SOCIAL STUDIES Exit Level 2008 Released Items

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1 Texas ssessment of Knowledge and Skills SOIL STUIES Exit Level

2 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 1 Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Imperialism in sia and Europe 3 Which of the following had the greatest impact on the role of women in U.S. politics? The growth of the labor movement The passage of the Prohibition amendment The creation of New eal agencies The accomplishments of the suffrage movement Growth of the xis Threat? 4 Which document was written in 1776, called King George III a tyrant, and listed grievances against the crown? ttack on Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet 1 The factors shown in the diagram above contributed to U.S. involvement in Fundamental Orders of onnecticut eclaration of Independence rticles of onfederation U.S. onstitution the old War World War I World War II the Spanish-merican War 2 uring the late 1960s and early 1970s, U.S. military involvement in Vietnam led to an outpouring of international support for the U.S. military the reelection of President Lyndon. Johnson a loss of public trust in the U.S. government a worldwide condemnation of North Vietnam Page 2

3 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 2 1 How did the invention of the elevator affect cities in the United States? ssembly-line production could be increased. Factories relocated to rural areas. Taller buildings could be built. New forms of mass transit were developed. Page 3

4 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 2 Use the diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Growth of urban population because of increased immigration during the late 1800s onstruction of tenements Overcrowded housing??? 2 Which of the following best completes the chart above? Poor sanitary conditions Public education abolished reakup of ethnic communities Unemployment decreases 3 The migration of mericans to western territories following the ivil War led to the admission of new states to the nation improved relations with Native mericans the abandonment of the U.S. policy of Manifest estiny fewer conservation measures by the federal government Page 4

5 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 3 1 In the late 1800s many mericans resented the arrival of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe primarily because the immigrants lived in the most desirable sections of cities refused to accept new political beliefs accepted less pay than most workers joined unions to improve work conditions 2 The actions of ésar hávez in the 1960s led to improved working conditions for disabled citizens steel industry workers migrant farmworkers civil servants Page 5

6 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 3 ettmann/oris Use the photograph and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. 3 In the photo above, Freedom Marchers in Mississippi demonstrate in order to expand the political right to vote religious freedom the legal status of immigrants the opportunity to earn a minimum wage Page 6

7 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 4 Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Words can be weapons.... The question in every case is whether the words are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that ongress has a right to prevent. U.S. Supreme ourt Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Schenck v. U.S., ased on the excerpt above from Holmes s opinion of the ourt, it can be concluded that the... governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.... The eclaration of Independence, The statement explains why the colonists wanted a government that provided trial by jury representative form of government government without political parties monarch as the head of government federal government can place limitations on basic individual rights legislative branch has final authority concerning issues of civil rights protection of individual rights is the responsibility of state governments Supreme ourt does not have the authority to interpret the U.S. onstitution 2 y ratifying the 24th mendment, which eliminated the poll tax, the federal government acted to force state officials to revise their incometax schedules provide a more equal opportunity for citizens to vote encourage members of the armed services to vote remove all racial barriers to employment opportunities Page 7

8 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 5 Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. arbon ioxide Pollution N W E S Key: Top 10 arbon ioxide Polluters Source: Sierra lub 1 ccording to the map above, the nations that emit the most carbon dioxide are less-developed nations located in the Northern Hemisphere countries with small populations located in the Southern Hemisphere Page 8

9 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 5 Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Statement 1: Statement 2: Statement 3: Statement 4: Many merican families faced financial struggles during the Great epression. Environmental conditions such as the ust owl contributed to the Great epression. The actions of ruthless businessmen and greedy bankers caused the Great epression. Government agencies were created to address the problems of the Great epression. 2 Which of these statements shows bias? Statement 1 Statement 2 Statement 3 Statement 4 Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. We are glad... to fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples.... We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities [compensation] for ourselves.... President Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson s speech asking for a declaration of war in 1917 implies that imperialism should be a major goal of the United States the United States wishes only to protect itself the United States should enter the war for moral reasons other countries will have to repay the United States for the cost of war Page 9

10 TKS Exit Level Social Studies Objective 5 Use the map and diagram and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Oil Pipelines in the aspian Sea Region, 1999 osporus Strait l a c k S e a Turkey Ukraine Novorossiysk Russia Georgia Tbilisi rmenia a s p i a n S e a zerbaijan aku Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Turkmenistan eyhan M e d i t e r r a n e a n S e a Lebanon Syria Iraq Tehran Iran Key: Existing oil pipelines Proposed oil pipeline Sea routes for oil W N S E Kuwait P e r s i a n G u l f Flow of Oil from the aspian Sea Region Oil from the aspian Sea region is piped to the port city of Novorossiysk on the lack Sea. Oil is loaded on tankers. Tankers travel through the osporus Strait, a major choke point, to the Mediterranean Sea. Oil is then shipped to numerous world markets. 4 It can be concluded from the map and diagram above that more ports need to be built along the lack Sea to help reduce tanker congestion in the osporus Strait all oil produced in the aspian Sea region is transported through the lack Sea the proposed pipeline from Tbilisi to eyhan would help reduce tanker congestion in the osporus Strait the current pipelines in the aspian Sea region flow only south to Tehran Page 10

11 TKS Exit Level Social Studies nswer Key Item Student orrect Number Expectation nswer OJETIVE 1 1 H.6 () 2 H.6 (E) 3 H.5 () () OJETIVE 2 1 W.23 () 2 H.11 () 3 H.10 () OJETIVE 3 1 H.2 () 2 H.21 () 3 H.21 () OJETIVE 4 1 H.17 () 2 H.18 () () OJETIVE 5 1 G.21 () 2 H.24 (F) 3 H.24 () 4 G.8 () Page 11