100+ Free WEST-E Social Studies (028) Practice Questions

Civics

Purposes and functions of government, forms of government, laws, political systems, federalism, federal, tribal, and Washington State government, U.S. constitutional principles, democratic ideals, rights and amendments, elections, parties, civic participation, public policy, international law, international organizations, and U.S. foreign policy.

Economics

Money, factors of production, scarcity and choice, costs and benefits, productivity, economic systems, circular flow, supply and demand, price signals, financial institutions, labor unions, corporations, consumers, comparative advantage, trade, government regulation, fiscal policy, monetary policy, and trade policy.

Geography

Map and globe characteristics, projections, GPS, GIS, the Five Themes of Geography, physical processes, landforms, climate regions, human geography, political and cultural regions, Pacific Northwest and Pacific Rim regional characteristics, human-environment interaction, diffusion, migration, global interdependence, and geographic dimensions of current issues.

U.S. History

North American Indigenous societies, European colonization, independence, constitutional founding, early republic, westward expansion, slavery, reform movements, Civil War, Reconstruction, immigration, industrialization, Progressivism, U.S. world power, World War I, the 1920s, Great Depression, New Deal, World War II, Cold War, civil rights, late twentieth-century politics and technology, September 11, contemporary issues, and Washington State history.

World History

Early human societies, ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, Greece, Rome, monotheistic religions, Islamic civilization, African kingdoms, American civilizations, Mongol Empire, Japanese and European feudalism, Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolution, global expansion, Columbian Exchange, transatlantic slavery, Enlightenment, French Revolution, Industrial Revolution, imperialism, World War I, World War II, Holocaust, United Nations, decolonization, human rights, China, Cold War, Latin America, and globalization.

Social Studies Concepts and Skills

Social studies vocabulary, chronology, periodization, cause-and-effect reasoning, multiple perspectives, research resources, primary and secondary sources, historical and social scientific evidence, keyword searching, data displays, maps, graphs, political cartoons, timelines, fact versus opinion, point of view, assumptions, source reliability, bias, propaganda, thesis development, audience adaptation, persuasive presentation, deliberation, conflict resolution, and compromise.