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HISTORY 3000
Perspectives on
History
Kean University
Union, New Jersey
HISTORY 3000
Goals
• Prepare for praxis
10087 and 10081
• Review Knowledge
base for Student
Teaching
Dr. Thomas F. Banit
Professor Emeritus
History Department
Kean University
• Enrich professional
knowledge for current
teachers
B.A. History / Teacher Certification
Program
• 134 Credit Program
• 45 credits in History
-focus on American and
Western Civilization
courses
-Supported by African,
Asian, Latin American
And Middle Eastern
Courses
• Complemented by:
-18 credits in Social
Sciences
-Kean University
Historical Society
-Phi Alpha Theta
-Special Programs and
Speaker Offerings
throughout the
academic year
Course Overview
1. 13 Lectures by Experts
in Each Field
• Introduction
• Pol Sci / Geog
• Eco / Soc-Psy-Anth
• U.S. History (3)
-Exploration to
Constitution
-Early National
to New America
-Post Civil War
to Present
• European History (3)
-Ancient Civ to
High Mid Ages
-Late Mid Ages
to Early
Modern Govt
-French Rev to
Present
• Asian History
• Latin American History
Course Overview (cont.)
• Middle Eastern History
• African History
• Each session is taught
by an academic
specialist in the
respective field.
2. Assessment
• Weekly Open Book
Reading Quizzes
Completed Online
• Midterm (Week 7) and
final
(Week 15) Closed Note
Exams Completed in
Person at Kean
University
Course Overview (Cont.)
• Complete Course
Syllabus:
-At this point, Please
Down load, print, and
Review the course
syllabus in detail
• Questions?
-Please contact the
History 3000 Course
Coordinator,
Dr. Jonathan
Mercantini, at
[email protected]
Course Readings
• Students should
purchase the course
Readings Listed on the
Syllabus and complete
the work before each
lecture
• Professors’ Special
Guides will be linked to
each lecture
Brun, et. al., Global
History and Geography:
The Growth of
Civilizations
Gordon, American History
Cliffs Notes, Economics
Review
PRAXIS II 10081 / 10087 PRACTICE TEST
• The practice test is designed in a similar
manner to the PRAXIS 10081, which is
presently comprised of multiple choice
questions covering the various areas of
history and associated social sciences.
PRAXIS 10087 currently also includes
several short written answers. PRAXIS
10081will also contain written answers in
the near future or possibly in the present
depending on the date.
• Note: Graphics in this course are provided
courtesy of McGraw-Hill Companies, 2010.
Practice Test Directions
Listeners should now continue with the
Down loaded Practice Test. Complete the
30 questions in 30 minutes and then proceed
on and find / listen to the correct
Answers in the History 3000 Podcast.
Students should answer at least
23-25 Questions correctly as a sign of
success on the practice test.
Question #1: Sociology
Which of the following terms best
expresses the effect of overseas
settlement on human, animal, and plant life?
A. Diffusion
B. Segregation
C. Isolation
D. Rejection
E. Amalgamation
Question #2: Sociology
A household containing a married couple,
their children, and relatives such as aunts,
uncles, and grandparents is called :
A. a joint family
B. a polygamous family
C. an established family
D. a nuclear family
E. an extended family
Question #3: Geography
The foothills at the base of the Appalachian
Mountains are known as the:
A. Prairies
B. Continental Divide
C. Ridge and valley
D. Coastal Plain
E. Piedmont
Question #4: Political Science
Holding an election by party members in
order to name candidates for political
offices is called a:
A. Party Caucus
B. General election
C. Direct Primary
D. Party Convention
E. Straw vote
Question #5: Political Science
The right of a people of a state to demand
that a bill passed by the legislature be put
to a popular vote is called:
A. Pocket veto
B. Initiative
C. Local Option
D. Referendum
E. Popular sovereignty
Question #6: Geography
What is the determining factor in defining
this scene as “desert”?
A. Mountains
B. Rainfall
C. Temperature
D. Latitude
E. Longitude
Question #7: History
The United States fought in the following
Wars: I. Mexican War, II. Spanish -American
War, III. Civil War, IV. War of 1812. Place
them in chronological order starting with
the earliest.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
IV, I, III, II
II, IV, III, I
III, I, IV, I
I, IV, II, III
II, I, IV, III
Question #8: Economics / History
Read the following quote and select the
correct economic term associated with it.
“The American beauty Rose
can be produced in the
splendor and fragrance,
which brings joy to its
beholder only by
sacrificing the early
buds, which grow up
around it. This is not an
evil tendency in business.
It is merely the working
out of a law of nature
and of God.”
A.TranscenDentalism
B. Fabian
Socialism
C. Social
Darwinism
D. Religious
Utopianism
E.Progressivisim.
Question # 9: Economics / History
The author of the quotation in
Question # 8 was:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Abraham Lincoln
John D. Rockefeller
Karl Marx
D. Theodore Roosevelt
George Bernard Shaw
Question #10: History / Geography
What time period in
History is reflected
in this map?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
800 - 700 B.C.E.
1945 - 1990 C.E.
1814 - 1914 C.E.
1620-1776 C.E.
1000-1350 C.E.
Question #11: History
As a modern Chinese citizen, what two
developments would instill national pride
in you?
A. Sailing research/ wheel
B. Industrial revolution / scientific
revolution
C. Mass production / steel
D. Paper / gunpowder
E. Tobacco / rice
Question #12: History
The following quote refers to which ethnic
group? “Their group loyalty and talent for
politics in a democratic medium made them
the first and most enduring bloc in American
politics.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Irish
Vietnamese
Germans
Catholics
Italians
Question # 13: History
The children of unions between Spanish men
and Indian women, especially in Mexico and
Peru, were called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Peninsulares
Half-breeds
Creoles
Indentures
Mestizos
Question #14: History
Following America’s entry into World War
II, civil liberties were most conspicuously
violated by the:
A. Restraints of freedom of speech and
press
B. Persecution of the Communist Party
C. Deportation of German-Americans
D. Suppression of political dissent
E. Relocation of Japanese - Americans
Question #15: Anthropology
Taking field notes and acting as a
“participant observer” most likely describes
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Sociologist
Archaeologist
Political Scientist
Anthropologist
Psychologist
Question #16: History
Which one of the following served as the
leader of China following the fall of the
Manchu Dynasty?
A. Mao Zedong
B. Jiang Jieshi
C. Sun Yat-sen
D. Ngo Dinh Diem
E. Kuo Mintang
Question #17: History
This Hawaiian leader
Became important in
American foreign
Policy during what
time period?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
1930s
1850s
1890s
1960s
1830s
Question #18: Economics
When a manufacturer produces one more unit of
something (i.e., car, pen, computer, etc.) the increase
in cost to produce that item is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Marginal Cost
Monetary Policy
Increasing Returns
Fixed Costs
Microeconomics
Question #19: Economics
During the
production year,
which area of the
nation was most
consistent in
meeting its
production goals?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
North
South
East
West
None was
successful
American Economic
Output by region
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
East
West
North
1st
Qtr
3rd
Qtr
Question #20: Psychology
Behaviorism was developed by which one
of the following social scientists?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Margaret Mead
Sigmund Freud
Aristotle
James Watson
Carl Jung
Question #21: Political Science
The debate over private gun ownership
revolves mainly around which one of the
constitutional amendments?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
III
IV
II
XVI
XIV
Question # 22: History
Select the correct
chronological
order for the
events /Persons /
etc. in American
History found in
the right column
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
5,3,2,1,4
4,1,5,2,3
5,1,5,3,2
1,3,5,4,2
3,1,4,2,5
Events / Persons,
etc.
1. Andrew Johnson
presidency
2. Panama canal
opens
3. President
Kennedy
assassinated
4. Bill of Rights
ratified
5. Closing of the
West
Question #23: History
What does the
picture most
accurately depict?
A. American westward movement
B. Colonialism
C. Suffragism
D. Progressivism
E. Monotheism
Question #24: History
Which one of the following terms, laws,
persons was not involved in American Race
issues during the early 20th Century?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Ku Klux Klan
Marcus Garvey
Scopes “Monkey Trial”
Jim Crow
“The Birth of a Nation”
Question #25: Economics / History
Assume that the following five people were
holding a mythical conversation on
economics. Which one would most strongly
argue for a laissez-faire approach to the
Economy?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
John D. Rockefeller
Karl Marx
Adolph Hitler
Mao Zedong
Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 26: History
The famous spyphoto was important
in which American
Cold War foreign
policy Situation?
A. Cuba
B. Haiti
C. Dominican
Republic
D. Nicaragua
E. Mexico
Question #27: History
After examining the following pairs of
islands, identify the set that contains the
island first attacked by the Japanese and the
final island seized by American forces
before we dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Hawaii / Midway
Taiwan / Iwo Jima
Hawaii / okinawa
Tarawa / Makin
Guadalcanal / Truk
Question #28: History
The Cold War largely ended when two
Leaders decided on cooperation instead of
confrontation. Who were the two people
included in these negotiations?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Mikhail Gorbachev / Ronald Reagan
Leonid Brezhnev and Jimmy Carter
George H.W.Bush / Vladimir Putin
Dwight Eisenhower / Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev / George H. W. Bush
Question #29: History
The arrival of Vasco
DaGama in India
depicted in The scene
Represents which
century?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
1000s
1200s
1400s
1600s
1800s
Question #30: Geography
If a person flew from New York City to Cape
Town, South Africa, what geographic
description would best describe the
situation.
A. Landed in the eastern hemisphere north
of the equator
B. Flew from the western hemisphere to
south of the equator
C. Flew from north of the equator to north
of the equator
D. Flew from the eastern hemisphere to
north latitudes in the western hemisphere
E. Flew west to the northern hemisphere