World History Practice Questions for Praxis Middle School Social Studies 5089

hello my name is Fiona and I'm certified teacher and practice coach with study.com are you preparing to take the practice Middle School social studies test 5089 these practice questions cover the subtopic of world history let's review some of the types of questions you may encounter on the exam let's jump in problem number one which of the following events contributed to the European Renaissance the fall of the Roman Empire the colonization of the Americas the rediscovery of classical texts or the Industrial Revolution the European Renaissance was period in history between the Middle Ages and the modern era it arrived at various European countries at different times but Italy was the first now during the 14th century in Italy there was cultural movement that began to spread widely some key principles of this cultural movement called humanism were that an individual was the center of their own universe and that we should all welcome human achievements in classical art and literature so Italy ushered the arrival of the Renaissance during the 14th century so let's mark that down as as really key time 14th century Italy and it did not reach England until the 16th century historians generally agree that the Renaissance had come to its End by the beginning of the 17th century so with that in mind we've got the 14th century Italy let's look at all the other events the fall of the Roman Empire higher that was 476 so that is not going to be contributing factor the colonization of the Americas was 1492 after the discovery of the Americas and that was the 15th century so again not factor the Industrial Revolution was period from 1760 to 18 40 so that's long after the end of the Renaissance period so that will not be the answer and given everything we've learned the rediscovery of classical texts is definitely our correct answer here problem number two the Age of Exploration is commonly associated with which of the following developments the establishment of the transatlantic trade routes the decline of ancient empires the onset of the Industrial Revolution or the onset of World War the Age of Exploration was an ERA when Europeans started to set off from their homelands in search of Adventure and Discovery primarily they ventured to the Americas Africa and East Asia in these new lands the Europeans found large array of natural resources that they were eager to exploit so let's look at our answers the Age of Exploration is generally considered to have occurred from the 15th century to the 17th century now let's look at the onset of World War World War began in 1914 and ended in 1918 so that does not compute it's not our correct answer the onset of the Industrial Revolution that was 1760 to 1840 so again that doesn't work with our timeline the decline of ancient empires that started in the 4th century BCE all up until the fall of Rome in 476 so that is also not the case the establishment of transatlantic trade routes with natural resources that the Europeans were able to exploit they needed way of getting them back to Europe so that was why there was the establishment of transatlantic trade Roots so our correct answer is that problem number three which of the following civilizations was responsible for developing the world's earliest known form of writing the Greeks the Persians the Hittites the Sumerians let's go through each the Greek alphabet was developed in approximately 1,000 BCE it is the ancestor of all modern European alphabets and stemmed from the north Semitic Alphabet by means of the Phoenicians ancient Persian uniform developed during the reign of Darius and he reigned from 522 to BCE so we can rule that one out right away because the Greeks were writing earlier next the Hittites wrote using Cadian script but in their own language the Hittites lived in modernday turki from 1600 to 1180 BCE so now we can rule out the Greeks because the Hittites came before them finally the samarians the ancient samarians of Mesopotamia modern day Iraq developed the uniform system of writing approximately 5500 years ago in 3500 BCE so now we can cross out the Hittites and our correct answer is the samans problem number four which of the following best describes the impact of the Reformation on Europe shift from feudalism to classless ownership of property the spread of Islam to Central Europe the establishment of democratic governments or the division of Christianity into Catholic and Protestant branches so the Protestant Reformation spread throughout Europe during the 1500s the results of this movement were the creation of Protestant branch of Christianity and this is an umbrella all term for many groups with differing doctrines but separate from the Roman Catholic church because of differing ideas in its Doctrine so let's go through couple of these the spread of Islam to Central Europe is not relevant here at all so we're going to cross that off the establishment of democratic governments democratic governments go back to ancient Greece and it's not the case here feudalism it started its decline in England during the late medieval period it continued its decline until it was completely abolished in 1660 with the 10 years abolition act so this is not fitting with the impact of the ref on Europe based on what we talked about here the division of Christianity into Catholic and Protestant branches is absolutely the correct answer hope was able to answer your questions so that you now have better understanding of the topics you can expect to find on the test please remember to like And subscribe to this channel so that with study.com help you will feel feel confident and prepared on exam day bye for now