffsTestPrep Praxis II: Social Studies Content Knowledge Test (0081)......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Frequently Asked Questions......Page 9
Test-Taking Tips......Page 10
How to Approach the Multiple-Choice Questions......Page 11
Answer Explanations......Page 17
Part I: Subject Area Review......Page 19
Prehistory to 500 C.E.......Page 21
Ancient Greece (1900-133 B.C.E.)......Page 22
Rome and the Rise of Christianity (600 B.C.E.-500 C.E.)......Page 23
Early African Civilizations (2000 B.C.E.-1500 C.E.)......Page 24
Europe in the Middle Ages (1000-1500)......Page 25
The Age of Exploration (1500-1800)......Page 26
The Muslim Empires (1450-1800)......Page 27
The French Revolution and Napoleon (1789-1815)......Page 28
Mass Society and Democracy (1870-1914)......Page 29
The Height of Imperialism, East Asia Under Challenge (1800-1914)......Page 30
The West Between the Wars, Nationalism Around the World (1919-1939)......Page 31
World War II (1939-1945)......Page 32
The Contemporary Western World ( 1970-Present)......Page 33
Native American Peoples......Page 37
European Exploration and Colonization......Page 38
American Revolution......Page 39
Establishing a New Nation: Early Years and Continued Development......Page 41
Civil War Era......Page 44
Emergence of the Modern United States......Page 46
Progressive Era and World War I Through the New Deal......Page 47
World War II......Page 50
More Recent Developments......Page 51
Political Theory......Page 55
United States Government and Politics......Page 57
Comparative Government and Politics......Page 61
International Relations......Page 62
The World In Spatial Terms......Page 63
Places and Regions......Page 67
Physical Systems......Page 72
Human Systems......Page 73
Environment and Society......Page 78
The Uses of Geography......Page 81
Microeconomics I: Supply and Demand......Page 83
Microeconomics II: Marketing......Page 84
Macroeconomics I: Institutions......Page 85
Macroeconomics II: Policies......Page 86
International and Global Economies......Page 87
Sociology......Page 89
Anthropology......Page 93
Psychology......Page 95
Part II: Full-Length Practice Tests......Page 103
Answer Sheets for Practice Test 1......Page 105
Practice Test 1......Page 107
Answer Key for Practice T est 1......Page 138
Answer Explanations for Practice T est 1......Page 140
Answer Sheets for Practice Test 2......Page 149
Practice Test 2......Page 151
Answer Key for Practice Test 2......Page 179
Answer Explanations for Practice Test 2......Page 181
References for Additional Study......Page 193