Praxis II: Citizenship Education Content Knowledge Exam Prep - Question List

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26. What was European interest in the American colonies from the period between 1450 and 1750 primarily due to?
  1. Traveling to America was very easy.
  2. Europeans wanted to establish military bases away from home.
  3. American colonies had large cash crops, which would potentially lead to a large profit for Europeans.
  4. Europeans wanted to escape the harsh climate of Europe.
27. In July 2011, Sudan, the largest country in Africa at the time, split into two nations. The majority of the country remained Sudan. What name did the seceding faction take?
  1. The Republic of North Sudan
  2. The Republic of East Sudan
  3. The Republic of South Sudan
  4. The Republic of West Sudan
28. NATO carried out air strikes against which former Soviet region in March 1999?
  1. Montenegro
  2. Albania
  3. Bosnia
  4. Kosovo
29. Which violent sheriff horrified Americans, winning sympathy for the civil rights movement?
  1. George Wallace
  2. Bull Connor
  3. Martin Luther King
  4. Stokely Carmichael
30. Whose presidency offered Americans a “New Deal?”
  1. John F. Kennedy
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  4. Harry Truman

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