TAKS Deconstruction

Spring 2006 TAKS Release

Social Studies Grade 10

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Answer/
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TEKS / Question Stem / Vocabulary/
Key Terms / Skill/Concept / Context
1
A
97% / 2
8.10 (B) / Use the maps and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert two maps.] According to the maps, / Colonial power
Confined
Significantly
Reduced / Geographic patterns on maps / Two maps of Latin America at different time periods are given. The student must use the legend and shaded areas to determine a change between the two time periods.
2
G
98% / 3
G.10 (C) / Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert table.] Which conclusion can correctly be drawn from this information? / Conclusion
GDP
Labor
Standard of living / Compare the ways people satisfy their basic needs through production of goods and services;
Draw conclusion / A four-column, three-row chart comparing two countries is given. The student must compare the data then reach a conclusion.
3
B
95% / 2
8.10 (B) / Use the table and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert table.] According to the table, / Demographics
Native-born
Foreign-born / Geographic distributions on charts / A four-column, five-row chart comparing three types/sizes of residence is given. The student must compare the data to determine which answer choice is true.
4
J
94% / 5
W.26 (C) / Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert map.] According to the map, / Unification
Unified / Interpret a map / A map of Italy is given. The legend identifies territories gained by years. The student must use the legend to identify a territory and then a city.
5
C
84% / 2
W.23 (A) / During [insert time period], the most direct effect of the [insert technological innovation] was the --- / Middle Ages
Printing press / Changes produced by technological innovation / Direct question
Three answer choices are abstract ideas.
6
H
93% / 2
G.6 (A) / Use the diagrams and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert diagrams.] It can be concluded from the diagrams above that --- / Accessed
Secure
Export / Patterns in cities using diagrams;
Draw conclusion / Three diagrams of historical cities are given. The student must identify the commonality between the cities and reach a conclusion. Only two answer choices pertain to the diagrams.
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Answer/
% Correct / TAKS/
TEKS / Question Stem / Vocabulary/
Key Terms / Skill/Concept / Context
7
A
73% / 5
8.30 (D) / Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert excerpt.] The author of this editorial believed that ___ / Excerpt
Conscription
Compel
Durability
Republic
Formidableness
Draft policy
Imposed / Point of view from an historical context / An excerpt from an editorial is given. The student must determine the author’s beliefs based on the excerpt.
8
J
92% / 5
W.26 (C) / Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert map.] Based on the map above, it can be concluded that ___ / Agriculture
Economic decline
Port
Commercial
Produce / Interpret maps; draw conclusion / A map of India with title and legend is given. The student must note overlapping symbols on map and draw conclusion.
9
C
89% / 2
G.6 (A) / Use the time line and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert time line.] The events listed in the time line show that ___ / Aqueduct
Sanitation
Industrial
Public health / Observe patterns of cities using time line / A vertical time line in a box with 5 dates and events listed on both side of the line are given. The student must find the pattern of events and reach a conclusion.
10
H
86% / 2
G.6 (A) / Use the photograph and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert photograph.] This photograph best demonstrates ___ / Hemisphere
Industrial
Urban
Distribution pattern / Observe patterns in distributions of cities using photograph / A satellite image of the world at night is given. The student must equate lights at night with the pattern of industrial development.
11
B
80% / 1
8.16 (C) / Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] Which of the following provisions in the U.S. Constitution addresses the ___ grievance above? / Provisions
Addresses
Render
Civil power
Grievance
Colonial
Impeached / Identify colonial grievance / An excerpt from the Declaration of Independence (grievance) is given. Three answer choices are not related in any way to grievance.
12
H
93% / 3
G.18 (A) / Use the photograph and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert photograph.] The work of ___ [insert inventor] helped improve ___ / Louis Pasteur / Impact of independent invention / A titled photograph of Pasteur working in a laboratory is given.
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Answer/
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TEKS / Question Stem / Vocabulary/
Key Terms / Skill/Concept / Context
13
B
87% / 2
G.1 (A) / Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] All the factors listed above contributed to ___ / Famine
Devastated
Abolition
Industrial / Effects of physical and human geographic pattern that influence migration / A text box with 5 bulleted events is given. Causes are given. The student must determine effect.
14
G
88% / 4
8.20 (A) / [Insert fact.] In the Declaration of Independence, these rights are referred to as ___ / Unalienable rights / Define unalienable rights / Direct question
15
D
75% / 4
8.3 (A) / Use the excerpts and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert 4 excerpts.] Which of the above excerpts is most similar to ___? / Excerpt
Representative government / Reasons for growth of representative government / A text box with 4 different excerpts is given. The student must match 1 excerpt with a specified concept.
16
J
77% / 2
W.23 (A) / Which of the following contributed the most to the spread of ___? / Cottage industries
Popular culture
20th century / Example of technological innovation and change produced by discovery / Direct question
17
A
70% / 4
8.16 (A) / Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] Which of the following is best described by the characteristics listed above? / Magna Carta
The Federalist Papers
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact / Influence of ideas from historic documents / A text box with 4 bulleted descriptions of a document is given. The student must identify which document the descriptions refer to.
18
J
81% / 1
8.4 (B) / [Insert fact.] The commander in charge of ___ was ___ / Militias / Role played by George Washington during Revolution / Direct question
The role is given. The student must identify the individual.
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Answer/
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TEKS / Question Stem / Vocabulary/
Key Terms / Skill/Concept / Context
19
A
84% / 5
G.8 (B) / Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] Based on the information above, what was the primary purpose of ___ / Vietcong
Barracks / Ways that humans modify physical environment during war / A titled text box with 4 bulleted descriptions are given.
20
G
69% / 2
G.1 (B) / Use the time line and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert time line.] As a result of ___, culture spread / --- / Spatial diffusion / A horizontal time line in the form of a chart with 4 dates and events is given. The student must be able to match countries, regions, and kingdoms to continents.
21
B
70% / 1
8.1 (C) / ___ was the first armed conflict of the ___ / 1861 / Significance of dates / Direct question
22
F
66% / 4
8.18 (B) / Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] The doctrines described in ___ outlined the conflict over the ___ / States rights
Doctrines
Abridge
Nullify
Abolitionist
Judicial review / Conflict over states right / A titled text box with 3 bulleted doctrines is given. The student must identify the conflict outlined by the doctrines.
23
A
83% / 5
G.8 (B) / [Insert 2 facts.] What effect did ___ have on ___? / Caste System
Monopoly
Boycott
Textiles / Ways humans depend on physical environment / Two causes are given. The student must identify the effect.
24
H
69% / 5
8.30 (D) / Use the cartoon and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert cartoon.] The point of view expressed in this political cartoon is that ___ / Point of view
Foreign policy
Monroe Doctrine
Hemisphere
Hostilities / Points of view from historical context / A political cartoon is given. The student must interpret the cartoon and identify the point of view.
25
C
46% / 4
8.3 (A) / One factor that enabled the growth of ___ was ___ / Provisions
Charters
British North America / Growth of representative government during Colonial Period / Direct question
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Answer/
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TEKS / Question Stem / Vocabulary/
Key Terms / Skill/Concept / Context
26
G
80% / 3
G.10 (C) / Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] Which of the ___ described above is engaged in ___? / Subsistence farming
Commercially / Ways people satisfy basic needs – subsistence farming / A titled text box with 4 descriptions is given. The student must match 1 description to a given term.
27
D
59% / 1
8.1 (C) / Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] In the excerpt above, ___ recounts ___ during the ___ / Union / Significance of dates / An excerpt with a title containing a clue to the time period is given.
28
H
88% / 5
G.8 (B) / Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert map.] As illustrated on the map above, ___ became ___ because / Circa / Ways humans modify physical environment for trade / A map with a legend is given. The effect is given. The student must identify the cause. Clues are in the legend.
29
D
66% / 4
8.16 (D) / Under the constitutional principle of ___, the ___ / Popular sovereignty / How the U.S. Constitution reflects principles – popular sovereignty / Direct question
30
F
62% / 1
8.4 (C) / One reason that the ___ was unable to resolve ___ problems was ___ / Articles of Confederation
Levy
Feuding
Judicial branch / Issues surrounding American Revolution – Articles of Confederation / Direct question
31
B
67% / 2
W.12 (C) / Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert map.] According to the map, which of the following resulted from ___? / Coastal territory / Interpret maps / A titled map with legend is given. The cause is given. The student must identify the effect.
32
F
77% / 4
8.3 (A) / Which of the following sets of characteristics typically determined ___? / Gender
Race / Reasons for growth of representative government during the Colonial Period / Direct question
Each answer choice contains a set of characteristics.
Question/
Answer/
% Correct / TAKS/
TEKS / Question Stem / Vocabulary/
Key Terms / Skill/Concept / Context
33
A
80% / 3
G.180 (A) / Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert text box.] In the ___ [insert time period], the factors listed above contributed to the development of ___ / Industrialization
Agriculture / Impact of general processes on cultural change / A text box with 5 bulleted processes as causes is given. The student must identify the effect.
34
H
72% / 4
8.22 (B) / The constitutional guarantees of ___ are important because they ___ / Free press
Open exchange / Importance of free speech and press / Direct question
35
A
80% / 2
W.12 (C) / The map best supports the conclusion that over time, ___ / Successive
Negotiated / Interpret historical maps / A titled map with a legend is given.
36
F
73% / 4
8.16 (D) / Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert diagram.] The sequence of events shown above best illustrates what constitutional principle? / 7 Principles of U.S. Constitution / How U.S. Constitution reflects principles – checks and balances / Four horizontal text boxes connected by right arrows containing a sequence of events are given. The student must identify the principle associated with the events.
37
C
78% / 5
8.30 (A) / Use the illustration and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert illustration.] This illustration of a ___ demonstration shows that ___ / Reform campaigns
Suffrage / Using primary source – illustration / An illustration is given. The student must interpret the illustration.
38
F
86% / 1
8.4 (B) / Use the illustration and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. [Insert illustration.] Which ___ leader is described above? / --- / Roles by significant individuals – Thomas Jefferson / A scroll with 4 bulleted descriptions of a person is given. The student must identify the individual.